T he Chattanooga House of Prayer is hosting its next Rhythms Retreat, Honoring the Body: Flesh and Blood Spirituality , on Saturday, March 14, from 9 a.m. – noon at Chattanooga House of Prayer at 3912 Dayton Boulevard in Red Bank. Chattanooga House of Prayer developed the Rhythms series to support those who are seeking to find balance and to strengthen their spiritual journey. ... (click for more)

Introduction to Centering Prayer, led by Dr. Barbara Ray a certified Centering Prayer leader, will be offered at Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church on Saturday, March 28, from 9:30 a.m.-1:45. The church is at 7514 Hixson Pike in Hixson. Contemplative Outreach says Centering Prayer is a receptive method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer, ... (click for more)

The board of the new downtown Business Improvement District voted on Wednesday to have its three-member finance committee take another look at providing help to four non-profits that are asking to be exempted from assessments. The board, acting on the recommendation of the finance panel, earlier rejected any reductions in amounts charged to the non-profits that filed appeals. ... (click for more)

An official of the Boston Business Improvement District has been chosen to be executive director of the new Chattanooga BID. The local BID board on Wednesday approved the selection of Steve Brookes, who joined the Downtown Boston BID in March of 2011. He serves as the Boston BID's Clean & Hospitality Operations Director. In that role, he oversees the team of the BID's ... (click for more)

Chattanooga is enjoying a robust movement to plan developments in a number of downtown neighborhoods, and there is good reason to believe that well designed development should be welcomed. The opposite is also true, that bad or poorly designed development should not be welcomed, especially if it seriously degrades the existing neighborhood. In the case of a sought after rezoning ... (click for more)

I am not a big fan of Bill Hagerty, the early front-runner to replace Lamar Alexander as Tennessee’s next Senator, because I dislike the thought of six more years with a partisan puppet. Hagerty was in Chattanooga earlier this week to tell the Hamilton County Pachyderm Club how loyal he is to President Donald Trump, how much he enjoys laughing at the Democrats’ presidential field ... (click for more)