A number of government offices, public agencies and businesses will close today in observance of Good Friday.
Hamilton County schools and the system’s administrative offices will be closed. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga also is closed, but Chattanooga State Community College is open.
County government offices will are closed.
All nonessential Chattanooga city offices will be closed, but garbage pickup and recycling scheduled for today will continue, according to the mayor’s spokesman Richard Beeland.
Red Bank and East Ridge municipal offices will be closed today, with garbage pickup rescheduled to the following week.
EPB offices will be closed today, though its dispatch center and electrical line departments will be staffed to maintain operations through the holiday, officials said.
It is not a federal holiday, so services such as banking, the post office and mail should take place as scheduled.
On Easter Sunday, CARTA will have no fixed-route bus service or Care-a-van service. The Downtown Shuttle will operate on its Sunday schedule – 9:30 a.m. till 8:30 p.m. All CARTA bus services will resume regular weekday schedules Monday.
Hamilton Place mall will be closed Easter Sunday, but a number of its restaurants will be open. A list is available at the mall’s website – hamiltonplacemall.com.