Economic Development
City seeks community input on future community and housing investments
December 5, 2024
Want to weigh in on the future of community development and affordable housing in Huntsville? Join the City for three community input sessions Dec. 10-11. The City’s Community Development Department will hold a series of public forums to solicit input from residents on community priorities, affordable housing needs and fair housing issues for inclusion in a Five-Year Consolidated Plan and Fair Housing Study. Citizens are invited to attend the following public input [more]
Read MoreCity finalizes agreements for Mill Creek redevelopment project
November 7, 2024
The City of Huntsville is moving forward on the Mill Creek redevelopment project, including formally accepting the $50 million Choice Neighborhood Implementation (CNI) Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that was announced in July. The development area, just west of Memorial Parkway along Governors Drive, is a partnership with Huntsville Housing Authority (HHA) that will invest $350 million into a mixed-income community with workforce housing, medical [more]
Read MoreHuntsville sells surplus land off Bibb Garrett Road
October 10, 2024
The parcel in blue in the top left corner represents the land sold by the City on the north side of Bibb Garrett Road. I-65 is seen on the left side of the map. Huntsville is selling 23.94 acres of City-owned land off Bibb Garrett Road in Limestone County, which has been declared surplus. Fennel Noble Family Limited Partnership will purchase the property for the appraised price of $718,000. The land is expected [more]
Read MoreCity seeking federal transportation grant for ‘Connecting the Cove’ project
October 10, 2024
The City of Huntsville aims to enhance connectivity and plans to apply for a federal Transportation Alternatives grant to bring a vital project to fruition. The “Connecting the Cove” project seeks to add 2,100 linear feet of sidewalk connection along Caldwell Lane and a half-mile extension of the Big Cove Creek Greenway from Cranfield Road to Caldwell Lane. The project would provide a missing link to the Big Cove Creek Greenway [more]
Read MoreHuntsville approves engineering contracts for PARC project
August 8, 2024
Plans for the Pedestrian Access and Redevelopment Corridor (PARC) are moving ahead following approval of engineering design contracts associated that meet state and federal grant requirements. A $1,929,000 contract with Rosales + Partners will finalize plans for the cable suspension bridge across Memorial Parkway. The contract scope includes permitting, testing, specifications, details and peer review. A $999,978 contract with Garver LLC will outline plans for Pinhook Creek channel improvements. The contract scope [more]
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