Q: I work at Encompass Health Hospital on (U.S.) 72 East and Moores Mill Road. What is going to be built behind us and on the east and west side of us?

A: Area property developers are calling your area a “gateway” to eastern Madison County from Huntsville and with the development already in place, the general answer is that more is expected to rise there. The mixture of commercial and residential, however, isn’t completely clear.

On Thursday, Huntsville leaders joined Food City grocery representatives breaking ground on a new Food City behind the Wendy’s restaurant and near your location. A Starbucks coffee shop is planned on the site, a city spokesperson said.