Your Wednesday at a glance:
- Weather: High of 54, 80% chance of rain.
- What to eat: It looks like we have some rainy days coming our way, so here’s a recipe for a lemon-orange pound cake to bring a little sunshine into your kitchen.
- What to do: Go see The Beatles’ new rooftop concert movie at the IMAX theater.
- What’s interesting: Chattanooga Airport officials gave a thumbs up for the biggest-ever expansion to the terminal to the tune of $28 million.
Good morning, Chattanooga!
For Women’s Fund of Greater Chattanooga Executive Director Erika Burnett, going to Tennessee State University felt like home.
“I decided pretty early on I wanted to attend a historically black college or university,” Burnett says. “I didn’t have the language for it at the time, but I wanted to be in a place where I felt more welcome and where there was community that I’d been missing.”
After attending Vanderbilt for her masters, in 2020 Burnett found herself in Chattanooga, where she leads the Women’s Fund to help shape public policy to better support area women, like helping to provide feminine hygiene products for teenagers during the pandemic while they were home from school.
“Chattanooga is home, at least for a little while,” she says. “I’m excited that I’m in a community that will go on this journey [to help women].”
Now for some recent stories:
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: The Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Tennessee is offering virtual events for Black History Month.
STAYING ON BEAT: Here’s what our music reporter Barry Courter thought of the new Beatles movie. “‘The Beatles: Get Back’ is as much about the process as the music.”
ONE YEAR LATER: Today is my one-year anniversary working full time for the Times Free Press and about six months since I took over Good Day, Chattanooga! I’d love to hear some feedback on how you think it’s going and suggestions for the future. My email is below. Thanks for your continued support of local journalism!
-Tierra Hayes, thayes@timesfreepress.com
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