Goal: Chattanooga is a premier location for businesses at all stages of growth
and provides an array of sustainable career opportunities for all residents.
OBJECTIVES
Goal: Chattanooga is a welcoming and supportive community that educates,
attracts, and retains a diverse and skilled workforce.
OBJECTIVES
Goal: Chattanooga is a global center of technology-based innovation, entrepreneurship and partnerships.
OBJECTIVES
In 2019, our region launched a five-year economic development strategy to move Chattanooga and Hamilton County forward. Building on the success of this strategy, Chattanooga Climbs Higher continues the momentum toward achieving our Velocity2040 vision of a thriving economic future.
Through an online survey that reached more than 1,000 people, residents and business leaders took stock of where we are and where we want to go. We listened and launched this next phase in our strategy based on local input and in-depth research facilitated by Ernst & Young.
This five-year action plan is possible through collaboration between the Chattanooga Chamber Board, Chattanooga Climbs Higher Steering Committee, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly and other community stakeholders.
Tony Boals, PE
Wright Brothers Construction
Company, Inc.
Eric Fuller
U.S. Xpress, Enterprises
Scott Hibberts
Reagan Outdoor Advertising
Paul Leath
Chattanooga Gas Company
Rick McKenney
Unum Group Mike
Jason Provonsha
Steam Logistics
Brad Cobb
Village VW Audi Chatt.,
Kia of Chatt., & ABRA
Tom Glenn
Elder’s Ace Hardware
Brent Hinson
Volkswagen Chattanooga
Mary Stewart
Lewis McGriff
Insurance Services
Vincent Phipps
Communication VIP
Training and Coaching
Mike St. Charles
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, PC
Royce Cornelison
P & C Construction, Inc.
Rusty Gray
Baker Donelson
Sharon Law
Thompson Engineering, Inc.
Ryan May
Real Estate Partners
Chattanooga LLC
Roger Posacki
PlayCore
Roy Vaughn
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Charles Wood, President & CEO
Chattanooga Chamber
Paul Leath, Immediate Past Chair
Chattanooga Gas
Jay Dale, Chair
First Horizon Bank
| Astec Industries |
| Baker Donelson |
| Barge Design Solutions |
| BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee |
| Bridge Public Affairs |
| Bushings Unlimited |
| Buzzi Unicem USA – Signal Mountain Plant |
| CBL |
| Cempa |
| Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, PC |
| Chattanooga Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc. |
| Chattanooga Football Club |
| Chattanooga Gas Company |
| Chattanooga Lookouts |
| Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority |
| Chattanooga Times Free Press |
| CHI Memorial |
| City of Chattanooga |
| Cocoa Asante |
| Communication VIP Training and Coaching |
| Community Foundation |
| Croy Engineering |
| DeFoor Brothers |
| Double-Cola Company – USA |
| Eastside Utility |
| Elder’s Ace Hardware |
| Environmental Solutions Group |
| FirstBank |
| First Horizon Bank |
| Fletcher Bright Company |
| Food City |
| FreightWaves |
| Hamilton County Government |
| HHM CPAs |
| Hunt Commercial Real Estate |
| Husch Blackwell, LLP |
| iFixIt |
| Integrity Automotive Group |
| Kenco |
| Komatsu America Corp |
| Kraft CPAs |
| LBMC, PC |
| Lync Logistics |
| Millennium Bank |
| Miller & Martin PLLC |
| NAI Charter Real Estate Corp |
| Neuhoff Taylor Architects |
| New York Life |
| Nippon Paint |
| P & C Construction, Inc. |
| Parkridge Health System |
| Pinnacle Financial Partners |
| PlayCore |
| Pointe Property Group |
| Pointer Management Company |
| Reagan Outdoor Advertising |
| Regions Bank |
| Rhea Economic and Tourism Council |
| Rise Partners |
| RockPoint Bank |
| Ruby Falls, LLC |
| S&ME, Inc. |
| Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation |
| Southeast Tennessee Development District |
| Southern Adventist University |
| Southern Champion Tray, LP |
| Steam Logistics |
| SVN | Second Story Real Estate Management |
| T.U. Parks Construction Company |
| Tennessee Aquarium |
| Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union |
| Thompson Engineering |
| Tranco Logistics, LLC |
| TriStar Beverage of Chattanooga |
| Truist |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
| Unum Group |
| Village VW, Audi Chatt., Kia of Chatt. |
| Vision Hospitality Group, Inc. |
| WACKER POLYSILICON |
| West Star Aviation |
| White Oak Enterprises |
| Wright Brothers Construction Company, Inc. |
Charita Allen, City of Chattanooga
Steve Angle, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Valoria Armstrong, American Water
Rebecca Ashford, Chattanooga State Community College
Anthony Byrd, Chattanooga City Council
Mickey Cloud, The Sasha Group
Scott Cooper, Tennessee Valley Authority
Mayor Jim Coppinger, Hamilton County Government
Stephen Culp, Smart Furniture
Jeff DeLoach, Chattanooga Times Free Press
David DeVaney, NAI Charter Real Estate Corporation
Bo Drake, Chattanooga State Community College
Randy Fairbanks, Hamilton County Commission
Todd Fortner, Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union
Angela Garcia, La Paz
Abby Garrison, Causeway
Gregg Gentry, Erlanger Health System
Tom Glenn, Elder’s Ace Hardware
Rusty Gray, Baker Donelson
Terry Hart, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority
Ken Hays, Formerly Enterprise Center
Bryan Johnson, HCDE
Tim Kelly, Kelly Auto Group
Quentin Lawrence, Hope for the Inner City
Paul Leath, Chattanooga Gas Company
Ian Leavy, Volkswagen Chattanooga
Travis Lytle, SmartBank
Warren Mackey, Hamilton County Commission
Hodgen Mainda, EPB
Stefanie Mansueto, JP Morgan Chase
Rick McKenney, Unum Group
Russell Morehead, Croy Engineering
Sarah Morgan, The Benwood Foundation
Janelle Reilly, CHI Memorial
Erskine Oglesby, Chattanooga City Council
Mitch Patel, Vision Hospitality Group
Stacy Richardson, City of Chattanooga
Tiffanie Robinson, Lamp Post Properties
Mike Sarvis, Synovus
Marcus Shaw, Co.Lab
Sabrena Smedley, Hamilton County Commission
Ken Smith, Chattanooga City Council
Mark Smith, Miller & Martin
Mike St. Charles, Chambliss Bahner Stophel
David Steele, University of Tennessee of Chattanooga
Melissa Taylor, Chattanooga Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency
Jim Vaughn, SunTrust now Truist
Michael Walton, green | spaces
Barry White, Chattanooga Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Kim White, River City Company
Scott Williamson, Fletcher Bright
Scott N. Wilson, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
James Wingard, Wingard Quality Supply
Joe Wingate, Hamilton County School Board
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