Photo: Coolridge Park, Chattanooga Photo Credit: Chon Burhans / Pixabay
Press Release –
The City of Chattanooga is opening its parks and outdoors plan for residents to provide input that will give Chattanoogans a voice in the future of the city’s parks system.
The six-month public engagement process includes community workshops and an online survey. The final plan will provide a road map to reinvent Chattanooga as a city in a park, with a system of parks and protected open spaces that provides residents the opportunity to easily connect with each other while enjoying nature and its benefits.
To develop a master plan, the city will first assess the current state of the city’s parks and green spaces, as well as engage with the community to track the park features Chattanoogans desire. The public engagement process for developing the POP began in May 2022 and will continue through December 2022.
To take part in the POP development process, residents can:
• Visit www.chattanoogaparksandoutdoorsplan.com to learn more and to follow the plan’s progress.
• View the project StoryMap to learn more about the current state of Chattanooga’s parks and outdoors.
• Take the online survey to share your thoughts, hopes, and ideas.
• Sign up for your own ‘Meeting in a Box,’ with all the tools you’ll need to facilitate a discussion with your friends, family, neighbors, or coworkers about Chattanooga’s parks and outdoors and how the POP can make a difference.
