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Hello Chattanooga! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Chattanooga will use $1.06M to prevent serious road crashes
  • Which local quotes reveal what’s really changing in Chattanooga right now?
  • How an off-duty officer helped during this Chattanooga garage fire

Also on today's calendar: 2000s Night - 18+ and 5 more events.

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Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Mostly sunny; breezy, cooler, with a high of 46 and low of 27 degrees.
  • Monday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 52, low: 28.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 57 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Chattanooga lands $1.06 million grant to enhance roadway safety with smart technology (newschannel9.com) — Chattanooga has secured a $1.06 million federal grant to build a smart Roadway Safety Design Technology Platform aimed at reducing serious crashes across city corridors. Partnering with UTC’s Research Institute, the city will use continuous roadway imagery and detailed data to spot risks earlier and guide targeted safety upgrades as part of its Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
   

2. ‘This outcome reflects what happens when a community shows up' and other notable quotes from a week in Chattanooga area news (timesfreepress.com) — A week’s worth of memorable quotes captures how decisions in and around Chattanooga are shaping parks, tourism, housing, transportation, and health care. From saving Enterprise South Nature Park to renewed United flights and debates over homelessness and hospital contracts, local leaders and residents describe changes that directly affect daily life here.
   

3. One adult and two children escape garage fire without injuries (wdef.com) — A Chattanooga family is safe after one adult and two children escaped a garage fire without injuries Sunday evening on Rosemary Drive. An off-duty Chattanooga police officer reported the blaze, and fire crews quickly contained the damage to the garage while investigators work to determine what sparked the incident.
   

4. East Ridge FD holds 'push-in' ceremony for newest truck (local3news.com) — East Ridge residents just gained extra fire protection with the unveiling of Squad-1, the city’s newest firetruck, welcomed in a traditional “push-in” ceremony. Fire officials say the new apparatus marks a continued investment in citizen and firefighter safety, thanking the mayor, city manager, and council for supporting public safety upgrades near Chattanooga.
   

5. Chattanooga area has 15 all-state picks combined in cross country, golf (timesfreepress.com) — Chattanooga-area high school athletes made a strong showing in state cross country and golf, with 15 locals earning all-state honors and four winning individual championships. Standouts from schools like Walker Valley, Signal Mountain, Baylor, McCallie, Boyd Buchanan, Ooltewah, Cleveland, and Arts & Sciences turned in top finishes that spotlight the region’s depth of talent.
   

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