Your Tuesday at a glance:
- Weather: High of 65.
- What to remember: This weekend was the two-year mark for when COVID-19 cases were first identified in Hamilton County, and cases are now subsiding.
- What’s impressive: In another area basketball accomplishment, the Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball team secured its first SEC tournament title since 1979.
- What to experience: Leslie Jordan will be the grand marshal of Chattanooga’s 2022 Riverbend Festival.
Good morning, Chattanooga!
In 2020, Silverdale Baptist Church opened the Oaks Coffee House on Bonny Oaks Drive.
But the shop and its profits aren’t for the church.
“It’s for the community,” said Gus Hernandez, missions and outreach pastor at Silverdale, standing in the dining area on a late February afternoon. He gestured to those seated around him. “Half the people here don’t come to our church.”