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Luxury Five Points Apartments | The Stella at Five Points Class A New Construction Restaurant Space Available at The Stella at Five Points. This space will comprise 351 loft apartments on the top floors with 3,200 SF of retail & restaurant space on the ground floor. Set to become the focal point of the Historic Olde Towne neighborhood it is conveniently located approximately 1 mile from downtown Huntsville and offers convenient access to I-565. It is also situated prominently in the popular Five Points area and only a short distance to Monte Sano Mountain and State Park for numerous outdoor activities. Rental Rate & TI is negotiable. High Visibility Corner Location facing the Pratt Avenue & Schiffman Street intersection. Reference: www.loopnet.com

What slowdown? 2024 could be record year for apartments in Huntsville metro 2024 is shaping up to be a record year for the completion of apartment units in the Huntsville metropolitan area according to one report. Reference: www.al.com

'This wasn’t my decision': Eli Gold out as voice of Alabama football TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBMA) — Eli Gold, also known as the voice of the Alabama Crimson Tide football, will no longer serve in the role of announcer. In a news release Wednesday, the university said that after 36 years, Gold was "departing from his role" as play-by-play announcer for the Crimson Tide and host of "Hey, Coach" on the Crimson Tide Sports Network . Chris Stewart will take over both roles... Reference: www.waaytv.com

Official website of the City of Huntsville City services, jobs, sanitation schedule, programs, elected officials and more. ‎ Huntsville Police · ‎ Departments · ‎ About Huntsville · ‎ Jobs Reference: www.huntsvilleal.gov

Is Huntsville’s apartment surge slowing down? City officials believe so ...told the Huntsville City Council last month that his office has seen a “drastic drop-off” of apartments being proposed for the Rocket City. Reference: www.al.com

Wicked North Alabama | Amazon Paperback Thoughts of Alabama invite images of Confederate jasmine and fertile cotton fields, sweet iced tea and Southern hospitality, but there's a darker side to the state's history. Some of the stories captured within the pages of this book are well known to the good folks of North Alabama; others are less familiar. The scandals of Lincoln's brother-in-law, the reign of terror created by Huntsville's Southwest Molester, the Decatur man who buried his wife's dismembered body under the fish pond and the beautiful Black Widow of Hazel Green--all of these stories are well researched and masterfully written by Huntsville author Jacquelyn Procter Reeves. True-crime fans will appreciate this treasury of stories spanning nearly two hundred years of North Alabama history. Reference: Amazon

5 new businesses in the Rocket City you should check out New businesses in the Rocket City are popping up all over the community so far in 2024, and we keep welcoming more to the area. From new restaurants to health care facilities to retail, more business owners are looking to call Huntsville home. Reference: hvilleblast.com

Migrants bussed from the border is not just an immigration crisis. Think public health. Asylum seekers could be bringing infectious diseases across our southern border. When they are bussed to New York and elsewhere, these diseases go with them. Border Patrol and local agencies have seen all types of diseases like tuberculosis, scabies, COVID, hepatitis A and B, gonorrhea, syphilis , mumps, chicken pox, dengue fever, etc. Reference: www.usatoday.com

Syphilis cases are up 80 percent since 2018 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state of Alabama is also seeing a spike. Anthony Merriweather, the STD Division Director at the Alabama Department of Health, said that since 2021 numbers have shown that people in Alabama have been engaging in more high-risk sexual activity without knowledge of their partner having an STD or STI. ...Classical signs and symptoms of syphilis include chancres, or small round contagious sores, that appear on the lips, around and inside the mouth, genital areas, and/or rectum. Other symptoms include body rashes and alopecia. ... Reference: www.waff.com MORE READING: These U.S. Cities Have the Highest STD Rates Huntsville, AL: Metro Population is 366,519 with 54 Syphilis cases. | Montgomery, AL: Metro Population is 225,763 with 36 Syphilis cases. | Birmingham, AL: Metro Population is 659,300 with 97 Syphilis cases. | Mobile, AL: Metro Population is 413,757 with 48 Syp