We had to talk him into home hospice care, using the argument that it would give my mom a break. He was more worried about her than himself, so he gave in. Call it the fifth leg of an evolving Huntsville economic development strategy that aims to broaden Huntsville from a dependence on military, space and aerospace. With Washington budget pressures bearing down, those traditional Huntsville stalwarts are feeling the heat, but Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle wants to redirect part of that supporting intellectual capital into the next big thing..