Chattanooga’s Riverport vision fulfilled with $28 million project

Staff photo by Mike Pare / Ground was broken Thursday on a planned $28 million industrial building at Centre South Riverport. From left are Jermaine Freeman, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly's chief of staff; Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp; Urban Story Ventures President Jimmy White; and Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Charles Wood.
Staff photo by Mike Pare / Ground was broken Thursday on a planned $28 million industrial building at Centre South Riverport. From left are Jermaine Freeman, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly's chief of staff; Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp; Urban Story Ventures President Jimmy White; and Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Charles Wood.

Former Hamilton County Executive Dalton Roberts, more than a generation ago, envisioned an Amnicola Highway farm as an industrial park filled with companies and jobs.

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