🌱 How a $4 million cleanup grant could reshape Chickamauga’s old mill site
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In today's newsletter:
- How a $4 million cleanup grant could reshape Chickamauga’s old mill site
Also on today's calendar: Heritage at Gordon Lee and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Very hot, with a high of 96 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 94, low: 70.
- Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Rome-Floyd Development Authority to receive $500K brownfield grant (wrganews.com) — Chickamauga is set to receive a major $4 million federal grant to clean up the former Crystal Springs Print Works site and return it to productive use, a project that could reshape local land and jobs. Officials will formally announce the brownfield funding, including money for the broader region, at the Chickamauga Civic Center this Friday afternoon. 
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Blue Gray BBQ →
Gordon Lee Mansion, 217 Cove Rd, Chickamauga
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Saturday September 19
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Heritage at Gordon Lee →
Gordon Lee High School, 105 Lee Cir, Chickamauga
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Birds & Biscuits - The Buttonbush Farm and Nursery →
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Christian Heritage at Gordon Lee →
Gordon Lee High School, 105 Lee Cir, Chickamauga
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Friday September 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
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163rd Anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Park, 3370 LaFayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe
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Cheer Competition @ Coosa High
Coosa High School, 4454 Alabama Hwy, Rome
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Cross Country NGAC Jamboree @ HMS
Heritage Middle School, 4005 Poplar Springs Rd, Ringgold
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Fort Oglethorpe Welcome Center, 10 Barnhardt Circle, Fort Oglethorpe
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Carshow Brothers Cruise In →
O'Charley's Restaurant & Bar, 2542 Battlefield Pkwy, Fort Oglethorpe
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Norris Jackson →
Mad House Performance, 1462 Cross St, Fort Oglethorpe
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Tech Goes Home →
Fort Oglethorpe Welcome Center, 10 Barnhardt Circle, Fort Oglethorpe
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Friday September 18
Saturday September 19
Thursday September 24
Tuesday September 29
Thursday October 1
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Food City Supermarket posted a job opening for Designated Assistant Manager in Ringgold. Apply here.
- Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. posted a job opening for Service Support Manager-Earth Moving Solutions in Ringgold. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chickamauga here.
🗞 Nearby News
Rossville
- Shirley A. Shope, New Waterford, Ohio (wkbn.com)
- Americans increasingly concerned about environmental impact of AI, new poll finds (local3news.com)
- Week-old buttermilk dressing, employees handling food after touching raw beef, bacon grabbed with oven mitts (local3news.com)
Lookout Mountain
- Rock City: Study shows Lookout Mountain gondola would be quieter than 'a refrigerator' (newschannel9.com)
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