With its mountains, lakes and rivers, Chattanooga has some of the nation’s top venues for whitewater rafting, hangliding, rock climbing and caving.“[The city] offers a great balance between business and outdoor fun. It has the resources and ability to do big things but is small enough that you can move here and quickly be part of the community.”
– Jack Studer, Lamp Post partner, “Gig City” contest leader
Location: Southeast Tennessee on the Georgia state line
Size: With 137.2 square miles, Chattanooga completely surrounds the cities of Red Bank and Ridgeside and the Tennessee side of East Ridge. Although smaller in population, Chattanooga is geographically bigger than New York, Chicago, Memphis or Atlanta.
Relative size: Chattanooga is the fourth-biggest city in Tennessee and the 139th-largest city in the United States, according to the 2010 census.