After taking the Chattanooga City Council District 4 seat in the March 7 elections, Darrin Ledford is hoping the appointment will give him a chance to advocate for reasonable solutions to some of the area’s toughest problems.
A newcomer to the council, Ledford, who owns a printing and graphic design company, decided to run after former District 4 representative Larry Grohn announced his candidacy for mayor.
“Chattanooga is very special to me. It’s not only my home; it is my whole life,” said Ledford, a longtime resident who accumulated 95 percent of the votes in District 4’s unopposed race. “If I’ve ever loved anything so much – [after] God [and] my family – it would be this city. And that is why I’m doing this.”
During his nearly 20 years of work with clients through his company, ImageWorks, Ledford said he has learned the value of honesty and compromise, and he intends to approach the issues facing the city using those same problem-solving techniques while understanding that not everyone will get everything they want.
The first problem Ledford is hoping to address is road maintenance throughout the city – especially in the East Hamilton area.