posted April 7, 2005
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The new 6,200 square foot facility will employ an environmentally sensitive design and will operate as a destination and resource for information regarding the region’s rich natural, educational and recreational opportunities and amenities, Mayor Corker said.
Adjacent to the building will be an outdoor pavilion, administrative offices and a conference library and an audio-visual projection room.
Complementing the organization’s mission, the Outdoor Chattanooga complex will also offer three multi-purpose areas for educational, recreational and social activities including a 100 person meeting/banquet hall, an education exhibit room, a covered porch with an outdoor hearth, and an open-air fire pit.
Groundbreaking for the new building is scheduled for September and opening for the new state-of-the-art facility is planned for the summer of 2006.
Mayor Corker and Mr. Healy also introduced the newly appointed Advisory Committee for Outdoor Chattanooga. The Committee is made up of a broad cross-section of people throughout the region who are outdoor stakeholders, enthusiasts and ambassadors, it was stated.
The mission of Outdoor Chattanooga is to make outdoor recreation an attractive, healthy, and distinguishing lifestyle for Chattanooga’s residents and visitor population. This, in turn, will maintain and enhance the value of the region’s natural and built resources, and help grow the region’s economy, officials said.
The concept of creating a facility for citizens and visitors to better understand the numerous outdoor amenities that exist in the region came from a series of public meetings held one year ago. Though not part of the 21st Century Waterfront plan or timeline, the new facility will be housed on the Renaissance Park site and tremendously complement the transformative waterfront development which is nearing completion.
Outdoor Chattanooga
Advisory Board members
Tim Baker
Becky Barnes
Doug Beville
Adelaide Bratcher
Jim Brown
Stuart Chapin
Kristy Cousins
Laurel Creech
Bobby Davenport
Bob Doak
Donna Dravland
Richard Dube
Merrill Eckstein
Jim Fortune
Tanya Gibson
Susan Glodblatt
Gerald Harris
BeBe Heiskell
Michael Hills
Karen Hundt
Jeffrey Hunter
Elizabeth Irvine
Joe Jacobi
Robert Johnston
John Karr
Jim Kennedy
Terri Knepper
Herb Krabel
Larry Mashburn
John Mayer
Allen McCallie
Matt McLelland
Jerry Mitchell
Chris Moore
Ron Nelson
Steve O’Neil
Jeff Pfitzer
Ron Priddy
Philip Pugliese
Pat Reed
Sara Bryan Robbins
Herb Roberts
Paul Shoun
Tom Speaks
Don Stock
Jeff Styles
Chad Wamack
Dawson Wheeler
Philip Whitaker
Tim Williams
Tom Edd Wilson
Todd Womack
Dan Zink
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