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🌱 City Of Athens Gets Park Funding + 14 North AL Programs Win Grants
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Good morning, everybody! I'm back with your fresh copy of the Huntsville Daily. Come along to find out everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days. In today's issue, you'll learn about these stories and more:
- 14 North Alabama programs get grant funding
- City of Athens funding for park
- Huntsville Fire and Rescue 2023 calls
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Partial sunshine. High: 60 Low: 44.
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Here are the top stories today in Huntsville:
- Rep. Robert Aderholt has announced the funding of 14 projects in North Alabama. One of the projects is for Huntsville-based Institute for Digital Enterprise Advancement's proposed Systems Engineering Technology Apprenticeship and Internship Program. This would make working/learning more accessible in rural areas. (WAFF 48 News)
- Thanks to a $250,000 grant from Dekko Foundation, the City of Athens will be able to turn the abandoned site of a chicken plant into a park. The approval came after the purchase of the former Pilgrim's Pride location. After cleaning up the asbestos, dilapidated buildings and holding ponds, the 32-acres will make way for Sunrise Park. (News Courier)
- In the first seven days of 2023, Huntsville Fire and Rescue has already had 399 total calls. According to its breakdown, 252 of those were rescue and EMS-related incidents, with 16 fire calls and 84 false alarms being some of the other calls. (Huntsville Fire and Rescue via Facebook)
Today in Huntsville:
- 2023 Doing Business with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (9:00 AM)
- Nature Needs Our Help | Nature Academy (10:00 AM)
- LearningQUEST Rally Day (10:30 AM)
- Parent and Family Engagement Workshop in the Lecture Hall (11:00 AM)
- Calhoun Dual Enrollment Transition Day (5:30 PM)
- BOE Meeting — Huntsville City Schools (5:30 PM)
From my notebook:
- Make sure if you are on Medicaid, WIC, EBT, Social Security Disability, or if you have an annual household income of $35,000 or less and you live in Madison County, you take advantage of Snap Alabama's spay or neuter program, which makes the surgery cost only $5. (Details)
- The Rocket City Trash Pandas are hosting another Business Mixer in partnership with Huntsville-Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Leadership Greater Huntsville, and the Madison Chamber of Commerce next month at Toyota Field from 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Details)
- Visual artist applications for Panoply 2023 will close Jan. 11 at midnight, so make sure to get in last-minute submissions! (Details)
Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll see you soon.
— Amy Young
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