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Velocity 2040

YOUR VOICE IS A PART OF OUR FUTURE.

Creating a vision for the year 2040 for Chattanooga and Hamilton County.

Your Voice is Our Future. Make Your Dream a Community.

Imagine the year 2040. Is this area a robust, dynamic and healthy place where you, your friends, and your family want to live? In order to generate a wide-ranging plan so that the Chattanooga of today and tomorrow becomes a place for all, we needed to hear everyone’s voice. We needed a vision created by the people who will live in that future. 

 We began with a series of workshops that gathered together some of our brightest minds. Then, we blanketed neighborhoods with surveys and questions. What problems do we need to solve over the next 20 years? Your response was overwhelming.

Your Voice is Important.

More than 5,000 of you took the survey. You told us about your hopes and dreams for our community’s future and you set the priorities for our plan. We took the ideas shared in that survey and put together the Velocity 2040 report that you can read right here on this website. You can also view the results from our survey and see what your fellow Chattanooga and Hamilton County residents felt was important.

Taking Your Dreams and Making a Community.

Now, we’re working with community groups and businesses to create a plan for the future. We’re figuring out the next steps needed to make your dreams a reality. After all, the five focus areas below were chosen by you, the people who live, work and play in our community. We’re asking you to be a part of the process by getting involved with one of the organizations spearheading efforts in these five areas. Together, we will work to make Chattanooga and Hamilton County a place we are proud to call home—a place where we all succeed together.
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Bronze Ribbon Cutting

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Ribbon Cutting Information

We will reach out to you to confirm the date of your Ribbon Cutting. Please understand there is significant interest in this program, and dates cannot be guaranteed until our Coordinator has contacted you. We will do our best to accommodate your preferred date.

  • Please visit the Chamber during business hours (Monday-Friday), no more than three business days prior to your event, to pick up your supplies.
  • Dates are not guaranteed until payment is received and confirmed by the coordinator.
  • Scheduling is based on availability and requires at least two weeks' advance notice.
  • A $150 security deposit check is required when collecting supplies.
  • Ribbon cuttings may be held after 3:00 p.m., seven (7) days per week.
  • Set-up, event coordination, and staffing are not included with this package.

Preferred Dates

Please enter the organization's preferred dates and event start times to have a ribbon cutting:

Silver Ribbon Cutting

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Ribbon Cutting Information

We will reach out to you to confirm the date of your Ribbon Cutting. Please understand we have a lot of interest in this program and we cannot guarantee dates until our Coordinator has reached out to you. We will do our best to accommodate your preferred dates.

  • Scheduling is based on availability and requires at least two weeks' advance notice.
  • Ribbon Cutting packages are available for scheduling from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Chamber-recognized holidays.
  • Dates are not guaranteed until payment is received and confirmed by the coordinator.

Preferred Dates

Please enter the organization's preferred dates and event start times to have a ribbon cutting:

Gold Ribbon Cutting

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Ribbon Cutting Information

We will reach out to you to confirm the date of your Ribbon Cutting. Please understand we have a lot of interest in this program and we cannot guarantee dates until our Coordinator has reached out to you. We will do our best to accommodate your preferred dates.

  • Scheduling is based on availability and requires at least two weeks' advance notice.
  • Ribbon Cutting packages are available for scheduling from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Chamber-recognized holidays.
  • Dates are not guaranteed until payment is received and confirmed by the coordinator.
  • After-hours events are subject to additional fees and staff availability.
  • The latest start time for an after-hours event is 5:30 p.m.

Preferred Dates

Please enter the organization's preferred dates and event start times to have a ribbon cutting:

Ribbon Cutting

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Organization Information

About The Organization

Ribbon Cutting Information

We will reach out to you to confirm the dates of your Ribbon Cutting. Please understand we have a lot of interest in this program and we cannot guarantee dates until our Coordinator has reached out to you. We will do our best to accommodate your preferred dates.

  • Scheduling is based on availability and requires at least two weeks' advance notice.
  • Ribbon Cutting packages are available for scheduling from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Chamber-recognized holidays.
  • Dates are not guaranteed until payment is received and confirmed by the coordinator.
  • After-hours events are subject to additional fees and staff availability.
  • The latest start time for an after-hours event is 5:30 p.m.

Preferred Dates

Please enter the organization's preferred dates and event start times to have a ribbon cutting: