City Council: Community Meeting

YOU'RE INVITED:

MONDAY, AUGUST 17 @ 6:00 PM

BRAINERD GOLF COURSE

5203 OLD MISSION RD., CHATTANOOGA, TN 37411

DINNER PROVIDED

You're invited to join Councilman Dennis Clark, of District 5, for an upcoming community meeting. Come meet your councilman, receive community updates, and share feedback on how to improve the community.

This meeting is being hosted in partnership with the Office of Constituent Support. Members of the Mayor's leadership team will be in attendance. This meeting will provide community updates and have an opportunity to discuss several issues that are important to residents, including:

• 311 updates and constituent services

• Fire safety and emergency preparedness

• Police and neighborhood safety updates

• Current city initiatives and resources

• An opportunity for residents to ask questions and share concerns

For more information or questions about this event, contact Councilman Dennis Clark:

dennis@chattanooga.gov

423-643-7183

VIEW AND SHARE EVENT

City Composting Services

Public Works has announced that free composting drop-off services are now available to all Chattanooga residents.

After a highly successful 9-month pilot funded by TDEC’s Organics Management Grant, residents citywide will have a long-term solution to reducing their food waste. During the trial period, 669 total households participated in curbside and drop-off food collection and successfully diverted 97,746.96 pounds of food waste from landfill disposal.

Moving forward, this agreement will allow any Chattanooga household, renter or homeowner, to participate in the drop-off kiosks at no cost to the resident. Once a household enrolls by signing up online, a representative from NewTerra Compost will reach out with educational materials and instructions on participation. Kiosks are located at all five of the City’s Recycling Centers, but residents will also be able to utilize NewTerra’s existing dropoff locations.

This composting service is a strategic step toward reducing local landfill volume and methane emissions, which will result in better air quality for all Chattanoogans. By participating, residents contribute directly to a regenerative "closed-loop system" that captures organic waste and repurposes it into nutrient-dense soil. This finished material is used to cultivate new food resources, replacing landfill matter with active soil restoration. All program participants will be able to utilize the finished compost product.

Visit www.newterracompost.com to sign up for this program and find the composting kiosk closest to you.

STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM

BRAINERD PARK IS IN AREA 3

Public Works is launching a city-wide street sweeping program. They are asking residents to please move all vehicles, refuse bins, and basketball hoops off of the streets during the scheduled service week. 

Please make sure that large piles at the edge of the yard are not blocked by parked vehicles and if possible, dispose of smaller piles in regular garbage receptacles.

Crews remain working 10 hour days, 6 days per week to keep up with demand. Residents may take brush to the Wood Recycle Center and bulk trash may be taken to one of the city’s refuse centers at no charge. Residents please keep brush, bulk trash, bagged yard waste, and leaves separated into distinct piles, as each material is collected by a different specialized truck. "Departments across our region are dealing with some of the same issues and are working overtime developing strategies to expedite service as quickly as possible." stated Director of Solid Waste, Roshonda Woods.  "Your cooperation and diligence is much appreciated."

PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY BY PRESERVE CHATTANOOGA

Preserve Chattanooga is launching a new historic preservation plan. This plan will help guide how preservation can be used as a tool to support Chattanooga and Hamilton County’s growth, while protecting and enhancing the places that make our communities special. Most importantly, the plan will be shaped by the community itself  through a process guided by preservation professionals. They are conducting a brief survey for you to help guide the development of the Chattanooga Historic Preservation Plan.

This preservation plan for Chattanooga is made possible through support from the Lyndhurst Foundation and the Tennessee Historical Commission. The process will be led by the Walker Collaborativein partnership with Thomason and Associates and Common Ground.