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2020 Vision: YPAC Summit Tomorrow Thursday, June 18, 2009
Where will you be in ten years? That’s exactly the question that tomorrow’s 2020 YPAC Summit will ask of the entire Chattanooga region. From 2 pm on, local young professionals from a variety of disciplines will come together to envision the people who’ll fill their shoes a decade from now.
The Summit will begin with a visit from Mayor Littlefield, followed by a series of breakout sessions covering topics from economics and entrepreneurialism to community affairs. Our very own Creative Strategist and Co-Founder Josh McManus will be sitting on the 4 pm “Plugging into your Community” discussion panel. At 5, Former President of Lyndhurst Foundation Jack Murrah will deliver a keynote address, followed by a casual afterparty at The Foundry. Chattanooga Stand surveys will be available throughout the Summit for participants to easily jot down their visioning ideas.
Anyone and everyone is invited to come and contribute to this intriguing glimpse into the future of our city. Tickets are available for $25 on the YPAC website.
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A Delicious Week with The Main Street Farmer’s Market Tuesday, June 16, 2009
If you love food, you’re going to be spending a lot of time on Main Street this week. Starting at 4 pm tomorrow, Chattanooga’s area farms, restaurants, and green enthusiasts are bridging the gap between the farm and the city for the New Food Economy Week. Wednesday to Wednesday — June 16 to June 24 — Main Street’s Farmer’s Market will be taking over the Southside with a week full of fun and fulfilling agricultural festivities.
Starting with a dedication at the market’s new location on the corner of Main St and Williams, every day promises a new foodie adventure.
Thursday, catch an outdoor flick about a singing moonshiner, hosted at Neidlovs.
Friday, head to Green|Spaces to chat about kimchee and wine with the legendary chef and author of Wild Fermentation, Sandor Katz.
Saturday, enjoy a delicious Neidlovs breakfast at Greenlife followed by a trip out to Sequatchie Cove, where you’ll get a tour of the farms and a “cheese tasting and sensory evaluation workshop” with cheese connoisseur Nathan Arnold.
Talk Slow Food over a few microbrews at the Terminal on Monday night, and then bring a dish out to Crabtree for a potluck farm tour on Tuesday.
New Food Economy Week is not only an effort to teach people about the benefits of eating fresh and buying local, it’s also an initiative to get the word out about the Main Street Farmer’s Market.
“If our farms can have a successful market place, then it enables them to continue to exist and to protect the land they farm from the ravishes of uncontrolled growth in the rural areas around us,” says organizer Trae Moore. “Our dollars spent on local food is a vote of support for healthier rural landscapes and a healthier earth in general.”
For more information on the New Food Economy Week or The Mains Street Farmer’s Market, visit http://mainstfarmersmarket.com/.
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Meet Ali, Guest Blogger Extraordinaire Monday, June 15, 2009
We think you’ll agree that one of the most exciting parts of living in Chattanooga is the way this town keeps you on your toes, the way things are always changing. In that spirit, we’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Ali Burke, CreateHere’s guest blogger for the next month.
Ali recently finished up an English degree at UTC, and is one of the good-natured Young Monsters responsible for a deluge of cool posters and t-shirts around town. She’s an expert in carpentry, and as you’ll soon see, wordsmithing, too. But why be a blogger, with credentials like that?
“What’s great about blogging is that it’s essentially either the initiation or continuance of a dialogue, which makes it a fluid, informal means of conversation that everyone can be a part of,” says Ali.
We couldn’t be happier to have this semi-native Chattanoogan at the reins on this, our most public and consistent means of communicating. Let’s start some conversations, y’all.
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We (Still) Believe in Main Street Friday, June 12, 2009
We recently had the great privilege of hosting food and travel journalists from around the country, and preparing for their visit reminded us of an old, worthy saying: We Believe in Main Street. This area is constantly evolving, and a few recent additions to some already stellar mainstays make this place yet more believable.
Just down the street at the newly opened Alleia, visitors can sample Italian cuisine, made by chef Daniel Lindley, a semi-finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef in the Southeast award. An unexpected surprise for us: restrooms with bronze-cast sculptures marking the doors, and floor to ceiling gestural drawings decorating the interior, all done by local artist and MakeWork grant recipient Cessna Decosimo.
Down the street from Alleia, the Terminal Brewhouse serves some of Chattanooga’s most creative pub fare—with a cheeky menu to boot. Artisanal beer, named in honor of local players and events, is made on-site, in plain view to curious visitors. High ceilings and comfortable booths accent some noteworthy furnishings: all the tables at the Terminal are made by SpringBoard graduate Aaron Cabeen, a local woodworker specializing in reclaimed wood.
For a taste of Chattanooga that’s been around as long as anyone can remember, check out Zarzour’s on Rossville Boulevard, rumored to be Chattanooga’s oldest eatery, serving up a classic meat-and-three for over 75 years and featured today in USA Today. There’s Niedlov’s for coffee and pastries, Taco Rico for El Salvadorian food and pleasant company. Breakfast at Blue Grass Grille. Sushi at Hiroshi’s, beignets at Blue Orleans. The list goes on and on.
We’re proud of Main Street’s culinary delights, but there’s more than just bites on the Southside. Massages at Madia’s, custom stationary at Shadowbox, and handmade home furnishings at Area 61. And that’s just on one block: the Chattanooga Arts Tour program takes visitors to artists studios, around the Southside and beyond.
The saying goes, we believe in Main Street. But it’s more than that: we believe in the creative outlets that exist here, for residents and visitors alike, made possible by a community of innovators and artists. This is a place for arts and culture, for nightlife and daytrips. This is Main Street.
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An ‘Aha Moment’ of Our Very Own Thursday, June 11, 2009
We all have aha moments, times when we make a life-changing decisions based off of an important realization. A leap from a plane, or a jump into a new job. Following a creative calling, or finding ways to make substantial change: these are aha moments worth celebrating and documenting. Luckily, they’re being collected in a national video database.
This past week, our fearless Co-founders and Creative Strategists Helen Johnson and Josh McManus sat down to record their aha moment, talking about their hopes for Chattanooga and the forces that motivate them. Check out the video here, or watch other folks explain their most important moments of clarity and daring.
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