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Your Thursday at a glance:

  • Weather: High of 87 with partly cloudy skies and a possible stray shower or thunderstorm.
  • What to eat: Try some of these TikTok recipes.
  • What to do: Upcoming classes in Chattanooga will teach you how to preserve foods growing in your garden.
  • What we’re excited about: Simone Biles returning to the Olympic competition and winning a bronze on the beam.

Greetings, Chattanooga!

If you could live anywhere in the world for a year without having to pay for housing, where would you go? I would probably end up in Bermuda to hang out with my best friend and maybe Spain for a bit to brush up on my language skills.

But Chattanoogan Stephanie Hays and her family are getting to do just that. Hays was named this week as one of 12 worldwide participants – out of 314,000 applicants – in the “Live Anywhere on Airbnb” program.

She and her husband have always loved to travel, and now they can’t wait to take their nearly 2-year-old son with them.