You may have heard we’ve ranked ‘Top’ and ‘Best of’ in many categories—best city to live in Alabama, top schools in the state and ranked in the top percentile in the nation. But beyond the numbers—which are very impressive!—Madison is a hometown with a lot of heart and soul. The neighbors here enjoy a vibrant town environment. There’s always something fun and exciting to do.

Throughout the year –a typical year, anyway— our city enjoys events and get togethers like:
• Madison Easter “Egg”stravaganza and Kite Festival
• City of Madison Stars and Stripes Forever July 4th Celebration
• Annual Madison Station Polar Express Christmas on Main
• City of Madison Cars Under the Stars Christmas Movies

Then there are the everyday special things, and the unusual places that might just become your favorite haunt. The Madison City Farmers Market offers the freshest local produce and a great place to get together. Local shops are awesome—Old Black Bear Brewing Company, Pure Barre, and more, offer great opportunity for fitness, fun and flavor.

What will you love best about Madison? Visit, explore and decide for yourself!

It’s great being so close to so many great attractions here in Madison. If it’s sports you love, our ‘next door neighbor’ Huntsville, hits a home run. As they say at our sister community, Village of Providence in Huntsville, a HUGE part of the camaraderie and spirit of this area is our leave-it-all-on-the-field sports teams. Check them out!

BASEBALL: The Rocket City Trash Pandas
We think a name like that is a home run in and of itself! Our own Rocket City Trash Pandas are North Alabama’s official Minor League AA baseball team and 2021 is the year it all begins! Want to support the team? Check out the hats, shirts and other great gear at the team’s store in Bridge Street Town Centre.

FOOTBALL
Alabama is no stranger to football. Our state, and the entire south, really, just LOVE the game and we’re fiercely loyal to our teams. Huntsville has football teams of its own:
Alabama A&M Bulldogs – an NCAA Division I college team
Huntsville Tigers – a women’s tackle football team in the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) league.
Huntsville Rockets – a semi-pro team named for the original and beloved Huntsville Rockets Football Team in the 1960s.

HOCKEY
Yes, HOCKEY! In Huntsville we have our own teams—the pro team, Huntsville Havoc, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s (UAH) Chargers. You’ll want to plan to slide over to the Von Braun Center and take in a high energy, high stakes hockey match. The sport is actually a very popular local pastime. And it’s just one of the things that make Huntsville such an interesting place to call home. Huntsville Havoc is a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League and the UAH Chargers team is part of NCAA Division I.

RACING
Love racing? Huntsville has your passion. The Huntsville Speedway is a quarter-mile track that hosts stock car and modified car racing. This track has hosted many a legendary racer over its many years. Richard Petty enjoyed one of his earliest wins here. It must have been that Huntsville luck.

Whatever game gets you going, Huntsville has it and our neighbors and friends love getting together to cheer on the home team. Come be a part of it!

If you ever wanted to know MORE about the amazing U.S. Space Program, you’ll be over the moon about the US Space & Rocket Center in nearby Huntsville. Operated by the government of Alabama, this enormous hub of all things space has been called “Earth’s largest space museum”. Within the vast halls and exhibit spaces of the Center, you can see items from the infamous Apollo Program, interactive science exhibits, Space Shuttle exhibits, aircraft and rockets.

The US Space & Rocket Center is set among land carved out of Redstone Arsenal just beside the beautiful Huntsville Botanical Garden. From here, you can take a tour by bus of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, try out the Apollo Virtual Reality simulator, G-Force Accelerator, or Flight simulator—and that’s just the beginning. Space Camp programs for kids, movies and shows, the I.D.E.A.S. Lab, Scuba experience, and even Family Astronaut Training.

It’s a galaxy’s worth of fun, learning and entertainment. We love being so close to so many great neighbors here at Oakland Springs in Madison.

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