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Welcome to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in Tennessee (after Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville). It is the state's second oldest major city behind Knoxville. It is located in southeast Tennessee on Nickajack Lake, which is part of the Tennessee River, near the border of Georgia, and at the junction of three interstate highways, I-24, I-75, and I-59.
The city, which lies at the transition between the ridge-and-valley portion of the Appalachian Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau, is surrounded by ridges.
The Chattanooga skyline
The city is known for the 1941 big-band swing song "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller, but it has grown significantly since its days as a railroad hub and industrial center.
The local economy includes a diversified mix of manufacturing and service industries, four colleges, and several preparatory schools. "Sustainability" is a key concept for Chattanooga's development, especially after the crash of the industrial due to overseas labor.
The city boasts the most productive affordable housing program in the nation. Chattanooga is notable for leveraging development funds through effective public private partnerships, and has significant civic involvement. It was one of the first US cities to effectively use a citizen visioning process to set specific long-range goals to enrich the lives of residents and visitors.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, which is also known locally as UTC, is the second largest campus of the University of Tennessee System. Boasting a student population of over 8500, UTC students, staff and faculty play a major part in contributing to the local economy. In addition to UTC, there are several other institutions of higher learning in Chattanooga.
Chattanooga is the home to the Hunter Museum of Art, a well known art museum. In addition, Chattanooga, since it is the birthplace of the tow truck, is the fitting home of the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum, also the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, the largest operating historic railroad in the south. A number of other museums can be found in town as well.
Chattanooga has traditionally marketed its tourist attractions very aggressively, including the Tennessee Aquarium (a major expansion, coinciding with a completion of a major riverfront development project, opened in May, 2005), caverns, and developments along the Tennessee River. In the downtown area are both the Creative Discovery Museum (a hands on children's museum dedicated to science, art, and music) and the IMAX 3D Theatre.
Just two miles outside of downtown Chattanooga is the Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park which is Chattanooga's own zoo. The red-and-black painted "See Rock City" barns along highways in the Southeast are remnants of a now classic Americana tourism campaign to attract visitors to the Rock City tourist attraction in nearby Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Incidentally, Chattanooga means "rock coming to a point" in the Creek Indian language (most believe it refers to Lookout Mountain or the rock outcroppings thereon).
Chattanooga is also notable for the Riverbend Festival, an annual two-weeks-long music festival held in June in the downtown area that is known for drawing huge crowds from in and around the Tennessee Valley. One of the most popular events of the festival is the Bessie Smith Strut, a one night showcase of blues and jazz music. The event is named for Bessie Smith, a pioneering blues singer from Chattanooga.
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Local daily news in Chattanooga:
I-24 bridge repair worker killed, one injured by semi
A tractor trailer rig on Interstate 24 struck two bridge repair workers dangling from a scaffold on an overpass in Chattanooga, killing one of them. via The Leaf Chronicle
News, Weather and Sports for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley
"The main thing I want people to know is we've got good public servants in this area and these are the exceptions, anyone that breaks the law." Submitted by Kristen Johnson on May 14, 2008 - 9:35pm. This is the second arrest this year involving a public official. via WDEF-TV Chattanooga
Mental Health Escapee Goes On Wild Driving Spree
Chattanooga Police said a mental health escapee went on a wild driving spree in North Chattanooga around noon Tuesday. via Chattanoogan.com
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Places of interest:
Ridgeside, TN (1.5 miles), East Ridge, TN (3.9 miles), Lakeview, GA (4.7 miles), Red Bank, TN (4.9 miles), Rossville, GA (5.0 miles), Lookout Mountain, TN (6.7 miles), Fort Oglethorpe, GA (7.1 miles), Lookout Mountain, GA (7.7 miles).
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