Archive for 2018
The Art of Getting Started
After reading Austin Kleon’s “Steal Like An Artist” I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the book and took away from it — or should I say, put in my swipe file. For those of you not familiar with the book, it is the first installment in Mayor Andy Berke’s “Books With Berke” book…
Read MoreTennessee leads the nation in small business growth
by Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free Press Tennessee led the nation in the growth of small businesses during 2017, although the growth didn’t necessarily translate into bigger wage gains for workers at such businesses. According to data compiled by one of the nation’s biggest payroll providers, Tennessee’s small business employers added workers at the fastest…
Read MoreChattanooga 2018 budget includes workforce development office
by Paul Leach, Chattanooga Times Free Press Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke seeks to boost the economy through a trio of new positions to develop the workforce, reuse old industrial sites and help entrepreneurs get up to $10,000 in interest-free loans. The cost of the new positions makes up a little over 1 percent of the…
Read MoreChattanooga airport grapples with soaring passenger traffic
by Mike Pare, Chattanooga Times Free Press As Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport passenger boardings in 2017 near the half-million mark for the first year ever — up 67 percent since the start of the decade — officials are eyeing the future. Building more gates for arriving and departing aircraft, raising a parking garage for airport users…
Read MoreVW to invest $340 million in new 5-seat, Chattanooga-built SUV
by Mike Pare, Chattanooga Times Free Press Volkswagen officials said Monday they’ll invest $340 million to bring a new Chattanooga-built five-seat sport utility vehicle to the American market. A variant of the existing seven-seat Atlas SUV already assembled at VW’s Chattanooga assembly plant, the new vehicle also is engineered and designed for the United States,…
Read MoreSign up to be a Blackboard Bonuses Business Partner
Join this amazing group of Chattanooga businesses now by offering a discount or reward to teachers. Here’s how: Offer a discount or reward to public school teachers in Hamilton County from March 31st to April 7th. Share your photos of participants on social media with the hashtags #TurnUpForTeachers Fill out the form below Business Name*…
Read MoreYou Are Peak
We have a saying here at the Chattanooga Peak Academy, “You Are Peak.” This means that it is the people who go through the training that make Peak what it is. Without them and their hard work, Peak is just another training. The moment Peak stops being used and useful for city employees is the…
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