Outside Magazine: Chattanooga No. 2 on Best Towns to Live List Filed Under Area Info • Tagged: Best Town to Live, Chattanooga, Outside Magazine Outside magazine is the latest publication to cheer for Chattanooga to its readership. The cover story of the August 2008 issue calls Chattanooga one of the 20 Best Towns in America and ranks the Scenic City No. 2 on its list, second only to Washington, D.C. The profile summarizes the city’s renaissance in the 1990s, its revitalized downtown and the many opportunities — from boating to trad climbing — in the great outdoors. August 6, 2008 Browse > Home / Area Info / Forbes Magazine Says Technology Makes Chattanooga Great Place for Business Forbes Magazine Says Technology Makes Chattanooga Great Place for Business Filed Under Area Info • Tagged: Business, Chattanooga, Forbes Forbes magazine pinpoints technology as a pillar of Chattanooga’s rebirth while summarizing the city’s renaissance in its April Best Places feature. The article describes support from the UT SimCenter for nano-fiber manufacturer eSPIN Technologies and points out that Smart Furniture takes orders over the Internet, selling office and home furniture the way Dell sells computers. Forbes writes: “The tide started to turn at the water’s edge. For two decades, beginning in 1985, the city worked to clean up a blighted 13-mile industrial corridor along the Tennessee River. …Acres once dotted with radiator, tire and bottling plants were transformed at a cost of $120 million into parkland. Over $2 billion has been invested in downtown development,…and the Tennessee Aquarium, home to the world’s largest freshwater tank.”
