ueda summit 2012: chattanooga: the gig city – how the first city in the western hemisphere is...
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The CHATTANOOGA
Success Story
University Economic
Development Association Summit
October 23, 2012
J. Wayne Cropp, President and CEO
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
Fourth largest city in Tennessee Population nearly 300,000 Located on banks of the
Tennessee River Mountains, ridges and lakes
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Chattanooga1900’s – History – Dynamo of Dixie
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Chattanooga1969 – Recognized as Having Worst Air Quality in the Country
Walter Cronkite
US HEW Report 1/1969
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Chattanooga 1988 – Compliance with all National Air Quality Standards
1st Metro Area in USA to achieve Ozone Standards from Non-Attainment Status Worst-to-First Environmental Turn Around Story
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• Community at a crossroads
• Losing jobs
• Downtown empty after work hours
• Pioneered public visioning process
Create a dynamic downtown area
Re-connect with the Tennessee River
Chattanooga Story: 1980 - 1990
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1980s: Riverfront Ghost Town
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1990s: Tennessee Aquarium
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Today: Tennessee Aquarium
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North Chattanooga: ThenNorth Chattanooga: Then
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North Chattanooga: NowNorth Chattanooga: Now
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Now
Brownfields Then
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Chattanooga Story: 1990 - 2005
PROBLEM: Tourism up but few new companies emerge
Slower than average job growth
Slower than average population growth
RESPONSE:
City and County create Enterprise South
Chamber launches public-private job creation partnership
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Chattanooga Story: 2005-2012
PROBLEM: Manufacturing Moves Off-Shore
RESPONSE:
The Enterprise Center Leads Technology Initiatives
EPB “Connects” the Community
• To the “Smart Grid”
• To the Internet – North America’s Fastest and Broadest Connection
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• 1970s: Clean Air Partnership
• 1980s: Visioning
• 1990s: Downtown Revitalization
• 2000s: 21st Century Waterfront & Enterprise South
History of Public-Private PartnershipHistory of Public-Private Partnership
• 2010s: EPB Connects Chattanooga to the GIG
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Chattanooga