Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment lends the district a creative outlet and unique spot for locals and visitors alike.
Anchoring the district is the Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment--the south's largest privately-owned arts facility. With a focus on visual arts, this historic factory building has been redeveloped into more than 150 working studios for over 200 artists, makers and independent businesses, 7 art galleries, a multi-use theatre, 4 performance venues, restaurants, a foundry, a chocolate shop, and a community garden. Their open door policy allows the public to visit artists and makers during the different stages of their creative process.
Within this thriving creative community are artists and makers from across the world. The Mill serves as a space where they can create, learn, and collaborate. With studio spaces lining the hallways, visitors have the opportunity to openly explore the Mill and artist spaces where they can shop and learn about the artists and their works. In addition to working artists, Lowe Mill is home to several of North Alabama’s premiere entertainment including Concerts on the Dock, the world’s longest running Cigar Box Guitar Festival, and more. This historic arts center provides its community—both in- and outside the Mill—with a space to gain knowledge and hands-on experience in various mediums and forms, a place to fully immerse in an originative environment, ultimately making arts, entertainment, and culture accessible to those who visit this vibrant facility.
In addition to the many ways to play at Lowe Mill, the complex is also home to unique work spaces. As the home to several high-tech companies, Lowe Mill is a great option for companies looking to relocate or expand into innovative spaces. Best of all, even though its a historic mill, Lowe Mill office spaces come with all the latest technology and amenities that company's need to recruit a great workforce and provide the products and services that lead to success.
In-house dining options are numerous with restaurants such as Happy Tummy, Poftà Bunà, Irons Distillery, The Veggie, and the Chef Will the Palate food truck.
For sweeter treats, try Pizzelle's Confections and Suzy's Pops or artisan coffee at Dragons Forge Cafe and Piper & Leaf. Enjoy them while shopping eclectic retail shops such as Green Pea Press, Vertical House Records, and Tangled String Studios which doubles as an artisan musical instrument store and intimate listening lounge for local and regional musicians.
Minutes away from the Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment is Alabama's newest premier comedy club Stand Up Live Huntsville.
From special events to unique retail, the Lowe Mill District offers an intersection between arts, culture, and innovation for businesses, residences, and special events.
Check out our complete list of Lowe Mill Dining and Lowe Mill Shopping to plan the perfect itinerary in the Lowe Mill District of Downtown Huntsville.
Looking to Work in the Lowe Mill District?
Huntsville West CoWorking
3001 9th Avenue SW, Huntsville, AL 35805 – huntsvillewest.com
In West Huntsville, you can also find Huntsville West coworking and incubator, a re-purposed Elementary School where entrepreneurs, freelancers, and remote workers share resources, collaborate and innovate. Huntsville West features a variety of shared and dedicated work stations, private offices, lounges, meeting rooms, and an array of resources to support their members.
Looking to Live in the Lowe Mill District?
For those that want to live near the fun, the Lowe Mill area is also home to funky cottages ready for renovation and other interesting homes all around the district's unique destinations.
Invent Communities is taking the lead. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Nashville, TN, Invent has since expanded to other communities including Chattanooga, TN, Wilson, AR, Birmingham, AL and Huntsville, AL. When Invent first came to Huntsville three years ago, it was quickly clear that the resurgence in our home market of East Nashville resembled the resurgence happening in and around the Lowe Mill Area.
Invent currently owns properties in the Lowe Mill Neighborhood on which the company plans to build 140+ new residences. Invent Huntsville has also contracted to purchase property from the City of Huntsville adjacent to the vibrant Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment complex for the development of a mixed-use building featuring apartments and ground floor retail.
If you would like to learn more, please contact Lore at lorehislop@gmail.com.