A planning panel on Monday endorsed a proposal to vastly remake the former site of East Brainerd Elementary School in Chattanooga to hold new housing along with retail and restaurant locations.
New development on 121-acre former Alstom plant site replaces lost jobs
Showing the staying power of Chattanooga's rental market, a new $20 million apartment development in Hixson is planned near another complex that recently had its grand opening.
Volkswagen Chattanooga on Thursday donated 98 bikes to children of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga which were assembled by VW workers amid a production suspension due to a semiconductor chip shortage.
The nation's first Smart Factory Institute is opening in Chattanooga at the Volkswagen Academy where companies will have access to ways to improve manufacturing and advanced technology.
A high-profile tract in East Brainerd that for many years held an elementary school and later was prepped for a shopping center is now pegged for a multimillion-dollar apartment and townhouse project.
The Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday endorsed property tax incentives for a company that has plans for a $160 million plant to develop materials for lithium-ion batteries and create 300 jobs.
Some 300 East Brainerd residents, many fed up with clogged roads and worried about over-development with more home building on the way, have met with key city, Hamilton County and state officials.
Business has started moving into its new downtown headquarters
Chattanooga's West Village, which has turned into a downtown hot spot, is expanding as its developer has bought three nearby hotels over the past few months and invested about $90 million.
