Play Day at Mainx24 Pre/Post Parade - DEC 3

Warm up indoors before or after the parade as you Join us for an afternoon full of play as we romp around Battle Academy's gymnasium!

Activities will include:

• 18 foot slide,
• moonwalk,
• 38 foot obstacle course,
• Fencing Competition,
• putting green
• and other games.

Tickets will be sold and all rides and food will require tickets.

Food will include:

• Hot dogs,
• chips and dip,
• coke,
• cotton candy,
• and hot chocolate.

All profits will go to Battle Academy's Community Park.

Facebook link and Location

Corn Hole Tournament for MainX24 (Dec3)- Facebook Page

Festival of the Jack O’Lanterns - Volunteers needed.

Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center

Festival of the Jack O’Lanterns       

SAVE THE DATE!

MANY FUN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE 

Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16, 2011, the Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center will host the 12th annual Festival of the Jack O’Lanterns.  This old-fashioned family event is a Chattanooga tradition for many.  The event features pumpkin carving, hayrides, petting zoo, pony rides, bonfire, live music, games, storytelling, and an outdoor showing of “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.”   

Volunteers are needed to assist with the festival set up, games, concessions, hayrides, pumpkin carving, parking and much more!   

WHEN:

October 14 (set-up) - 10:00 am until 4:00 pm 

October 15, 2011 - 10:00 am until 9:30 pm

October 16, 2011 - 11:00 am until 7:00 pm

October 17, 2011 (clean up) - 9:00 am until 2:00 pm 

WHERE: 

Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center

400 Garden Road

Chattanooga, Tennessee  37419

(423) 821-1160, extension 105 

We are currently looking for volunteers to commit to helping out at this event.  The perks of being a volunteer can SAVE YOU MONEY.  Every volunteer gets into the event free AND gets to bring one friend in for free – what a great way to volunteer and spend time with a friend.  You will also receive food and drinks while volunteering and get $10 off a Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center membership. 

For more information or to sign up, please contact Mary Katherine at mkatharper@yahoo.com or mkharper@chattanature.org.  

Through environmental education the Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center empowers individuals with an ethic of stewardship and informed decision-making to affect human impact on native wildlife and the land upon which it depends.

Chicken Plant Emission problems

Below is listed the contact for reporting odors or feathers from the Pilgrims Pride Chicken processing plant:

John Shultz
423-421-7502 cell
423-643-5988 office

He is with the Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Board.
Let's let John know that fowl smells and feathers are not what we want in our neighborhood.

Hamilton County School Board - Presentation

Approvals were granted to proceed by Hamilton County School Board.

Pocket park meeting minutes - County and Schools

Attending Meeting...
Gary Waters - Hamilton County
George Ricks - HC School Board
Sounya Goss - Battle Academy
Patty Striep - Battle Academy
Trey Wheeler -
With SSCP Neighborhood Association
Cyhthia Nesson Craig Kronenberg Mary Eubanks

Meeting Objective was to determine level of support from school, school board, and County. Representative had the opportunity to review drawings and plans and provide feedback.
No major road blocks to park installation were identified.
Use of park area would be restricted to School during school hours. (as it is currently) Signs would be posted as reminders.
County would continue to mow, irrigation should come from Water Tower if possible, and lighting will be added.
No dense hedges will be installed and no fencing will be added.
Neighbor hood would be responsible for mulch, etc.
Lights would be selected to match existing street lights. County is agreable to supply power.

Neighborhood will proceed to establish support from City and local businesses.

Neighborhood Clean up

The clean up event was a great success with lots of involvement. Our event was coordinated with the RiverCity Clean and Green Event. We collected litter,picked up trash, mulched trees and cleaned a vacant lot. Tools were provided by the Tool Barn and Leadership Chattanooga. Team Tool Barn participated in cleaning up the empty lot. We ended our work day with hamburgers at Miller Plaza. We want to say a special thanks to all the volunteers, the City, RiverCity and Leadership Chattanooga.

Green Infrastructure Workshop Sept 30

SeeClickFix - in our neighborhood

Also email Chattanooga 311 at 311@mail.chattanooga.gov or follow link to the online form