The extension of the Riverwalk from Moccasin Bend to St. Elmo is steadily moving through the funding process. Officials just received word that two requests for a total $2.8 million in grant money were approved.
To date, the multi-million dollar project will only cost the city and county $350,000 each.
“These grants [the county] has been getting is making it all possible,” said Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Administrator Larry Zehnder.
Louis Prosterman, the Hamilton County development supervisor who has overseen the Riverwalk project since its inception in 1985, has been successful in helping secure millions of dollars worth of grants bolstered by local private money.
“We’re shooting for the best possible route and trail we can, so we’re trying to engage as many sources of funding as we possibly can,” he said. “We will be applying for additional grants, and we’re trying to get some additional foundation funding and any other sources that might occur.”