Toyota Trumpets $106M Expansion in Huntsville
Huntsville’s Toyota engine plant will undergo a comprehensive $106 million upgrade to enable it to build engines that complement Toyota’s New Global Architecture.
Retrofitting Suburbia
Three Alabama towns are robust examples of New Urbanism — traditional communities designed to be practical rather than nostalgic. One was named the National Association of Homebuilders’ 2014 Community of the Year.
Soulful History & Shag Carpet
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, newly renovated, shows off the sights and sounds of a legendary musical space — and keeps the mojo, too.
Growing Vocational Skills at Huntsville Botanical Garden
ABOVE Students get a safety briefing and then marvel at structural steel at the Huntsville Botanical Garden. Nearly 50 students...
Renewable Energy Waste Conversion
Recycling human waste into fertilizer may seem like an indelicate topic for polite society, but it’s an important one nonetheless. Like most...
Nature in Decatur, Neighbor to Arts
Getting rid of bugs has been a Cook family passion for three generations. Now the family has endowed a museum to put those little...
American-Made Works Big Time at Haleyville's Exxel Outdoors
Barbara Garrison was destined to make sleeping bags, right down to her initials: BAG. And her dedication to her profession, her...
Investment-Grade Porsche Brokers
Thomas Trissl wanted to do something fun after he sold his first flooring company in Florence. Three years ago, he partnered with Jason...
Google “Data Center + Alabama”
Google will break ground this year on a new, $600 million data center in rural Jackson County near Scottsboro on the site of...
Countdown to Launch of Medical Genomics
Howard Jacob, left, and David Bick will lead the team of top research scientists at the HudsonAlpha Clinic for Genomic...