Constellation Project OK’d, Summit Option Expired.

The planned Constellation Hotel/Retail/Condo Development at the Memorial Parkway and Clinton Avenue intersection was kept alive Tuesday when the City Planning Commission held an emergency meeting to approve the subdivision plat for the 17 acre/80-100 unit complex. The approval clears the way for a real estate closing between the developer and tenants. Construction of the first [...]

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Cost of Living in the Huntsville Metro

See how the Huntsville Metro Area Stacks up against the rest of the country for cost of living. National Average = 100 Metropolitan Area Composit Index (100%) Grocery Items (13%) Housing (28%) Utilities (10%) Trans- portation (10%) Health Care (4%) Misc. Goods & Services (35%) Huntsville, AL 94.3 92.2 80.4 85.6 95.8 94.8 108.2 Comparable Technology Communities Austin, TX 95.7 90.3 81.2 96.2 99.7 96.9 107.8 Charlotte, NC 92.6 100.1 75.1 84.0 98.0 105.6 103.3 Orlando, FL 95.0 95.1 92.2 88.8 102.5 105.3 95.8 Raleigh, NC 104.6 100.4 98.5 109.2 105.5 94.7 110.6 Colorado Springs, CO 99.1 102.3 97.3 90.2 95.4 102.7 102.7 San Jose, CA 153.8 143.7 252.1 97.7 107.0 122.2 112.1 Major U.S. Metro Areas Atlanta, GA 98.0 98.1 93.5 91.5 105.3 101.4 100.9 Boston, MA 136.8 120.5 167.8 141.4 103.6 139.9 125.9 Chicago, IL 109.9 109.6 122.9 107.5 112.8 106.2 100.0 Cincinnati, OH 91.8 89.9 81.8 99.4 102.5 91.5 95.3 Cleveland, OH 99.6 105.9 90.7 113.1 104.6 101.7 98.8 Dallas, TX 90.9 100.2 69.0 98.3 102.6 106.0 97.9 Denver, CO 105.0 104.7 109.3 101.8 96.6 107.9 104.6 Detroit, MI 100.9 97.2 102.3 108.8 105.7 99.7 97.8 Houston, TX 87.6 81.7 75.3 94.2 95.0 101.7 93.9 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA * 145.2 112.0 253.1 78.7 113.6 103.9 103.9 Miami-Dade County, FL 114.7 103.4 141.3 106.3 108.5 107.8 102.6 New [...]

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New and Expanding Business in the Huntsville Metro

Below is a detailed account of new and expanding business in the Huntsville Metro. Company Name Industry Location # Jobs Investment New/ Expanding MANUFACTURING COMPANIES Adept Technologies Precision Machining City of Huntsville 10 n/a Expanding Brown Precision Precision Machining Chase Industrial Park 20 $3,000,000 Expanding Currie Systems Commercial Printing City of Huntsville 2 n/a Expanding Digium, Inc. Communications Equipment Cummings Research Park 100 $7,000,000 Expanding Dixie Metalcraft Corporation Precision Machining Madison County 8 $200,000 Expanding Halsey Food Service Grocery Distribution City of Huntsville n/a $2,600,000 Expanding International Diesel of Alabama Automotive Engines Jetplex Industrial Park 175 $9,000,000 Expanding Information Systems Laboratories Aircraft Mfg. Madison County 5 $135,000 Expanding Kommerling USA, Inc. PVC [...]

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Leading Employers of the Huntsville Metro

I’ve had a few requests from you out-of-state guys to round up a listing of Huntsville’s top employers, and I was able to round something up. Here it is: Rank Organization Industry Employees 1 U.S. Army/Redstone Arsenal Government 14,601 2 Huntsville Hospital System Health Care 5,126 3 Huntsville City Schools Education 3,000 3 The Boeing Company Aerospace and Defense 3,000 5 NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Government 2,555 6 CINRAM Audio/Video Replication 2,500 6 Sanmina-SCI Corporation Electronic Components 2,500 8 Intergraph Corporation Computer Services 2,450 9 City of [...]

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