Your Friday at a glance:
- Weather: High of 53.
- What to eat: Here’s another Thanksgiving recipe for you, this time for a soup-inspired French onion stuffing.
- What’s impressive: Two Chattanooga companies are among the fastest-growing U.S. tech firms.
- What to do: Santa sightings and Christmas events are here alongside a scarecrow contest and a Friendsgiving dinner in this weekend’s roundup of area happenings.
Good morning, Chattanooga!
The last show held in the Tooga Theatre in Chattooga County was “Lion King Jr.” in 2019.
First built in the 1950s, the aging venue is in need of renovation, from replacing missing seats to ridding the premises of black mold.
Officials have worked to raise money through the community and decided to apply for the Fox Theatre Institute Preservation Grant.
“We knew the application had to be great because this is the first year the Fox Theatre Institute has offered it without it being a matching grant. We also knew that they weren’t able to raise as many funds to offer as many grants this year because they couldn’t raise a lot of money in 2020 due to COVID, so it was going to be competitive,” said Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce Director Cindy Rivers McGraw.
This week they found out they were selected as winners of the funding.
Now for some recent stories:
WELCOMING WELLNESS: CHI Memorial is moving forward with plans for new Ringgold, Georgia, hospital.
CHASING CHOICES: Here’s what you need to know about the Hamilton County school choice application process.
REOPENING RECREATION: Chattanooga began a phased reopening of area community centers yesterday.
– Tierra Hayes, thayes@timesfreepress.com
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