Governor Haslam, Commissioner Hagerty Announce Global Green Lighting To Hire Up To 250 For New Chattanooga Lighting Facility3/19/2013 - NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty and Don Lepard, president and CEO of Global Green Lighting (GGL), announced the company’s plans to hire as many as 250 people at a newly established lighting assembly facility in Chattanooga. The move is creating jobs for Tennesseans by bringing subcontracted production back from China.
Click here for more. | IT Company to add 116 New Jobs9/4/2012 - Chattanooga, TN (Sept 4, 2012) – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty today announced Hönigsberg & Düvel Corporation, an information technology company, will expand its Chattanooga operations. The announcement represents an investment of $600,000 and will create 116 new jobs.
Click here for more. | Chattanooga Chamber Helps Launch French-American Chamber of Commerce Subchapter in Chattanooga8/16/2012 - Chattanooga, Tenn. (August 16, 2012) – In a coordinated effort to strengthen Chattanooga’s position in the global business environment, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce has helped establish the area’s first French-American Chamber of Commerce (FACC) subchapter.
Click here for more. | GigTank Demo Day: Banyan, Babel Sushi and Iron Gaming Take Top Prizes8/10/2012 - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (August 9, 2012) – Today, Banyan was awarded the top $100,000 prize at GigTank Demo Day, for the groundbreaking version control system that they presented to a panel of judges and 500-plus audience. The event marked the finale of the 14-week GigTank accelerator program, co-hosted by CO.LAB and Lamp Post Group in partnership with the Chattanooga Chamber and EPB, which built and manages America's largest 1 gigabit per second Internet in Chattanooga.
Click here for more. | Hamilton County Awarded LEED® Green Building Certification7/31/2012 - Hamilton County -TN—Hamilton County is proud to announce it has been awarded LEED Silver Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its Business Development Center. LEED is the USGBC’s leading rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient, and high performing buildings.
Click here for more. | Volkswagen Chattanooga Hires First 100 New Production Team Members3/8/2012 - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (8 March, 2012) — Volkswagen Chattanooga has hired the first group of about 100 employees from its variable workforce provided by Aerotek. These jobs represent hiring in addition to the previous 2000 Volkswagen team members already hired.
Click here for more. | GigTank Joins Forces with X PRIZE Foundation3/5/2012 - Chattanooga, Tenn – February 28, 2012 – Chattanooga announced today that the X PRIZE Foundation, the leading nonprofit organization solving the world's Grand Challenges by creating and managing large-scale, global incentivized competitions, is working with GigTank™, a 100-day incubator/accelerator in Chattanooga, TN. The program aims to develop high-bandwidth applications using the community-wide 1-gigabit-per-second internet with up to $300,000 in cash prizes and seed capital available to participants this summer.
Click here for more. | Volkswagen Chattanooga Completes 50,000th Car2/7/2012 - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Feb. 7, 2011) — Volkswagen Chattanooga achieved its first significant production milestone of 2012 this week – completion of its 50,000th Passat.
Click here for more. | Gov. Haslam and Amazon.com Announce Sales Tax Agreement and 2,000 More Jobs10/6/2011 - Chattanooga, Tenn. (October 6, 2011) – In a culmination of months of negotiations, Gov. Bill Haslam announced an agreement with Amazon.com today whereby the online retailer will collect sales tax from Tennessee customers beginning in 2014.
Click here for more. | Chattanooga Named One of the World's Seven Most Intelligent Communities1/24/2011 -
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