David MartinYou’d be hard-pressed to find another city the size of Chattanooga that gets as much media attention – national and international – as we do.
It’s amazing, really. Of course, an overwhelming amount of that favorable press is focused on our fast internet speeds, provided by EPB. I’m sure someone has a running list of all the coverage. I don’t keep a tally sheet, but it seems a new “hey, check out this cool town and its fast internet” article comes out every other week.
Though I haven’t inventoried every article, it appears that most gig-themed features written by outside authors fall into one of two categories. The first type draws the lens back, placing the gig in a larger context of Chattanooga’s four-
decades-long renaissance. The second sort zooms in on the city post-2010 (when the gig debuted), presenting the gig as the Big Bang to our city’s rebirth.
Here are some examples.