CLICK HERE for conversation from the first year of Southern Dialogues about this city's future.

seeking public conversation about chattanooga's future.

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Following a year of asking how the South is changing, and seeing the theme to be the growth of cities, Chattanooga right now represents a perfect opportunity to see how the really big questions for the future can be met with robust civic initiative. There are four themes here:

  • The Gig & building an innovation economy

  • Real Estate, housing & gentrification

  • Thrive 2055 & Regional Economic Development

  • Public Education

and a library of  video content to offer as a resource for ongoing civic dialogue.


FIRST DRAFT EPISODE NOW ONLINE : Building an innovation economy. What will new technology mean for Chattanooga's future? Debut at Startup Week.


View the full Chattanooga feature episode from Southern Dialogues Series One in 2014. This was only the start of a conversation.

Producer Robert Ashton Winslow intros Southern Dialogues in Chattanooga this Fall.

What is your side of this story?

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Hosted on the Chattanooga Public Library 4th Floor

Hosted on the Chattanooga Public Library 4th Floor


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