<\/a>thrive 2055 is a citizen-led, public-private endeavor to engage people from across the 16-county, tri-state chattanooga region of southeast tennessee, northwest georgia and northeast alabama to make the most of our economic opportunities while preserving what we love about our home communities. the objective of the three-year process is to identify regional values and goals along with a consensus on strategies related to regional economic development, our region’s natural treasures, regional transportation, and education and training that can be implemented for the long-term prosperity of the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"thrive 2055 is a citizen-led, public-private endeavor to engage people from across the 16-county, tri-state chattanooga region to make the most of our economic opportunities while preserving what we love about our home communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5196],"tags":[205,569,206,283,662],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-12825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-storyfest","tag-community","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-green-communities","tag-transportation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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