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Huntsville fastest growing large metro in Alabama, added 23,500 people since 2010
By Challen Stephens
on March 26, 2016
Huntsville passed Mobile in the 2010 Census to become the second largest metro area in Alabama, and the area continues to grow rapidly.
The Huntsville metro area, which includes Madison and Limestone counties, reached 441,000 people as of 2014. That's up 5.6 percent or about 23,500 people since the 2010 Census.
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[al.com]
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Aerospace engineer turns 1830s Alabama log cabin into mixed media art studio
By The Associate Press
March 26, 2015
Nestled at the foot of Brindlee Mountain, surrounded by trees, is a recently restored 1830s log cabin.
Inside the cabin, bathed in natural light, Leslie Wood creates her fantasy-inspired, mixed media art.
"It has a feel about it I never would've imagined," Wood said. "It's a wonderful place to make art. I'm inspired more to be down there. I spend every free day I have out there."
Wood is an aerospace engineer and subcontractor for NASA. She also is an artist. Wood and her husband bought their home beside the cabin in 2002. Last July, they began restoring the cabin, which now is Wood's art studio. They finished the renovations last week.
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[TheAssociatedPress]
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