A TFP article (3/31) details how there are plenty of Lookout Mountain residents who are both for and against the proposed gondola at Rock City. I live just blocks from Rock City, and I haven’t heard anyone proclaim their support of it.
There was a Lookout Mountain, Georgia community meeting on Feb. 24 that I attended, and though the mood was civil, the hostility and opposition toward Rock City’s plans were front and center. This project is inappropriate, unsuitable and in poor taste for a community that’s understated and known for its lowkey vibe for families and a few small businesses. Let’s keep it lowkey and not make it lowbrow, please.
This project will also disrupt St. Elmo and Tennessee avenues in Chattanooga, with Rock City traffic diverted to Flintstone, Georgia, which will lose much of its charm at the base of Lookout just south of the state line.
John Burke
Lookout Mountain, Georgia