We often have remarked that Chattanooga is a really unusual place. Most of our people and our business and economic leaders work well together to create justified Chattanooga economic optimism for us all.
One more example of that came Thursday at the Seventh Annual Mayors’ Business and Industry Appreciation Breakfast at The Chattanoogan.
The big meeting room was so full that 150 Chattanoogans who had asked for reservations had to be turned away.
Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce President Tom Edd Wilson, Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey and Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield had good economic news — although most of our country is in an economic crisis.
They said that in addition to the big new Volkswagen plant that will create a couple of thousand jobs, plus many related ones, and in addition to the expansion of jobs and manufacturing operations at Alstom, there is fresh news that LJT Tennessee/Steel Warehouse plans an $11 million expansion that will add 84 local jobs.