Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE) broke ground Tuesday morning for the Mai Bell, a 49-unit apartment complex in Highland Park named after the late Mai Bell Hurley, one of CNE's founders, a patron of the arts and the first woman elected to the Chattanooga City Council.
"We just thought there was no better way to honor her legacy," said CNE President and CEO Martina Guilfoil said of Hurley, who was an advocate for affordable housing.
The three-story apartment at the corner of Bailey Avenue and South Hawthorne Street will have a commercial space on the ground floor and 11 affordable units with rents that will start at $481 per month for a one-bedroom apartment, $652 for a two-bedroom and $868 for a three-bedroom.
Read more in tomorrow's Times Free Press.