The Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday approved two measures one of which will help redevelopment on the city’s Southside.
Council members approved a plan for redevelopment in the South Broad Street area that could include a new Lookouts stadium along with housing, parks and commercial areas aimed at bringing more people and businesses south of the freeway.
John Bridger, head of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning AuthorityThe South Broad plan was developed by the Chattanooga Design Studio and includes ideas from people who attended a series of public meetings last fall. Designers are proposing that the 400 acres south of Interstate 24 along and around Broad Street could join in Chattanooga’s central city renaissance, with zoning rules to allow new types of urban housing and retail development.
John Bridger, executive director of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency, told the council the six-month planning process was designed to ‘frame a vision for the redevelopment of the Southside community.”
“It’s a more detailed look from an urban design perspective on how we see the future of that community building out,” Bridger said. The area is a “tremendous gateway not only to the Southside but the Chattanooga community.”