Chattanooga... Why It's a Great Place to Call Home!
Miller Plaza Urban Park hosts approximately 220 cultural events each year. Riverbend Festival is a 9 day community celebration focusing on the arts and drawing over 200,000 annually. Historic Preservation is a revered concept in Chattanooga and the city has outstanding examples of refurbished places.
Natural and Historic Sites/Recreation Excel Chattanooga is one of Tennessee's primary tourist destinations, attracting 7.9 million visitors annually. It has a
rich American Indian Heritage,
well-known Civil War battlefields, a National Military Park, is home of Lookout Mountain and the
Chattanooga Choo Choo. Chattanooga is the site of the $45 million Tennessee Aquarium, the nation's first major aquarium dedicated to fresh water ecosystems. The city has acres of parks, lakes and rivers for boating, skiing, hiking, mountain climbing, hunting, horseback riding and outstanding sports fishing. Hang gliding enthusiasts visit from the world over.
Location and Population - Chattanooga, a city of 152,466, is
located in a valley in Southeastern Tennessee between the Appalachian and the Cumberland mountain ranges. The city is situated along the Tennessee River, one of the great river systems in the United Sates, and offers easy access to Interstate Highways 75, 24, and 59. The metropolitan statistical area population is 433,210.
Trade and Commerce - Chattanooga's economic base is quite diversified with manufacturing, wholesale-retail trade, government, finance, insurance, transportation, utilities, and construction. Chattanooga is home to
Provident Life Insurance, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee, Olan Mills, US Xpress, Constar International, Dixie Yarns,
Chattem Inc. and North American Royalties. It is also home to the first franchised Coca-Cola bottling plant,
Krystal Company, the first Brock Candy,
Little Debbie Pastries and Moon Pies.
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Chattanooga is know for being the
Scenic City and one of the many reasons are our natural surroundings. These surrounding make outdoor adventures part of the
Chattanooga lifestyle.
Helpful Chattanooga Links
Chattanooga Information Movie
Community Profile
Just A Few Reasons To Choose Chattanooga
Having Fun In Chattanooga
2007 Visitors Guide- This is a very useful guide that is published by the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce for planning a trip to Chattanooga.
Chattanooga Map- This is a map of the Chattanooga area.
Chattanooga Golf Courses & Country Clubs
State of Our Schools 2007:This is the latest report on all of the Hamilton County Schools. This report covers all schools on Signal Mountain, Hixson, Soddy-Daisy, East Brainerd, Ooltewah and any other area in Hamilton County.