Once again Huntsville Captures top honors for Engineering - Feb 2015

While the city Huntsville was locked into a snow and ice cycle in February and March, organizations have bestowed titles of top engineering city on Huntsville.

Forbes and NerdWallet have announced that Huntsville is the best place for engineers. By far away and an easy pick among the organizations Huntsville stood out the most. Not only that but reading further into the article Decatur, AL also made the list, making the metro area very strong indeed in terms of an engineering powerhouse. The hidden gem of the Huntsville area is once again proudly recognized.

Also sneaking in on another list. Huntsville managed to get into the top 15 of top cities for pay in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) jobs. With the above awards of engineering, these two can easily seen being hand in hand which looks back at another list by Wallethub showing Huntsville on the list for most educated cities.

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Information on the proposed changes to Huntsville City Schools boundaries - 2015

From what we are hearing, it looks like these proposed changes will go into effect and are just waiting to be finalized.  Between now and the fall there may be a few slight changes which pop up.  However, currently the information in the attached link of the school zone boundaries will be what it looks like in the document. There will probably be more finalized documents coming out later from Huntsville City Schools and the federal government.

Proposed School Zoning Maps and Feeder Charts

Document may have to be rotated since the maps are in different directions as released by HCS.

For more information please go to the Huntsville City Schools for additional links and topics.

Proposed School Zone Locator

Main Huntsville City Schools Website

As always we will try to keep you updated to the latest developments

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UAH Ranking on US News and World Report

The University of Alabama in Huntsville made the US News and World Report rankings of best universities in the nation. UAH came in at #181. UAH has many areas to be pleased about concerning this report.

7th Best Online Bachelor's Programs
21st Best Online Graduate Computer Information Technology Programs
53rd Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs
6th Best Online Graduate Nursing Program

63rd Best College for Veterans
99th Best University for Nursing
111th Best University for Physics

To read more information and statistics please click the link above to go to the US News and World Report rankings.  Other major Alabama universities: Alabama, Auburn, University of Alabama in Birmingham. Other statewide universities such as University of North Alabama, Troy, Tuskegee, and Samford were put into the Regional Universities category.

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Top Rankings, Health, & New Firehouse

Several news stories came in the past few days...

University of Alabama-Huntsville topped the rankings for best university in Alabama for Return on Investment for both In State and Out of State students.  Followed then by Auburn and Alabama. Full Report can be found here.

In the latest Census estimate Huntsville Metro Area added the most people in the state, while the Auburn-Opelika and Daphne-Fairhope-Foley Metro were two of the fastest growing Metros in the nation by percentage. Expanded Article from AL.com.

County Health Rankings recently released the healthiest counties in Alabama with Madison County coming in on the Top 5 in both areas of Health Outcomes and Health Factors. Limestone County also came in the Top 5 in the Health Outcomes Ranking. Click on the county in the report to get more detailed findings and then click on the graphs for yearly reporting graphs.

Last night, the Huntsville City Council voted to build a new Fire Station in Hampton Cove on Old Big Cove Road. For more information on the Fire Station, here is the expanded article from AL.com. Matheny Goldmon Architects did a wonderful job with the look of the new station. It should make a fine addition to the city.

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