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Downtown improvements

By JOHN PECK
Times Staff Writer john.peck@htimes.com
Housing units willbe removed toimprove drainage

Some blighted public housing units downtown will soon be removed as part of a plan to improve drainage and, potentially, line the widened Pinhook Creek with walkways and benches. Officials say the move may even make other flood-threatened land downtown more readily developed.

The City Council on Thursday night authorized a $2.3 million purchase of part of the Searcy Homes housing project near the Holmes Avenue/Pollard Street intersection behind the Coca-Cola building. The 3.73-acre tract includes as many as a dozen of the 22 residential housing units in Searcy.

The Pinhook widening, to be paid mostly with federal flood mitigation money, will be an extension of long-range city plans to convert unsightly drainage ditches into more effective, natural waterways lined with greenways and landscaping. The land could also be natural place for expansion of the Von Braun Center, city officials said last March

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In other business, the city approved a $25,725 contract with CRS Engineering of Huntsville for consulting services for improvements to the Von Braun Center. The city earmarked millions of dollars for VBC improvements in its latest special tax district.

The city awarded an architectural and construction administration contract for a six-level parking garage facing Lincoln Street downtown that is in tandem with an apartment development. The city-owned lot is across from The Times building.

What could this tandem apartment development be? Maybe the 15 story building that is in planning according to BidClerk.
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I find it unusual that Huntsville is actually the headquarters for the National Speleological Society. http://www.caves.org/

The HQ is located on Cave Drive near the country club.
it's actually a very natural place for the nss. the limestone in and around town is the perfect stone for cave formation because it is such an old, soft rock. and the number of caves in our area is pretty staggering. monte sano, green mtn, etc. are littered with them. we also have a large number of cavers here.
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By KENNETH KESNER
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Rocket City icon should again be nighttime beacon

The rocket is being lit again.

During ceremonies at 5 p.m. today, the spotlights will shine on the full-size replica of the Saturn V moon rocket that stands, as if ready for launch, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.

The public is invited to the free event, which will include brief remarks from Space Center CEO Larry Capps and others, and is part of the citywide celebration this week of the 50th Anniversary of America in Space.

The lights had to be turned off for 18 months during construction of the Davidson Center for Space Exploration, prompting calls from curious Huntsvillians and even a few complaints, Capps said.

The more than 360-foot-tall model was built in 1999 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first moon landing. The project added controversial strain to the Space Center's then-ailing budget, but in the years since it has become an icon of the Rocket City.

Standing tall next to the Space Center on Interstate 565, the bright white Saturn V replica also has become a sort of nighttime beacon for many; Capps said inbound airline pilots sometimes point it out to passengers as they landed.

Occasionally, the rocket glowed red for the Heart Society, and pink, purple or other colors, to commemorate special events in Huntsville.

It will now also be the giant centerpiece of the outdoor "Apollo Courtyard," which will include information about each Apollo Mission, footprints of Apollo and other astronauts, and the names of donors who helped restore and house the Space Center's real Saturn V rocket.

The replica towers between the Space Center museum and the new Davidson Center, which now displays the real Saturn V's stages, separated, suspended horizontally and framed by windows facing the highway.

"We're excited about it," Capps said. "I think it will be just a magnificent look, not only from I-565 but from the air."

With the lights again shining on the model rocket, visitors and passers-by will be struck by the two views of the historic Saturn V, which was designed and developed in Huntsville to lift men to the moon.

"This is not just symbolic of who we were," said Don Nalley, vice chairman of economic development for the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce. "To me, this is representative of who we were, who we are, and who we will be."
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This could be the beginnings of several retail projects in the Meridianville,
North Huntsville area. Now that Publix has opened it's store it sends a signal to others, CVS will build a freestanding store at the corner of Patterson Ln. and North Parkway, directly across from Publix and Rite-Aid
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Yeah the Saturn V has been lit at night for a couple of weeks so I guess this is just the official thing tonight. Glad to see it lit back up though! Speaking of Meridianville this area is poised to see a Hardee's restaurant in the near future.
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Huntsville City Council President Glenn Watson said today the developer of the Big Spring Summit building downtown has plans for a brew pub restaurant.

News of the planned restaurant comes shortly before next Tuesday's deadline for the Summit to finalize restaurant plans before Triad Properties developer William Stroud can build a condominium tower as part of the Summit's second phase.

City Attorney Peter Joffrion reported last week the condominium option is in all likelihood dead because there's not enough time to get the required building permits for the option clause to remain alive.

Watson echoed Joffrion's view today. But both said nothing prevents Triad from recruiting the restaurant even without hopes of invoking the option for the second phase.

"He (Stroud) said he had a restaurant lined up and that it was a brew pub," Watson said today.

The restaurant would take up 6,000 square feet of space on the ground floor of the Summit building, he said. Watson said the proprietor also wants access to unfinished space on the Summit's top floor for receptions and private parties.

"Those rooms would be available to rent," Watson said.

Attempts to reach Stroud today were unsuccessful.

City Inspection Department Director Hulan Smith said no paperwork has been submitted for any building permit to finish out the Summit's first floor space.
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Hyatt Place Huntsville, these are very cool hotels. This may be the Providence hotel but it would be even better if downtown.
Birmingham and Mobile are also getting this brand.

CHICAGO — Further demonstrating its position as the 'category killer' upscale select service brand, Hyatt today announced that it approved a total of 86 new Hyatt Place hotels to date. These new projects, which include the first new-build Hyatt Place hotels in New Mexico, Missouri and Ohio, bring the total number of new build Hyatt Place projects open and under development to over 200 hotels.

"Based on the 100+ Hyatt Place hotels currently open and operating, we're confident the combination of comfortable amenities, Hyatt-quality service and adaptability in multiple markets will continue to stimulate demand in a variety of urban and suburban areas," said Jim Abrahamson, Hyatt's head of development for the Americas. "Thanks to the success of our hotels we have a substantial advantage over our competitors because developers have been able to experience the brand firsthand and see the concrete and impressive guest satisfaction scores, occupancy levels and ADR."

Hyatt Place will add the following locations to its portfolio:

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-- Alabama: Hyatt Place Huntsville
-- North Carolina: Hyatt Place Raleigh/Downtown, Hyatt Place
Wilmington
-- Tennessee: Hyatt Place Chattanooga
-- Texas: Hyatt Place Austin Airport, Hyatt Place Austin-
North, Hyatt Place
Houston/Medical Center, Hyatt Place San Antonio-
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Apple Store will be going next to the Walking Company at Bridge Street Town Centre.
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Hyatt Place Huntsville, these are very cool hotels. This may be the Providence hotel but it would be even better if downtown.
Birmingham and Mobile are also getting this brand.


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-- Alabama: Hyatt Place Huntsville
-- North Carolina: Hyatt Place Raleigh/Downtown, Hyatt Place
Wilmington
-- Tennessee: Hyatt Place Chattanooga
-- Texas: Hyatt Place Austin Airport, Hyatt Place Austin-
North, Hyatt Place
Houston/Medical Center, Hyatt Place San Antonio-
North
It would be a surprise if it wasn't the previously announced 127 room hotel
at Providence.
This info about one being built in Memphis..

Details: 10.8 acres in Germantown slated to become a four-story Hyatt Place hotel with four outparcels. The buyer is Silver Cos., a master land developer based in Boca Raton, Fla., and metro Washington. The parcel is at the southeast corner of Winchester and Forest Hill-Irene roads in Germantown.

"The Hyatt Place hotel is what I would refer to as a very upscale, businesspersons' hotel. It's a 127-room prototype hotel," said Dennis Weiss, executive vice president of Silver Cos.
Though Hyatt has been converting many Amerisuites hotels into Hyatt Place properties, this will be among the brand's first new-built properties, Weiss said. Silver Cos. currently is building a Hyatt Place in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Fifty years ago today, The United States of America took off to space, thanks to the Von Braun team in Huntsville. Big gala tonight.

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Downtown clock dedication,



By JOHN PECKTimes Staff Writer john.peck@htimes.com
Promenade/plaza next Big Spring project for clubs

It's not Big Ben, but it's a big clock nonetheless.

It's the new four-sided clock tower in the traffic circle by the main Huntsville-Madison County Public Library.


City officials joined leaders of Huntsville's Rotary clubs Tuesday to dedicate the clock.

The $70,000 timepiece and the accompanying landscaping and benches are gifts by the 144-member Greater Huntsville Rotary Club on behalf of all area Rotary clubs. Made by Verdin Clock Co. of Cincinnati, it chimes each quarter hour and is set automatically by the national Atomic Clock.

The clock and plaza project are the latest in a string of fountains, benches, gardens and other "gifts" to downtown from individuals and organizations.
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As the remodeling and expansion continues at Huntsville International Airport
an 80' mural has been installed by NASA.



As NASA celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has unveiled a reminder to visitors and travelers passing through the Huntsville International Airport of just how the "Rocket City" got its name. The new pictorial mural at the airport chronicles 50 years of space accomplishments in Huntsville. Spanning an 80-foot wall, the mural illustrates the importance of the Marshall Center to the Space Age, and depicts how Marshall is shaping the future of space exploration by helping to return humans to the moon. As an engine of opportunity for its community and region, the Marshall Center continues to inspire and motivate America's next generation of space travelers. The mural is over a year in the making. When the airport began a remodeling project, Marshall proposed a plan to replace NASA exhibits throughout the airport with this informative, eye-catching mural. (NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham)
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A few dining updates from Mike Kaylor, HSV Times

"Jason's Deli was scheduled to open this afternoon in the strip behind International House of Pancakes. Almost next door to it, Five Guys Burgers & Fries opened about two weeks ago.

Jason's first came to Huntsville at the intersection of Airport Road and Whitesburg Drive in the Village on Whitesburg shopping center last June.

Another west Huntsville dining attraction opening probably in late February will be Phil Sandoval's Mexican Restaurante. It will be in the old Rosie's building also at the corner of Enterprise and University.

It is a sister restaurant to Rosie's, named for Sandoval, who was a server when the first Rosie's opened in 1995. He will be a managing partner in this one bearing his name.

And German Food
A sign announcing Schnitzel Ranch German Food appeared recently over a building that most recently housed Fish Camp Grille and, before that, Beauregard's restaurant.


The cuisine will be authentic. Owners are giving up the comfort of their homeland and putting their trust in Huntsville's appetites. In fact, Renja Schmitt, her husband and their two teenage children haven't yet arrived in the United States.

"This is actually a German family that's coming here on an investor visa," says Leonard Leach, their real estate agent with the Martha Webster team of Remax. "It really is a very fascinating story."

Leach first worked with the Schmitts in their search for a home here. He later helped them find a restaurant location.

He says the family is actually bringing a camera crew along to show other Germans what it's like to take on such an endeavor. The family also considered Atlanta and Nashville, he says, but finally settled on Huntsville."
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A Class A building planned for Research Park Blvd and Bradford Dr interchange.
Hopefully they will keep as many trees as possible.


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Huntsville and Mobile lead the pack
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Alabama had three cities on Forbes magazine's list of the nation's fastest-growing small metro areas - including Mobile, which business leaders have warned could one day challenge Birmingham as the state's economic center.

Mobile ranked No.1 on the list, which appeared Thursday on the magazine's Web site. Huntsville was No.4, and Auburn-Opelika No.6.

Bill Sisson, vice president of economic development for the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, said the Forbes report confirms the economic vitality the Port City is experiencing. Mobile topped the list because its gross metropolitan product - a broad measure of its economy - is expected to grow 34.3 percent between 2007 and 2012.

One reason for that projection is ThyssenKrupp's $3.7 billion steel plant under construction near Mobile. It will employ 2,700 people and create thousands of spinoff jobs.


Huntsville, ranked fourth with expected GMP growth of 26.4 percent during the period, was given high marks because it has become a hub for defense, aerospace and technology jobs. Auburn-Opelika has projected GMP growth of 24 percent between 2007 and 2012, Forbes said.
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Alabama had three cities on Forbes magazine's list of the nation's fastest-growing small metro areas - including Mobile, which business leaders have warned could one day challenge Birmingham as the state's economic center.

"We think it's worth noting that the Birmingham economy is as large as Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile combined"
- Larry Holt, Director of Research for the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
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"We think it's worth noting that the Birmingham economy is as large as Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile combined"
- Larry Holt, Director of Research for the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce

It that actual factual? Can that be proved with numbers or is he just making a publicity statement? I would think even though Huntsville's population is much smaller as far as economic we bring a lot of money to this state with all of the high paying aerospace and defense jumps and considering. The whole North Alabama region as a whole does, and combining that with Mobile and Montgomery I find it hard to believe that Birmingham's economy is still bigger than all 3.
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well even if it is, it is really an irrelevant statement . The writer seemed to throw that in as an attention getter. Birmingham is in no danger of losing that position. These type lists change year to year and Birmingham could well
be at the top next year which then the writer can say 'Birmingham economy continues to dominate state. Auburn was what #6? Well Huntsville's and Mobile's economies are (pick a number) 20 times larger than Auburn's so that didn't seem to hurt them. If BHM's economy is not growing then it should be worried but that's not the case.
Oh if Larry Holt is worried about lists, he can look over these

http://www.huntsvillealabamausa.com/news/nat_recog.html
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