The latest McDonald Farm coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Local section.
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The Hamilton County Commission planned to vote Wednesday on whether to lay the legal groundwork to allow hotels and other commercial development in rural parts of the county, a measure opposed by groups saying they don't want to see country clubs, cell towers and private resorts on parkland.
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Expected impact on Enterprise South bike trail was disclosed
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"Forever." "In perpetuity." The language in the deed by which a former military site became Enterprise South Nature Park preserves all 2,750 acres for recreational use, for keeps.
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In August, the Hamilton County Commission unanimously approved a $1.5 million contract to design a road that may cut through the Enterprise South Nature Park land that includes the Atlas Bike Trail.
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Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp's proposal to allow industrial development on a portion of Enterprise South Nature Park in the Ooltewah area in exchange for conservation of McDonald Farm in Sale Creek faced more questions and opposition Wednesday at the Hamilton County Commission meeting.
Hamilton County plans to solicit public feedback into 2026 about plans to open up a 500-acre section of Enterprise South Nature Park to industrial development while securing over a thousand acres of McDonald Farm for conservation.
About a dozen people came to a Hamilton County Commission meeting to voice their concerns about industry at Enterprise South Nature Park.
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One of the Hamilton County commissioners who represents neighbors of the Enterprise South Nature Park didn't know 500 acres of it would be slated for industrial development until the plans were publicly announced earlier this month.
Grace Jahnke stumbled upon the gravestones in autumn after sundown while looking for a lost dog — "'Blair Witch' style," she said.
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Ten federal, state and local officials wrote letters of support for a proposed Hamilton County land swap deal before it was made public, and at least one of them did not know about the most controversial aspect of the proposal.
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Commissioner Steve Highlander, R-Harrison, said Wednesday he's looking for more information about a land swap deal proposed by Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp.
