Unemployment rates for neurodivergent adults are at or above 40% — but it’s not just individuals seeking employment who suffer when networking and workplace opportunities are inaccessible. According to The Center for Neurodiversity and Employment Innovation, that rate —three times
Since becoming an official holiday in 1987, Women’s History Month has recognized the accomplishments and sacrifices of trailblazers making their mark. In fact, many economic advancements and worker’s rights that now benefit our labor force actually emerged from the suffrage
Megan Roberts of Local 3 News was recently promoted to News Director for Chattanooga’s NBC affiliate, WRCB-TV. She previously served as their assistant news director for nearly two years, after having first joined WRCB back in 2013 as a producer,
Your Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce has launched a totally redesigned website, ChattanoogaChamber.com. Created with members and users in mind, the newly improved website offers a more valuable experience with contemporary design, streamlined navigation and functionality, as well as useful
This week TREND is spotlighting the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer, one of the Chattanooga Chamber’s members from our local philanthropic/nonprofit sector. The Foundation seeks to provide childhood cancer patients and their families –at no cost– with the solutions
The Chattanooga Zoo is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year, having been established in 1937 back when the city’s first-ever permanent zoo housed just two Rhesus Monkeys. Since then, the nonprofit has seen many changes, the latest being the new
Over the past 30 years, Chattanooga has made significant strides in reinvigorating its riverfront and downtown neighborhoods. This vision was originally made possible through the Moccasin Bend Task Force which formed and released the Tennessee Riverpark Master Plan in 1985
Andy Santoro of WDEF News-12 recently transitioned from her role as a general assignment reporter to now serving as host of Let’s Chatt, a midday news show that often spotlights the diversity of local businesses. Santoro is a mom to
Cherry Street Brewing & Restaurant aspires to be Chattanooga’s “neighborhood hang-out spot.” Co-founded in 2012 by Alisa Tanner and her Brewmaster brother Nick, Cherry Street Brewing chose Chattanooga for its expansion location, originally hailing from Cumming, Georgia, after Alisa fell
Nearly 15,000 people are released from Tennessee penitentiaries each year. Project Return is dedicated to helping the formerly incarcerated successfully transition back into communities and work. Founded in Nashville in 1979, Project Return expanded to Chattanooga in 2021. The nonprofit program provides the resources and services,
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