Best Practices Trip 2023 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | Nov. 1-3
Join us as we bring together Broken Arrow’s top business and civic leaders to learn best practices from a community identified as a successful leader in workforce, innovation, education and lifestyle. The visit provides interaction among community leaders and facilitates exchanges of best practices and lessons between to the two communities.
To attend, email Francesca by Sept. 1 to secure your spot. Cost to attend is $1,500 per person (includes hotel, program and most meals; does not include airfare)
What We’ll Learn:
- Innovation District: Chattanooga’s Innovation District is the first innovation district in a mid-sized city, and it has been featured in works by Brookings Institution, National League of Cities, The Kaufman Foundation, and The New York Times. Drawing residents from neighborhoods that span the city, The Innovation District of Chattanooga strives to be inclusive and invites everyone to share ownership of the place and its programming. We’ll learn how leaders developed the district, challenges they faced as well as what the future holds.
- Workforce and Education: The Chattanooga community has embraced innovative approaches and partnerships with employers, K-12 and other learning institutions to prepare and provide needed workforce. Hamilton County Schools have announced a strategic alignment of education programs that will provide focused leadership and attention to the district’s workforce development and early post-secondary opportunities for students. The new Workforce Development & College Schools Network will group 10 programs and schools.
- Quality of Life: Considered Tennessee’s comeback kid, Tennessee has evolved from being called “the dirtiest city in America” by Walter Cronkite to a top 50 place to live. US News notes, “While Chattanooga continues to move toward offering urban amenities like expanded downtown living and the Chattanooga Film Festival, the area’s small-town spirit – fostered by farmers markets, tight-knit networks and owner-operated small businesses – is alive and well. Chattanoogans are proud of where they live.”
Learn More:
- Chattanooga’s Innovation District
- K-12 partnerships to address workforce
- Chattanooga attractions and quality of life
- Chattanooga’s branding efforts
- Electric Power Board’s 25 gig service and The Quantum
Stories of Interest:
- The City That Was Saved By The Internet
- Five Spots You Should Visit in the Innovation District
- The Enterprise Center: About the Innovation District
- Opportunities for transformative placemaking: Chattanooga Innovation District
- Here’s Why All Eyes Are On Up-and-Coming Chattanooga
- WeLoveChattanooga.com
- Why Chattanooga? What Brings Tourists to Chattanooga
- History of Chattanooga and its ties to the Muscogee and Cherokee Nations