Your Friday at a glance:
- Weather: High of 59.
- What’s helped: Chattanooga’s eviction relief initiative has helped 400 individuals and 220 children.
- What to know: Check out these upcoming road closures, construction and detours in the Chattanooga area to help your daily drive.
- What’s interesting: Here’s how Dr. Gabriel Perez, an environmental engineer with the city of Chattanooga, is staying alert ahead of possible future COVID-19 surges by testing the city’s wastewater.
Good morning, Chattanooga!
After coming across the bluest bird she’s ever seen, Chattanoogan Susan Vandergriff jumped all in as a birder, buying binoculars and feeders for her house.
“I started thinking, ‘How can I attract more?'” says Vandergriff. “I’m nerdy, so I started doing my own research on what different birds like to eat.”
But after seeing all the waste left over from the generic seed mixes she was purchasing, she started making her own blends, which she now sells through her company, The Happy Birdwatcher.