Your Monday at a glance:
- Weather: Partly cloudy, high of 71.
- What to know: Here’s what to do if you test positive for COVID-19.
- What to do: For the one week between Christmas and the new year, here are a few Chattanooga area events that lead up to and encompass New Year’s Day.
- What’s still low: Chattanooga’s unemployment rate has dropped to a record low.
Good morning, Chattanooga!
When the pandemic hit hard in March of 2020, many companies pivoted to figure out remote working, including us at the Times Free Press.
But for Chattanooga-based Syssero, there was little to change. The company has never had a physical location and CEO and co-owner Amer Lowry says that’s by design.
“The biggest thing when we started was to ask ourselves, ‘Does it make sense to have an office?'” she says. “It’s so much overhead. Why do that? Put that money into your people.”
Now for some recent stories:
NEEDIEST CASES: The coronavirus pandemic hit Felicia Pace’s six-person family especially hard after a family-wide bout with the disease kept her out of work without pay for four weeks. Here’s how the Neediest Cases Fund will soon be able to help and how you can donate.
FREE HIKES: Tennessee’s state parks are offering free, guided hikes on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
READY TO RETURN: If you’ve got some items to return post-Christmas, here are some tips for holiday returns.
– Tierra Hayes, thayes@timesfreepress.com
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