Opinion: Community benefits agreement worked out for South Broad stadium district after all8/31/2024 Contributed rendering / A rendering released in January shows the planned Chattanooga Lookouts ballpark along with potential new development. Officials broke ground on the new facility in July.Four-and-a-half months ago, a community benefits agreement between builders and developers constructing the new Chattanooga Lookouts baseball stadium in the South Broad District and a coalition of community organizations appeared to be dead.
A spokesman for Chattanoogans in Action for Love, Equality and Benevolence (CALEB), which was heading the coalition, said in April the organization was breaking off talks because it was unable to get "meaningful safeguards" for the community on contracting for the stadium construction and other area development. However, Jermaine Freeman, chief of staff for Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly, said at the time he believed an agreement still could be reached. But radio silence ensued until Tuesday when — bang — a full agreement was announced, with Bethlehem Center serving as the community partner. Read more
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