READ MOREHalf of Chattanooga’s Lincoln Park land swap complete
Chris AndersonCouncilman Chris Anderson plans to begin hosting community meetings by next month to start developing a 10-acre park that could range from athletic fields to a playground in Alton Park.
As part of Chattanooga’s nearly $97 million capital budget that was approved in a first reading Tuesday night, the city is allocating $1 million toward a long-awaited park at the former Charles A. Bell School.
The City Council voted Tuesday night to take the land back from Hamilton County as part of a previous deal where county officials received a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant to clean the site and then agreed to transfer the property back to the city.
The city’s capital budget includes about $36 million for general funds use for projects such as restoring the Walnut Street Bridge, tearing down the former Harriet Tubman public housing site for $4 million for a future industrial site and $1.8 million to expand the city’s curbside recycling program.