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Huntsville Beautification Board accepting nominations for 2024 awards
March 1, 2024The City of Huntsville’s Beautification Board is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Huntsville Beautification Awards. The deadline to submit the entry form and $50 fee for each property nominated is Monday, April 8. Judging will take place after Memorial Day (May 27). New this year is an option to submit payment through PayPal. When nominations are submitted, users are taken to a page that contains a link to the Beautification Board’s PayPal account. Users [more]
Read MorePlanting an urban treescape at City Hall
February 27, 2024The plan to finish the outdoor spaces of the exterior of Huntsville’s soon-to-open new City Hall includes trees, of course. But it also includes trenches, pipes and a certain type of rock and soil mixture to facilitate the growth of those trees. It’s a fascinating process that will play out underground, allowing the trees to grow despite their urban, concrete environment. Two of the pipes that will provide moisture and air to [more]
Read MoreGreen Team volunteer is having fun while making a difference
February 26, 2024As a frequent volunteer with the City of Huntsville’s Green Team, James Lovell demonstrated how easy it is to make a difference. “I just started showing up,” he said. When a community cleanup happens anywhere around Huntsville, Lovell will likely be there. “I typically go anywhere there’s one going on,” Lovell said. It’s volunteers like Lovell that help keep Huntsville beautiful through Green Team – whether it’s collecting litter along a roadway or spending [more]
Read MoreCity announces 2023 Air Pollution Control Achievement Award Winners
February 26, 2024Since 1997, the City of Huntsville’s Air Pollution Control Board has been recognizing local companies for their voluntary efforts to keep our skies clean. Only those institutional and commercial facilities that go beyond regulatory requirements for reducing and controlling air pollutant emissions are eligible. Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, right, joins award winners at the 2024 Air Pollution Control Achievement Awards. The companies honored were Sanmina, Vulcan Materials and Wiregrass Construction. During the [more]
Read MoreFifth grade Huntsville student wins Alabama Arbor Day poster contest
February 20, 2024McKenzie Cloud, a fifth-grade student from Goldsmith Schiffman Elementary School in Huntsville, won the 2024 Alabama Arbor Day Poster Contest. She received cash and other educational prizes for her winning poster designed around the contest theme “Trees Are Terrific…in Cities and Towns.” Two runners-up were also from the Huntsville area. Gracie Reid from Hampton Cove Elementary School took third place and Eleanor Perry from Horizon Elementary School in Madison captured second [more]
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