Chattanooga Village developer Duane Horton, right, discusses plans for the project at a public meeting Tuesday night at the Hixson Community Center.What’s next?
• Chattanooga City Council Chair Pam Ladd has called a special meeting to consider the Chattanooga Village plans from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. next Monday at the Chattanooga City Council Chambers, 1000 Lindsay Street. Developers, planners and other council members are expected to attend the public hearing.”We have heard a lot of information about this project and a lot of misinformation,” Ladd said. “I want to provide an opportunity for citizens to discuss this project in a civil and orderly manner.”• The City Council could consider and vote on the rezoning for the project as early as Jan. 8.
Hixson residents on Tuesday night peppered a developer with questions about what would be one of largest mixed-use projects ever built in the Chattanooga area.
Queries ranged from construction to sidewalks to potential stormwater runoff problems at the proposed 190-acre, $100 million Chattanooga Village project off state Highway 153 near Boy Scout Road.
“How can you be so sure [about stormwater runoff] if you’ve not even had the study done yet?” asked nearby resident Andrea Rice at a public meeting.
Duane Horton, of Scenic Land Co., which wants to put up the massive apartment and commercial development, said the company will meet standards higher than those now required by the city when it comes to runoff.