Hamilton County will not participate in a plan to replace the Northgate Mall’s outdated infrastructure using future property tax money, officials said Monday.
“I did not brief the county officials in a timely manner,” Charita Allen, the city’s senior adviser for economic and workforce development, told members of Chattanooga’s Industrial Development Board.
County leaders did not have time to get an overview of the project, Allen said, which was previously provided to the Chattanooga City Council and the Industrial Development Board. The county would have contributed about $1.5 million in property tax revenue over a 20-year period for the improvements, Allen said.
“I take full responsibility for not having briefed them in enough time to allow them to digest the information before simply adding it to their agenda,” she said.