Hamilton Herald Masthead

Editorial


Front Page - Friday, February 17, 2012

Realtors add financial backing to growth planning effort




The Greater Chattanooga Association of Realtors has joined with Hamilton County, the City

of Chattanooga, the Greater Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce, local foundations, and a host of other public and private organizations in advancing the 40-year growth planning

process now getting underway over a 16-county region encompassing Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.

Members of the GCAR leadership met with Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger and Beth Jones, executive director of the Southeast Tennessee Development District, the lead regional organization helping to guide the process, to present a check for $10,000 in support of the effort.

Many of the association’s members have also pledged their support of knowledge and experience in property matters to help guide the effort forward over the next few years that the planning stages are scheduled to take place.

The funding itself was a grant to the local association from the National Association of Realtors, a nationwide organization of over one million members working in the real estate industry.

Source: GCAR