Huntsville National Champions - Census Results

Good morning, Huntsville! Let's kick off your day right and get caught up on the latest and greatest in the Rocket City over your morning coffee! In today's Daily, we'll look at some National Champions in Huntsville, what HudsonAlpha is holding virtual forums to do, and a Huntsville-born program to help our workforce!

First, today's weather:

Today will be nice and breezy with a high of 86 and a low of 64.

Today marks 10 years since the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak in Alabama. 62 tornadoes were confirmed across the state and it remains the deadliest tornado outbreak in the U.S. since 1925. (More details here)

Here are the top five stories in Huntsville today:

1. Two Madison County schools won National Cheerleading Championships over the weekend. Sparkman High School Varsity cheerleaders won two National Championships and Buckhorn High School’s Varsity squad came home with three National Championships. (WAFF)
2. The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that Alabama will not lose a House of Representatives seat based on the census, and Mayor Battle said he was proud of how Huntsville turned out to show their numbers. He believes the growth Huntsville has seen played a big part in keeping the state’s numbers where they needed to be. (Huntsville)
3. HudsonAlpha has teamed up with medical experts in a virtual forum series to educate North Alabama’s minority groups. According to Madison Neal, they hope to provide insight on the impact of COVID-19 and help people make informed decisions on vaccines. HudsonAlpha says there was a lot of inconsistent information at the beginning of the pandemic and that has caused people to be hesitant about vaccines, but the forum sets out to help open the conversation. (WHNT)
4. Technicolor Campus will be under new ownership starting in August. Phoenix Investors has announced that they acquired the space and are already marketing it for lease. (PRNewswire)
5. Beth Boyer and Garrett Coyne announced the beginning of a new workforce training program they founded called Hatch. They were joined by their board members: Max Grelier, Remy Gross, and Ruth Mercado of RCP Companies, and community leaders Demarco McClain and Joanna White. Their goal is to help train 18-24-year olds to work in the hospitality industry and learn skills that could translate into industry jobs and the ability to get an education while compensating participants $1250 over an eight-week period. (Hatch)

Today in Huntsville

• The Huntsville Madison County Chamber is hosting a class on how to do various edits and merging on Microsoft Word- Virtual Event (10 a.m.)
• The Huntsville Havoc is playing the Macon Mayhem (7 p.m.)
• Join the Huntsville Madison County Public Library for Storytime in the Park- Ladybug and Butterflies (10 a.m.)
• Paint a reusable tote bag for Nature Kids- Celebrate Earth Month this week by doing free activities to reduce, reuse and recycle! (10 a.m.)

Huntsville Patch Notebook

• Both northbound lanes of Bailey Cove Road between Stone Creek Lane and Chelsey Lane will be closed through next Tuesday 24 hours a day, and Tuesday through May 18 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
• Jason Johnson was the winner of Day 1 of the 20 Days of Havoc Drawing!
• Peak butterfly season at the Botanical Garden will start Saturday and run through September.
• Brown Farms in Hazel Green is open for strawberry picking! (Details)
• The Shrimp Basket is getting creative with attracting new employees by having a drawing for a new Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV. (Details)
• The city is asking for more input on the skatepark at John Hunt Park and have created an online survey to fill out. (Details)
• Craig Robinson, known as Darryl from “The Office,” will be coming to Huntsville for two shows on May 16. (Details)