By Mike Pare
Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN)
July 1, 2012
With industrial park space in Hamilton County at a premium, economic developers are looking to the past as a way of growing Chattanooga's future business prospects.
The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce is crafting a list of former industrial properties with the aim of having some tracts potentially readied for redevelopment.
"There are quite a few," said Chamber Vice President of Economic Development Charles Wood about brownfield sites in the city. They
offer an opportunity with infrastructure already in place."
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Enterprise South had about 6,000 acres at one time, but now less than 60 acres are uncommitted or not under option. Volkswagen, Amazon, Archer Daniels Midland and other companies have moved in over the past three years. Also, about half of the former Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant space was deemed too hilly for business and turned into park space or buffer.
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