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Corks + Colors | 4 p.m. | Moxy Hotel | Price of purchase | Wine down with $5 glasses of house wine and half-off bottles + enjoy adult coloring with your pals.
Thursday, Feb. 20
Community Coworking | 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | The Chattery (Broad Street) | Free, RSVP | Bring your laptop or a creative project to work on alongside other community members — donations are encouraged.
Galentine’s Women’s Self Defense Class | 6-7:30 p.m. | Collegedale City Hall, Collegedale | Free, RSVP | Learn fundamentals in defending yourself with Greg Roy’s Martial Arts Academy.
Curiosity Club Winter Workshop | 6-8 p.m. | Chattanooga Public Library, Downtown Branch | Free | Adults can learn what type of free gear is accessible through the library or how to make it themselves in the fourth floor makerspace.
Friday, Feb. 21
Sacred Journeys: Discover World Religions, Yogas, & Philosophies | Friday, Feb. 21-Sunday, Feb. 23 | Times vary | Yoga Landing | $85+ | Sign up for a session or the full weekend to enjoy lectures, Q+A discussions, handouts, personal reflection + more that looks into religions across the globe.
Saturday, Feb. 22
Champagne Brunch | 9:30-11 a.m. | Renaissance Commons | $75 | Sip on mimosas while influencer Heather Turner dives into her success with antiquing, from estate sales to negotiating prices — tickets get you access to Houston Museum’s Antiques Show.
Long-time Cleveland businesses Dick’s Graphics & Printing and Carroll Printing Co. have announced they are merging operations in March, creating Century Printworks. Carroll Printing (which opened in 1952) will end operations on Friday, Feb. 21 + customers will be sent to Dick’s during the transition. (Chattanoogan.com)
Award
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga has received accreditation from the National Standards program. This feat helps establish legal + ethical practices for organizations, creating a transparent documentation of policies for donor services, investments, grantmaking, and administration.
Outdoors
Registration is open for Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center’s National Weed Wrangle event on Saturday, March 1. From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., volunteers will clean up privet, bush honeysuckle, horned holly, and wintercreeper along the Kiddie Trail — just wear closed-toe shoes + bring water bottles and gloves.
Cause
Our fur friends need blood donors, too. The Veterinary Care and Specialty Group is looking for dog + cat donors to help save other local animals. Pets ages 1-8 can be a part of this volunteer-based program — check out the requirements and benefits.
Shop
There are four days left to shop Northside Neighborhood House’s (NNH) Founders Day Scavenger Hunt. Now through Saturday, Feb. 22, you can head to any NNH thrift store location to try and find the daily 14 items that will be marked 50% off — talk about a bargain hunt.
Try This
Smoke Sesh BBQ, a new food truck offering slow-cooked meats and savory sides, will be outside of McKay’s on Lee Highway today, Feb. 19 — we’re eyeing the birria loaded fries for our lunch. Pro tip: Check Instagram each Wednesday for daily locations.
Plan Ahead
Hey, don’t write yourself off yet — unless it’s to save the date for Wednesday, May 14 to see Jimmy Eat World play at The Signal. Presale for this newly announced show begins tomorrow, Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. + tickets go live to the public on Friday, Feb. 21. Get notified.
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Survey the local outdoors
Have a say in the recreational activities Chattanooga has to offer. | Photo by Nathalie DuPre via Outdoor Chattanooga
The City of Chattanooga’s Parks and Outdoors Department is recreating recreation in the area with its Comprehensive Recreation Program Plan project.
Let’s break down the three different ways to engage.
Recreation facilities + amenities you use — from community centers to spaces like Ross’s Landing
Programs your household has participated in recently + then ranking the four most important ones
Support for actionable items the department can do to improve the facilities
Any additional open-ended comments
🔮 Envision it
Anonymously leave your ideas to join the live discussion board. To inspire you, here are a couple of suggestions that have been left so far:
“Facilities for senior activities.”
“Chattanooga needs bike skills features and an urban pump track for bike exploration.”
📍 Map it
For those that need to visually see it, you can add your ideas + comments on the interactive social map. Some markers placed include:
Ideas/Suggestions | Jefferson Heights Park | “Would love to have more public sand volleyball courts in the downtown area.”
We asked you all where you would like to see the proposed In-N-Outs in Chattanooga. The top three answers were: Hixson Pike (36.1%), Hamilton Place (33.1%) + the surrounding area, like in Cleveland or Ooltewah (27.8%). Don’t agree?Select your preferred location.
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