Were you downtown Sunday?
It was glorious. And inspiring. When someone is covering mile 67-plus on a Sunday morning while you have a tummy grumbling from a Waffle House breakfast, well, that’s humbling.
Standing on the Walnut Street Bridge as my kids cheered the leaders during the home stretch of the Ironman 70.3, it made me proud to call Chattanooga home.
It also made me think. It made me think about the heavy lifting and the campaigning it takes to get events like this in our city. And knowing the way these events fill our hotels – if you haven’t noticed, more hotel rooms are coming downtown by the day – and our restaurants.
Jay GreesonIt also made me remember that our city has hosted a great number of great events. Back in the day there were numerous slow-pitch softball tournaments. There were college sports tournament events, from SEC and NCAA women’s basketball to FCS football.