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Good Day, Chattanooga! Jan. 26, 2022

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Your Wednesday at a glance:

  • Weather: High of 45.
  • What to do: East Ridge residents are encouraged to sign up family members with disabilities like dementia and autism to the city’s recently adopted “Take Me Home” program.
  • What to know: Chattanooga residents are voicing their wishes for the upcoming city budget in virtual public sessions.
  • What to eat: Casseroles. For these recipes, eggs, beef and rice take center stage.

Good morning, Chattanooga!

In 2019, Danika Veldkamp and her husband Jason decided to search the world for the perfect place to live.

“We got married, quit our jobs and traveled around the world to find out where we were going to live,” explains the 27-year-old former Minnesotan.

Rome, Barcelona and Sicily, they traveled the globe, but after two visits to Chattanooga, their hearts were set.

Danika now works at InfoSystems as a marketing and communications manager.

Here’s how a brain injury, growing up in the middle of nowhere and being a new mom have shaped her career and her life in Chattanooga.

Now for some recent stories:

ROAD WORK: Have the roadways been a little bumpier than usual for you? The Tennessee Department of Transportation is launching a plan to use all available staff to patch potholes carved out by back-to-back winter storms.

(SUN)DANCING TO THE MUSIC: For this year’s Sundance festivals, a number of documentaries are bringing life to lost eras of music.

KEEPING YOU INFORMED: Here’s our running, up-to-date list of Hamilton County schools that are moving to virtual instruction.

-Tierra Hayes, thayes@timesfreepress.com

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