Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp’s 2026 State of The County Address

By Ray Bassett

Published June 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM EDT

Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp - at UTC.

(Aired Tues 5/26/26)

Last week, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp came to our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - to deliver this year’s State of the County Address.

The event in UTC’s Wolford Family Athletic Center took place as Wamp seeks a second term as County Mayor in August.

On this episode of “Scenic Roots, we bring you that address - and a moderated conversation that followed between:

Mayor Wamp
State Senator Bo Watson of North Chattanooga, chairman of the Tennessee Senate’s Finance, Ways and Means Committee
Stuart McWhorter, Deputy Governor and Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development
Will Reid, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation
David Salyers, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

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Watch: Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp’s 2026 State of the County Address

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Will Reid, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation; Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson of North Chattanooga and Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp - at UTC.

David Salyers, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation - and Stuart McWhorter, Deputy Governor and Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development - at UTC.