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David Barto – Friday, October 28, 2016 The other day I talked about the importance of experience in folk’s everyday lives to the good people at the Ooltewah/Collegedale Chamber of Commerce. A Read more

By RxmSN8mPJAES, 1 year ago February 13, 2018

Collegedale Tomorrow Foundation Inc. was eating lunch at Cantaberry Restaurant.

3 days ago

“If you add commercial to The Commons, what types of places would you hope to attract?”......

Eventually, to service all the folks at the Imagination Station, the new “Park”, the Green Way, etc...we will need at least a couple of restaurants, a coffee shop and ice cream parlor. It’s too many people congregated in too small of area not to capture the revenue streams off of. Also the City has invested millions in parks and rec resources, and donors another $9,000,000 so far in The Commons. We could easily generate over $100,000 a year in tax revenue, that could be spent on future parks and rec resources.

It is also the goal of CTF to have The Commons and Park be a neutral impact on the city budget. In other words we would like to make enough income to pay for our own upkeep, repairs and sustain the Foundation. Through wedding/event rentals, potential ownership of some commercial structures on site it is the goal to make enough to not cost the City of Collegedale any money from year to year. If we could then generate money to pump back into the general budget through taxes I believe we will be true partners with the city.

So if we built some commercial, then a restaurant like Cantaberry’s is exactly the kind of place we would work to bring in.

The Commons has the potential to be so much more than it is today if we continue to work together, listen to the community and deliver quality. ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

Tomorrow night, February 5th at 7:00 pm we will be continuing our”Movies at The Commons” series! Brought to you by our good friends at Kelly Subaru -good folks selling great cars! ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

Sunday night at 7:00 pm at The Commons we are showing Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo inside Founders’ Hall!

This is free to the public! We will have a big fire roaring in the fireplace so no matter the weather we are good to go!

Also, it was an accident that we are up against a sporting event on the same evening....... ,but if you don’t care about that event, come on down and watch a classic movie. You can watch the funny advertisements on YouTube tomorrow! ... See MoreSee Less

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