News & Updates
Holiday Trash and Christmas Tree Disposal
December 23, 2017
Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall on a Monday, and that means the City’s trash pick up schedule will shift one day. If you typically have a Monday pickup, it will be Tuesday, and so on. Christmas Trees The City’s sanitation crews will haul away Christmas trees and other holiday plants as part of its yard waste pickup program. Place your tree and plants curbside and sanitation crews will haul it away. Overflow [more]
Read MoreCity Council – Highlights from the December 21, 2017 Meeting
December 22, 2017
South Huntsville The City of Huntsville accepted a gift of property from the Hays family that will lead to the building of a road and a park in South Huntsville. The land will create an extension of the road from the new Grissom High School to Hobbs Road. There will be an adjacent park with paths for cyclists and pedestrians and to assure a greenspace area near the school. Ultimately, the path [more]
Read MoreSubaru Share the Love Fee-Waived Pet Adoption Event
December 20, 2017
Huntsville Animal Services is excited to be partnering with Landers McCarty Subaru dealership to host a fee-waived adoption event on Thursday and Friday, December 21 and 22. The event will be held at Huntsville Animal Services, thanks to a generous grant from the ASPCA/Subaru Fee-Waived Adoption Program. The grants help animal shelters across the country get pets adopted before the Christmas holiday. Our goal is to adopt 50 shelter pets into community homes by 5 p.m. Friday! Landers McCarty Subaru will be [more]
Read MoreTraffic Safety Checkpoint
December 20, 2017
The Huntsville Police Department D.U.I. Task Force will be conducting Traffic Safety Checkpoints beginning Thursday, December 21, 2017. The Task Force utilizes data provided by the State that determines traffic accident hotspots across the city. There are 57 designated hotspots throughout Huntsville, and they will be conducting the checkpoints at one or more of those locations. If you are stopped at a Traffic Safety Checkpoint be prepared to present your [more]
Read MoreQuivers at the ready – Southside Archery Park is now open
December 19, 2017
The City’s first free public archery facility is now open in Southside Park, 16159 Chaney Thompson Road. Parks and Recreation hosted a ribbon cutting Tuesday to recognize the many community and state partners who provided the resources and planning to make this new park happen for Huntsville residents to enjoy. The archery park is a joint effort between the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resource’s Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, [more]
Read MoreMissing Something for Christmas? Fee-Waived Pet Adoption Event
December 17, 2017
Huntsville Animal Services has many adoptable dogs and cats that would love to be in a good home before the Christmas holiday. If a family is thinking of adding a pet as a holiday gift, it’s best to have the pet in the family home several days before Christmas morning festivities. Pets need time to adjust to a new environment. To help our animals transition into their new families, the Shelter’s dogs [more]
Read MoreCity Opens New Cycle Track for Downtown Huntsville
December 14, 2017
Mayor Tommy Battle held a ribbon cutting Dec. 14 to open the City’s first cycle track, a dedicated bicycle lane on Spragins Street, marked by curbs and wide green stripes. The cycle track is a pilot project that emanated from public requests through The BIG Picture master planning process for better and safer cycling routes. The Spragins route will help determine if cycle tracks could be used in other areas of the [more]
Read MoreTraffic Safety Checkpoints
December 14, 2017
The Huntsville Police Department D.U.I. Task Force will be conducting Traffic Safety Checkpoints Friday night, December 15. The Task Force utilizes data provided by the State that determines traffic accident hotspots across the city. There are 40 designated hotspots throughout Huntsville, and they will be conducting checkpoints at one or more of those locations. If you are stopped at a Traffic Safety Checkpoint be prepared to present your driver license, [more]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of December 11, 2017
December 14, 2017
Read time: 1 minute November Residential Permits are Up In November, 131 housing units were permitted, a 45.5% increase year over year, when 90 housing units were permitted during the same time period. This Addition is an “Ace” The City Council approved construction of a new sand volleyball complex at John Hunt Park. It will have 12 courts and an event pavilion and locker room. For the Kids Huntsville/Madison County voters approved the renewal property taxes devoted to [more]
Read MoreCouncil Work Session Reviews Plans for a New City Hall
December 13, 2017
A thorough case for a more efficient, cost-saving new City Hall building was presented Tuesday night to the members of the Huntsville City Council in a work session open to the public. The Council members were presented data on extending the life of the current eight-story Administration Building compared to the potential of a six-story City Hall that would be erected no sooner than the winter of 2021 on the site [more]
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