
Chattanooga Timeline: 1988-2007
Submitted by Collins Parker on May 20, 2007 - 2:14pm.
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The Tennessee Aquarium This era begins with both the Choo-Choo and Read House flirting with bankrupcy. TVA lays off 7000 people. By the end, the Riverfront is re-made, Livability has gone up, and people are moving back downtown.
1988 VP Al Gore dubs Chattanooga “The Environmental City” (see "Dirtiest City" story)
1988 TVA lays off 7000 workers
1989 Grant Adcox dies in crash at Atlanta Journal 500
1992 Tennessee Aquarium Opens (see story)
1993 "The Blizzard" 17" inches of snow
1993 Walnut Street bridge reopens as longest pedestrian bridge in the country
1996 Reggie White wins Super Bowl with Packers
1996 Terrell Owens leaves UTC
1997 Finley Stadium opens
1997 UTC basketball team makes Sweet 16
1997 Easter Tornado
1999 Chattanooga Times and News-Free Press merge
2000 AT&T Field opens (bell south park)
2003 Worst Flood in 30 years
2005 Waterfront Revitalization/The Passage
2007 99 years after it's construction, City Hall reopens after rennovation- new time capsule put in cornerstone (see story)
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2005 Waterfront Revitalization/The Passage
Can you please help me. A wonderful program was performed Fri evening May 20th 8:30 PM to midnight honoring "The Pasage". It was videoed onto two screens for the audience.
Where can I find this video?
A Cherokee that was there,
Royce Sisson