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Kelly Administration retains experienced talent for CIO; City Council approves appointment of Jerele Neeld

Without opposition, the Chattanooga City Council has approved Mayor Tim Kelly’s selection of Jerele Neeld as Chattanooga’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) Tuesday. Jerele has been serving as Chattanooga’s interim CIO since March.  Neeld came to city government after a successful career with Dell Technologies where he spent more than 20 years in leadership, most recently […]

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City of Chattanooga launches new affordable housing Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Program

New program launches today, allows the city to incentivize individual units at even lower rentsChattanooga, Tenn. (June 10, 2024) – Today, the City of Chattanooga launched its new affordablehousing Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program. The new PILOT rules allow the city to incentivizeindividual affordable housing units, offer greater incentives for units with lower

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Mayors Kelly, Wamp join Councilman Ledford and advocates to announce $450,000 in funding for Harvesting Inclusive Playground

State, County and City have now committed a combined $450,000 in funding for $2 million Heritage Park project that will be Chattanooga’s largest inclusive playground Chattanooga, Tenn. (June 11, 2024) – Today Mayors Kelly and Wamp joined Councilman Darrin Ledford, other area elected officials, as well as advocate and Chattanooga Fire Department Captain Skyler Phillips, to

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Mayor Kelly, Baylor School, Chattanooga Tourism Co. Celebrate Chattanooga’s Selection as Team Base Camp Candidate for FIFA World Cup 2026

Chattanooga will be under consideration by participating national teams to serve as “home away from home” hub Chattanooga, Tenn. (June 12, 2024) – Today Mayor Kelly, Baylor School and the Chattanooga Tourism company celebrated FIFA’s announcement that Chattanooga will be a candidate to serve as a Team Base Camp for teams participating in the 2026 FIFA

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Gov. Lee signs Kelly Administration-backed bill

Gov. Lee signs Kelly Administration-backed bill allowing incentives for housing affordability. Chattanooga, Tenn. (June 6, 2024) – Today Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly announced that Gov. Lee has signed theaffordable housing legislation supported by the City of Chattanooga and sponsored by Sen. Todd Gardenhire andRep. Dale Carr. The new law will allow cities to offer no-cost

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