Outside magazine featured Chattanooga on its cover after the Scenic City triumphed in
six rounds of votingin an online contest that pitted it against cities across the country.
The cover story lauded the city not just for its world-class outdoor attractions, but also for its gigabit Internet, emerging startup scene and trendy downtown.
The cover photo featured a picture shot from Chattanooga’s North shore looking south over the Market Street bridge, and displayed pictures of the Hunter Museum of American Art, The Farmer’s Daughter restaurant and a hang glider taking off just outside the city.
“When I was growing up an hour south of Chattanooga in the eighties and nineties, the city was best known for MoonPies, those sinfully delicious chocolate, graham cracker and marshmallow hockey picks,” wrote Graham Averill, who penned the article for Outside. “Fast-forward a couple of decades and I’m standing in a juice bar on the edge of downtown, wondering what happened to the corny place I once knew.”