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East Chattanooga Community Center temporarily closed after confirmed COVID-19 case

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly orders temporary closure of East Chattanooga Community Center to prevent potential spread of COVID-19

Carver Community Center closed after confirmed COVID-19 case

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly orders closure of Carver Community Center to prevent potential spread of COVID-19

Frances B. Wyatt Community Center temporarily closed after confirmed COVID-19 case

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly orders temporary closure of Frances B. Wyatt Community Center to prevent potential spread of COVID-19

Washington Hills Community Center temporarily closed after confirmed COVID-19 case

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly orders temporary closure of Washington Hills Community Center to prevent potential spread of COVID-19

Chattanooga recognized as one of the best American cities at using data and evidence to improve residents’ lives

Chattanooga Achieves Gold What Works Cities certification

Mayor Tim Kelly Announces Open Office Hours

Constituents will have an opportunity to meet the mayor and his staff to help inform the Kelly Administration’s deployment of limited city resources

Mayor Tim Kelly announces Chattanooga’s new department and reporting structure

Presents reorganization plan to City Council for confirmation, department heads to be submitted to City Council for confirmation at a later date

Mayor Tim Kelly announces nationwide search for Chattanooga’s next chief of police

Chief David Roddy to retire on July 30; next highest ranking officer Eric Tucker will serve as interim chief during search process

Mayor Tim Kelly Issues Executive Order to Officially Reopen Remaining City Facilities

Mayor Tim Kelly issued an executive order on Friday that will reopen all remaining city facilities that were shuttered during the pandemic.

This includes reopening all YFD centers and Senior Centers on June 1 and all remaining pools on June 7.
Summer camps will also begin on June 7.

The order follows the presentation to City Council on Tuesday of the city’s safe reopening plan, which puts in place measures to ensure social distancing, enhanced cleaning, and limited capacity per CDC guidelines.

City to honor Black Wall Street for Juneteenth

In honor of Juneteenth, which is now a city holiday, the City of Chattanooga Office of Multicultural Affairs will present “Chattanooga Recreates Black Wall Street” an inaugural month-long recognition highlighting the celebration and patronage of Black-owned businesses for the entire month of June 2021.

“Black Wall Street” is the historical reference to the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, once known as one of the prosperous African-American communities within the United States up until the 1921 attack on black residents and businesses by mobs of white residents.