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Opinion: Take a moment to see some good stuff happening in Chattanooga and Tennessee

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Chattanooga city mayor Tim Kelly speaks during a meeting of the JFK Club in November.
Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Chattanooga city mayor Tim Kelly speaks during a meeting of the JFK Club in November. Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Chattanooga city mayor Tim Kelly speaks during a meeting of the JFK Club in November.

There’s a lot of good stuff going on right now – despite these stressful times. We don’t often get to say this, but we relish the days when we do.

Here’s a partial list.

Chattanooga is listening

The next few months will be budget time for cities and counties and states. It’s not often your elected officials say to you: Come sit with us or tune in via your phone or computer in a virtual Zoom meeting to tell us how you’d like us to spend your money this year and next.

That’s exactly what Mayor Tim Kelly’s administration did Monday. And the plan is to do it twice more via Zoom on Jan. 31 and Feb. 10. Both virtual meetings will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.