Greener, Fresher, Cooler Chattanooga

Janie Sue

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Imagine transforming Chattanooga’s concrete highway corridors into living, breathing green infrastructure. Inspired by Mexico City’s Via Verde project, this initiative would convert highway pillars throughout the city into vertical gardens—turning underused gray surfaces into vibrant environmental assets. Helping to combat air pollution, noise pollution, the urban heat island effect, and water runoff issues in the Chattanooga area. Using climate appropriate moss and ferns.

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Janie Sue

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Local business that want to help fund a pillar transformation can also advertise on their space. Like adopt a highway but instead "green a pillar".(not committed yet)
Master Gardeners of Hamilton County(not committed yet)
Waterways(not committed yet)

Budget estimate

$25,000

Obstacles

Funding, volunteers, the limiting idea that starting small never grows anywhere. Let's start small and make our city green!

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Barbara S.Apr 23

Ambius is a company that cares for plants in commercial spaces - check them out! They're in Chattanooga but looking to expand.

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