Mike Pare, the deputy Business editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, has worked at the paper for 27 years.
In addition to editing, Mike also writes Business stories and covers Volkswagen, economic development and manufacturing in Chattanooga and the surrounding area.
In the past he also has covered higher education.
Mike, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., received a bachelor’s degree in communications from Florida Atlantic University. he worked at the Rome News-Tribune before coming to Chattanooga.
Contact Mike at 423-757-6318 or mpare@timesfreepress.com
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Tennessee tax collections continued an upward trend in January, reflecting December consumer spending during the holiday buying season.
Claris Networks, a cloud computing and managed information technology service provider, has named Walt Robinson as senior vice president of corporate development.
Tennessee American Water no longer will collect sewer and garbage fees for some area municipalities after October, a change city officials say could prove costly for them and confusing for ratepayers.
Alton Park residents and others said Thursday they’re hopeful about a new company that could land in the area and create about 50 jobs.
Wacker officials say that injecting $300 million more into its Bradley County plant will hike capacity by 20 percent, and the opening Wednesday of a training center will ensure skilled workers for its factory.
Chattanooga shopping center developer CBL & Associates Properties Inc. posted higher profits last year and said Wednesday it's poised for growth in a better operating, leasing and investment environment.
Lawrence Quinn says that the beautiful part of life is you don’t know where it’s going to take you.
Wacker officials said today that $300 million more invested in its Bradley County plant will bolster its production capacity.
Once the site of a proposed $20 million project that was to include new condominiums, a key downtown tract near the Tennessee Aquarium will become a parking lot.
Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant has assembled of its 50,000th Passat, an official said today.
