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Massengale: ‘ER is the Place to Be’

July 4, 2018 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article Leave a Comment

Looking around near the new Exit 1, while seeing a rise in property interest in East Ridge, I’m more excited by the day for our city!

Just look at the views from the exit near the intersection of I-75 and I-24. From in front of the Bass Pro Shop, you can see the new Chic-fil-A to the right and behind it. The new front of the Chattanooga Mercantile  center looks so much better than the old flea market did.

As a Real Estate Agent, I’m seeing an increase in the number of homes that potential buyers (and NEW East Ridge Residents!) are willing to look at. The average sale price is on an upswing, just like the rest of Metro Chattanooga. I see older neighborhoods that are being restored, one house at a time, and becoming what they were originally – inviting hamlets that call to young families and retirees alike.

Seeing the new and  resurging businesses popping up makes me proud to be an East Ridge resident, and hopeful as a Real Estate Agent. Join me in telling our friends and newcomers to the area that East Ridge Is The Place To Be!

_ Dennis Massengale

Filed Under: Opinion

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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