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“A Unifying Vision For Montague Park” In Chattanooga

WUTC

Published October 2, 2023 at 11:07 AM EDT

A rendering from “A Unifying Vision for Montague Park.”

Imagine a dream for a signature park in the heart of Chattanooga.

It was a dream more than a century ago for Montague Park - where last week, a plan was unveiled to reimagine that dream for this century.

Among the features of what is known as “A Unifying Vision for Montague Park”:

a renewed Sculpture Fields, with 25 locations for new sculpture acquisitions;
expanded facilities for the Chattanooga Football Club Foundation;
The Heart - a new space in the park center;
The Community Front Porch, a new main entrance and “civic edge” along Polk Street;
and improvements throughout the site: a pedestrian path and trail network, multi-modal paths along streets beyond the park; native plants; stormwater management; new parking and furnishings.

Scott Martin is administrator of Chattanooga Parks & Outdoors.

John Kett is managing principal at Reed-Hilderbrand, the landscape architect for the plan.

The proposal for “A Unifying Vision for Montague Park.”

An aerial view of Chattanooga with an inset of Montague Park.