The Glass House Collective has landed a $65,000 Lyndhurst Foundation grant to bring architects, artists and planners from around the country to focus on revitalizing Glass Street.
It’s the second time in three years that Glass House Collective, a nonprofit revitalization organization, has called in professionals and residents to improve the Glass Street neighborhood and thus Chattanooga.
The Next Big Thing Urbanism Conference started Wednesday with guest speaker Mike Lydon, an internationally recognized planner, writer and advocate for livable cities. Lydon, who has been featured on NPR and “CNN Headline News,” is a principal of The Street Plans Collaborative. The conference ends Friday with teams of residents and professionals showcasing ideas for community improvement.
“This isn’t just an ideas workshop. GHC has received modest funding to see a few projects come to life immediately,” Glass House Director Teal Thibaud wrote in an email.
Instead of focusing only on the two block stretch of North Chamberlain and Glass streets as it did in the past, Glass House is expanding its efforts to about a quarter-mile radius from that intersection.