In the early, eerily quiet days of the pandemic, Catharine Daniels locked up her gift shop and art gallery on Frazier Avenue and wondered what the future held for Plum Nelly.

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CBL Properties Chief Executive Stephen Lebovitz recalls the daunting early days of the coronavirus pandemic last year, when retailers closed stores in droves and many shoppers quit coming to its malls.

The biggest business expansions and new locations announced in the Chattanooga area in 2021 will add nearly 1,700 jobs at an array of businesses, including:

Chattanooga's Tennessee Riverwalk is among the country's best places to stroll along the water, according to a list in Fodor's Travel. Here's how the riverwalks stack up:

When the coronavirus pandemic forced many workers to turn out their office lights and go home 21 months ago, Syssero's workforce was already there.

In 2014, Jamie and Cody Wallis found themselves with an apartment full of custom-made cycling gloves and a decision to make about selling them.

We've all been there, torn between living in the moment versus planning for the future.

Death is one of the most universal experiences we share, but it also tends to make people feel lost and alone, so Sara Web created a business to step into that gap.

A native of Kansas who grew up cooking in his family kitchen, Aaron Hoffman cultivated a love of food and a taste for all things spicy.

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At 28, Joda Thongnopnua has already spent more than a decade working at startup businesses and analyzing local and public policy issues at a variety of think tanks and nonprofits.

Attorney Stephany Pedigo joins the estate planning section of the Chattanooga law firm of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. Pedigo is licensed in both Tennessee and Georgia and has more than two decades of legal experience to assist clients from diverse backgrounds and will provide estate and trust-based solutions to her clients. Pedigo is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and Chattanooga Bar Association. She graduated cum laude from the University of Tennessee and magna cum laude in the top 2% from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law.