🚤 Waterfront Boat Ramp on Scottsboro Highway in Grant will close July 13 for "major facility upgrades," per the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (News release)
Parking areas will be substantially expanded to accommodate more than 80 trucks and trailers, and a new four-lane launching slab and floating access pier will be added.
🤝 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is partnering with Alabama A&M University, establishing it as an anchor for a new innovation partnership to help researchers, students and more commercialize research and connect to the area's aerospace and advanced manufacturing economy. (News release)
🧱 Huntsville International Airport secured a nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for infrastructure upgrades, part of a larger pool of $15 million headed to airports across the state. (WHNT)