CBS features VW union effort in Chattanooga
Efforts to unionize Volkswagen's only U.S. assembly plant in Chattanooga were put in the national spotlight Sunday morning by CBS News, which aired a 9 minute …
Stories by Joan McClane
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Subscriber ExclusiveChattanooga policy for tax incentives may lead to more jobs — but with less transparency
A policy proposed more than a decade ago to bring transparency to Chattanooga's economic development deals may subdue the rising debate over whether new jobs a…
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Subscriber ExclusiveChattanooga, state officials proposing law to allow incentives for affordable housing development
City and state officials are proposing a new law to allow Chattanooga and other interested Tennessee cities to lift established building restrictions and requi…
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Subscriber ExclusiveBoost in Tennessee state tax credits could help with affordable housing
The Chattanooga area is more likely to receive affordable housing tax credits next year if a federal bill to expand the program's funding — being backed by Ten…
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Subscriber ExclusiveChattanooga churches answer the call: Affordable housing initiatives in action
The priest felt torn as he watched the stranger rail against the prayerfully made plans being presented for approval.
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Subscriber ExclusiveProposed policy may speed up tax incentive deals in Hamilton County
A new policy draft submitted to the Chattanooga Industrial Development Board for discussion Monday would expedite business tax incentives by excluding legislat…
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Subscriber ExclusiveMayors Tim Kelly, Weston Wamp were on collision course even before Chattanooga Lookouts stadium clash
One signature remained in Nashville before the deal was sealed.
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Groundbreaking on Chattanooga Lookouts stadium planned for April
Groundbreaking for the proposed $79.4 million Chattanooga Lookouts stadium on old foundry land in the South Broad District could take place in April, officials…
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At 100, United Way of Greater Chattanooga continues evolving
The three co-founders of East Lake Expression Engine came to the idea differently, but, miraculously, at the same time.
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Coalition wants benefits from Chattanooga’s South Broad stadium deal
As plans for the new, taxpayer-funded stadium in South Broad continue moving forward, community groups are working hard and fast to get Hardball Capital -- the…
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United efforts to address Chattanoogans' biggest problems remain at the heart of community building
Chattanoogans are no stranger to disaster.
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Chattanooga nonprofit provides help for residents seeking affordable housing
Homeownership is becoming far more elusive in Chattanooga, and it's a dream Theresa Roberson almost let die.
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Chattanooga's Ochs Center resurfaces with emphasis on data
The Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies, which went under the radar after closing its doors in 2015, is resurfacing with a narrowed mission and new funding mo…
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Politics are still shaping Chattanooga-area public schools
Parents' relationship to public education has changed since the pandemic, argues Brandy Howard, an Ooltewah parent of two who has worked for almost a year to e…
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What to know about Chattanooga's Red Bank community
Here's what to know about the Red Bank area.
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Eileen Rehberg retires from United Way of Greater Chattanooga
Neighborhood leaders lost a trusted ally in their ongoing fight against poverty, blight, gentrification and political irrelevance Friday when Eileen Rehberg, t…
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Chattanooga activist Sherman Matthews remembered as drum major for social justice
The life and legacy of longtime Chattanooga community activist Sherman Matthews, who died earlier this month at 73, will be celebrated Saturday.
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Community weighs in on next steps for Tubman site
East Chattanooga residents want Nippon Paint, which plans to build a $61 million manufacturing operation on the former Harriet Tubman housing site, to offer jo…
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Report: This is the 'bare minimum' someone in Hamilton County, Tennessee needs to earn to live and work
The number of Hamilton County families facing financial hardship has increased in recent years, from 37% in 2010 to 39% by 2017, according to a new study by th…
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Phil Perry wins Champions of Health Care Non-Physician Practitioner Award
The career path of nursing came to Phil Perry as a second chance.
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City of Chattanooga backs away from behind-the-scenes plans to sell Glenwood Recreation Center
Glenwood and East Chattanooga residents enjoyed a political victory this week after inundating city staff with requests to back off of their behind-the-scenes …
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Chattanooga's plans to move Glenwood Rec met with harsh opposition at community meeting
Don't close the Glenwood Recreation Center.
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City of Chattanooga eyeing sale of Glenwood Recreation Center to Notre Dame High School
East Chattanooga neighborhood leaders spent Wednesday miffed and confused after hearing at a meeting this week that the city of Chattanooga might be planning t…
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A front-row seat to Chattanooga's growing festival scene
Chattanooga's festival scene is growing rapidly thanks to the city's growth, its proximity to other major cities, and the current availability of parking, prom…
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The power of placemaking: The impact of public art goes beyond the obvious
The opportunities cities promise have almost always drawn very different people together. These tensions have no doubt birthed tragic histories. But they have …
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Urbanist coming to Chattanooga to speak about potential solutions to affordable housing crisis
Urbanist Karen Kubey will speak at an free and open event at the Camp House Tuesday night about potential solutions to the local and national affordable housin…
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Conservative think tank Hamilton Flourishing launched to help nudge Chattanooga area public policy toward right
Frustrations over a shrinking middle class and stalled economic mobility, paired with the antagonistic instincts of social media, are fueling a punishing popul…
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East Chattanooga groups differ over efforts to recruit manufacturing jobs to former Tubman housing site
James Moreland, a key presence in East Chattanooga and a longtime friend of Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke, spoke before the Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday …
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New coalition putting pressure on Chattanooga City Council not to support sale of Tubman public housing site
Nearly a hundred people gathered in East Chattanooga on Saturday - despite rain and fog - to launch a grassroots coalition set on pressuring Chattanooga City C…
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Meeting scheduled Saturday to show Chattanooga residents how to make sure business tax incentives also benefit communities
A collection of seven community organizations will host a town hall Saturday to educate local residents on how neighborhoods and citizen groups can push for li…
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Chattanooga's Community Foundation finding a new approach for its philanthropic efforts
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga has long been the forgotten younger sibling among the city's nationally known philanthropic heavyweights, despi…
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City-backed community planning process for East Chattanooga, long delayed, back on track
Nearly 100 people gathered Saturday morning at the Kingdom Center downtown to envision the future of East Chattanooga, from the Tennessee River to Missionary R…
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Report: Chattanooga's development boom is pushing out its black residents
The last 20 years of renaissance-sparked development in and around Chattanooga's downtown has displaced 2,592 African-Americans and ushered in "radical socio-d…
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East Chattanooga residents sound off on roads, housing, disregard for predominantly black neighborhoods
Horrible roads. High taxes. A severe lack of affordable housing. Speculative real estate purchases left vacant and drawing crime. A seething anger over the his…
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Is Chattanooga falling behind on its growth forecast?
Chattanooga's image is important business, and big money has been spent selling the Scenic City as a hot market to investors and business owners.
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Chattanooga officials want Tubman site rezoned, residents caution not so fast
After several years of relative silence, the city of Chattanooga is quietly beginning to tell neighborhood leaders its long-term plans for the former Harriet T…
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Chattanooga turns again to visioning process to chart its course
City leaders say Chattanooga needs a new economic vision.
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Recognizing the people who put the 'care' in Chattanooga area health care
Chattanooga is home to Tennessee's biggest health insurer, the world's biggest disability insurer, a half dozen nursing and medical colleges and three healthy,…
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A bedside manner second to none: Dr. Peter Boehm Sr.
For decades, Dr. Peter Boehm Sr. has brought a consistent calm to high-stakes operations involving the brain and spine in Chattanooga.
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Federal bill aims to boost troubled Chattanooga neighborhoods
Seven Hamilton County census tracts have been selected to participate in an evolving and little understood economic development program, which was quietly tuck…
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Trailblazer: Jim Johnson has big plans for his adoptive home town
Jim Johnson likes to tell people he was born in the wrong place.
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Diane Black hopes old record, new friend give edge in governor race
On most issues relevant to the current political moment, Tennessee's 6th District Rep. Diane Black walks in step with President Donald Trump.
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Chattanooga's United Way dramatically changes how it serves the community
The United Way of Greater Chattanooga is on its way to becoming quite unrecognizable, literally and figuratively.
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New group wants to give citizens a louder voice in the development reshaping Chattanooga
A North Chattanooga man is helping organize the growing number of neighborhood leaders and residents concerned about local planning decisions.
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Race, gender shape Chattanooga childrens' future earnings, national study warns
Racial disparities, in Chattanooga and across the country, remain a stubborn reality despite decades of private and public spending toward efforts meant to clo…
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Public Assembly presents perspectives on divided America
Racial bias in public education, the power struggle between state and city governments, and the political woes of the white working class were among a host of …
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Music Profile: Chris Cobb
Chris Cobb grew up in a house where music was always playing.
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Chattanooga citizens need more of a voice, community leaders argue
Too many Chattanoogans don't have a voice in local efforts related to development, education, affordable housing and economic mobility, said nearly two dozen c…
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First Tennessee boosts lending to low- and moderate-income Chattanooga residents
Decades of banking bias have left many unfairly cut out of home ownership, local and national reports show, but one national organization is partnering with a …
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Firing of Chattanooga pastor draws locals into United Methodist fight over sexuality
Anna Golladay stumbled upon St. Marks for the second time during Holy Week, before Easter in 2012. It just happened to be the closest United Methodist church …
