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On The Map: Planning For Chattanooga’s Civic Center District

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published June 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM EDT

A view of Chattanooga’s Civic Center District.

Look at downtown Chattanooga on a map, and there are so many projects - real and potential, public and private - that will reshape the heart of that map for years to come.

How will these moving parts on the map fit together?

The nonprofit Chattanooga Design Studio is launching a six-month process - with consultant partners and community input - to develop recommendations and visions for the Civic Center District.

The process begins with an open house for the public on Monday at Waterhouse Pavilion starting at 6 PM.

Eric Myers is the Studio’s executive director.

Ginger Birnbaum is its development and outreach director.