To help guide the next generation of greening work in Chattanooga, The Trust for Public Land employed geographic information systems (GIS) planning and research to develop a resiliency plan for the City.
The latest addition to Chattanooga's greenway system is by no means the longest we've completed. But if you ask the neighbors who turned up for the grand opening, they'll tell you this stretch of trail's got something that matters more than mileage: a bridge, linking the...
A tugboat turned into the narrow South Chickamauga Creek from the Tennessee River on Friday morning pushing two parts of a barge, including one that held a crucial piece of the city's recreational future.
Outdoor Chattanooga, the outdoor-recreation arm of the city government, estimates there are 150 miles of hiking trails within 15 miles of town, and that’s not counting the urban greenways, which add 100 more.
This report provides a rich menu of options for continuing the growth and improvement in Memphis’ park and recreation system, with proposals ranging from relatively quick and inexpensive to long-term and structural.
Believe it or not, these are grins for green infrastructure.
You might be picturing pavement and pipelines, but Chattanooga's first green infrastructure demonstration project is actually a park. Unveiled last month, the Spears Avenue Pump Track does double duty: it's a bike skills area...
Imagine the best view of downtown Chattanooga. Now go there. It lies within three miles of where 28,000 Chattanoogans live and where 47,000 employees work every day, according to Rick Wood, executive director of Chattanooga's Trust for Public Land.
Chattanooga resident, lawyer, and volunteer Allen McCallie, will be honored this evening by The Trust for Public Land with its highest honor, the Douglas P. Ferguson Award, for his outstanding service and extraordinary commitment to conserving land for people across America.
Once called the dirtiest city in America, Chattanooga has become the envy of the South for its thriving economy based on quality of life and easy access to open space.
North Chattanooga resident Jim Johnson has made a $50,000 gift to The Trust for Public Land, formally initiating phase two of the Stringer's Ridge park project, the construction of a nearly 10-mile trail system.
