Chattanooga Featured as National Model of Innovative Affordable Housing Policy
National Housing Crisis Task Force Action Plan encourages other local governments to follow Chattanooga’s lead on affordable housing In their newly released ‘State and Local Housing Action Plan,’ the National Housing Crisis Task Force uses Chattanooga’s affordable housing PILOT reform and the city’s creation of Invest Chattanooga as models for other governments to follow in response to […]
It’s Official! Chattanooga Becomes the First National Park City in North America

Today, Chattanooga proudly received confirmation from the National Park City Foundation that our application has been approved—officially making us the first National Park City in North America. To celebrate this milestone, Mayor Tim Kelly released a special video message congratulating Chattanoogans on this historic achievement. “Here in Chattanooga, we’ve used the National Park City movement to encourage folks to […]
Chattanooga Public Works paved 66 lane miles, repaired more than 18,000 potholes, cracks, and divots in 2023
The Kelly Administration has paved 200 lane miles and more than 50,000 potholes since entering office. As temperatures drop and Paving Season comes to a close for the year, Mayor Kelly and Chattanooga Public Works announced that 2023 was the administration’s most productive year in terms of repairing roadways, filling potholes, and paving. “When I […]
Mayor Kelly formalizes cooperative agreement with war-tornUkrainian city
Brad Cobb and Daniel Wiens to co-chair Mayor’s Working Group to Support Trostyanets as efforts kick off to aid new peer city Mayor Tim Kelly formalized a new partnership between the City of Chattanooga and Trostyanets, Ukraine Tuesday in a virtual signing ceremony beamed across the Atlantic ocean. Trostyanets Mayor Yurii Bova and Mayor Kelly […]