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A demographic tidal wave of Baby Boomers is aging into the realm of retirement, but that doesn't mean they're all calling it quits. Older workers will be the fastest-growing segment of the workforce from 2014 to 2024, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates.

Kirk and Cindi Kruse first came to the Chattanooga area more than a decade ago when their son decided to enroll at Lee University in Cleveland.

Chattanooga's combination of natural beauty and big-city amenities makes it the top destination for retirement in Tennessee in 2021, according to the retirement roadmap website Retirable.com.

Among 10 top CEOs of Chattanooga businesses reporting executive pay under SEC disclosures for 2020, eight received higher compensation packages last year than in 2019, and a majority of the CEOs got double-digit pay increases in 2020.

It may turn out that Mike Holland was just off by a year in his forecast for Chattanooga Tent Co., the business his grandfather launched in 1934.

The decision Jamie Rehm and Susan Reynolds made to go into business together was nothing if not intuitive.

A building sitting amid the busiest retail and commercial center in Chattanooga is on the market.

Patrick O'Hagan, 29, has learned that success in one's professional life is like running a marathon. It takes training, perseverance and a sacrificial mindset.

Chanda Chambers has spent the last six years aiming a steady stream of energy at growing the welding and fabrication business she owns with her husband, Brent, and that work has sparked serious growth.

When it comes to planning for retirement, health care costs can throw some uncertainty into the mix, but there are some good ways to anticipate and plan for them.

Text Request celebrated the grand opening of their new headquarters in Jack's Alley on Market Street in downtown Chattanooga in June. The company broke $6 million in sales in 2020, grew revenue 400%, and hired half a dozen people from May to November 2020. Moving into the 7,200-square-foot space on Market Street doubles their footprint and prepares Text Request for growth.

Chattanooga area business people on the move as featured in the July issue of Edge Magazine.

Greg Vital and Franklin Farrow started Morning Pointe Senior Living in Chattanooga in 1996 with a plan to provide a different type of senior care than the nursing home model.

ACCE, the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, named the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce one of three Communications Excellence Best in Show winners. ACCE's Awards for Communications Excellence program showcases top marketing work of chambers of commerce and similar organizations.

Miller & Martin Attorney Jim Haley steps in July 1 as the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce 2021-22 Board Chair.

I often think of art as the partnership between the essential and the nonessential.