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Look out, Lookout
EDITORIAL: Chattanooga Times Free Press
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009
Residents of area mountains are perplexed as one rock slide after another closes roads briefly or long term — often as a result of heavy rain. The latest was a short closing Saturday of Scenic Highway on Lookout Mountain. Shifting boulders landed in a ditch along the road.
Fortunately, the [...]
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High risk from rocks
By: Adam Crisp
Chattanooga Times Free Press: November 18, 2009
Thirty-five locations in Tennessee are ripe for a rock slide — including three in Hamilton County, according to a Tennessee Department of Transportation report.
But funding and the motivation to shore up the problems appear to be low.
The fragile Ocoee Gorge mountainside that collapsed and closed a scenic [...]
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Good Turnout for Lookout Mtn., GA. Candidates Forum
by B.B. Branton
Chattanoogan.com: posted October 28, 2009
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_161837.asp
New pathways (sidewalks), high-density development, comprehensive plans, a much-needed town center, sewer issues and much more were well-discussed topics by six candidates as close to 200 citizens of Lookout Mountain, Ga., attended the ‘candidates forum” at the Lookout Mountain Methodist Church Tuesday evening.
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters [...]
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Lookout Mountain Voters Hear Candidates
By: Kevin Hardy
Chattanooga Times Free Press: October 28, 2009
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/oct/28/lookout-mountain-voters-hear-candidates/
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Residents got a chance to hear from all five candidates running in next week’s city government election at a forum Tuesday hosted by the League of Women Voters of Georgia and Lookout Mountain United Methodist Church.
Current Mayor Tom Gifford is running against challenger [...]
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Bill Glascock Elected Lookout Mountain, Ga., Mayor
by B.B. Branton
Chattanoogan.com: posted November 4, 2009
In a long, competitive race for mayor of Lookout Mountain. Ga., Bill Glascock defeated incumbent Tommy Gifford, 361-267, on Tuesday.
In the race for three town council seats, David Bennett (566), Sandy Gothard (518) and Blair Ramey (360) were elected ahead of three-term council member Dennis Eischeid (309).Mr. Gifford defeated [...]
Chattanoogan article on the Comprehensive Plan presentation, Thursday, August 27
DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN KILLS CHAPELBROW, LOOKOUT RESIDENTS TOLD
by Dana Wilbourn
Chattanoogan.com: posted August 28, 2009
At a public hearing on Thursday, Lookout Mountain, Ga. residents were told by Phil Walker of the Walker Collaborative the draft comprehensive plan his firm and city residents have been working on effectively kills the Chapelbrow development in its present form.
A year [...]
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Developers Endure a Senior Slump as Over-55 Market Hits the Wall
Boston Business Journal: Friday, April 10, 2009
by Michelle Hillman
The adult-community development bubble has burst.
Earlier this decade, developers pursued aging boomers with gusto, building hundreds of “active adult” communities across the state. They banked on the assumption that empty-nesters would want to live out their golden years in maintenance-free homes, often complete with clu bhouses and golf [...]
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When “Growth” Isn’t Smart
Chattanooga Times Free Press: February 12, 2009
Editorial
When it comes to development pressures and planning for the future, the town of Signal Mountain could serve as a useful example to the other smaller municipalities around the county of the potent and persistent conflict between lofty community goals on the one hand, and a grasping lust on [...]
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Rock slide closes Scenic Highway