St. Elmo, a charming walkable neighborhood at the base of Lookout Mountain, is home to gems such as Little Coyote, a Michelin star restaurant, the Old Wauhatchie boulder field (the South's first and largest urban natural bouldering park), and the Incline Railway. Residents already enjoy safely walking and biking the length of St. Elmo via the Virginia Avenue Greenway, which connects to the TN Riverwalk. 

Building just the first mile of the ChickChatt could connect St. Elmo and Walker County, Georgia. Learn more about the Model Mile.

Heading south from St. Elmo, we reach Flintstone, GA, also known as Chattanooga Valley. The views of Lookout Mountain from the valley are beautiful and the ChickChatt would unlock access to this region by foot. Bikers already love this route; it is part of USBR 21 and has been used as the Chattanooga Ironman bike route. 

This portion of the ChickChatt Greenway, built along the unused TAG rail line, would expand outdoor access in a beautiful region that currently has very few public green spaces.

Between the towns of Chickamauga and Fort Ogelthorpe lies the woods, open greens, and winding pathways of the Chickamauga Battlefield Park, part of the the Chattanooga and Chickamauga National Military Park. This park contains around 50 miles of hiking trails, some paved.

The ChickChatt Greenway would open up car-free access to the Battlefield for the wider region.

Tucked along a river gorge between two mountains, Chattanooga is known as "a city in a park." Upon receiving North America's first official designation as a National Park City, many locally-led initiatives to connect people and nature are popping up all over the city. In short, it's already a beautiful place and it's becoming more beautiful all the time.

Chattanooga has worked hard to create public green spaces and pathways within the city, but travel between Chattanooga and nearby Georgia is still limited to car traffic only. Both the residents of Chattanooga and of northwest Georgia would benefit from the connectivity that the ChickChatt Greenway would create.