Want to advocate for the park and our community?

We are currently asking residents to contact officials regarding Hilltop Extension, Old Summit Cemetery, and ESNP protections.

Why: While the industrialization proposal is no longer on the table, questions remain around whether the Hilltop Road Extension is feasible without disturbing Old Summit Cemetery and/or cutting through some park land acreage (and thus requiring the removal of deed restrictions, officially known as “conversion” via an application with the US Dept of Interior).

A $1.5 million engineering project has already been approved for the design of Hilltop. Let the Commissioners and the Mayor’s Office know that this road must NOT disturb the cemetery or the park.

Learn more about Old Summit Cemetery and join the current effort to protect it.

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Here’s a boilerplate message you can personalize and send.

Hamilton County Commissioners

Find your district by locating where you live on this map (Hamilton County does not have an address location feature to find your district…)

Gene-O Shipley, District 1 County Commissioner
423-209-7200
Email: district1@hamiltontn.gov

 Chip Baker, District 2 County Commissioner
423-209-7200
Email: district2@hamiltontn.gov

 Ken Smith, District 3 County Commissioner (Chairman)
423-209-7200
Email: district3@hamiltontn.gov

 Warren Mackey, District 4 County Commissioner
423-209-7200 - Email: district4@hamiltontn.gov

 Greg Beck, District 5 County Commissioner
423-209-7200
Email: district5@hamiltontn.gov

 David Sharpe, District 6 County Commissioner
423-209-7200
Email: district6@hamiltontn.gov

 Lee Helton, District 7 County Commissioner (Chair Pro-Tempore)
423-802-0308 - Email: district7@hamiltontn.gov

 Mike Chauncey, District 8 County Commissioner
423-209-7200
Email: district8@hamiltontn.gov

 Dr. Steve Highlander, District 9 County Commissioner
423-209-7200
Email: district9@hamiltontn.gov

 Jeff Eversole, District 10 County Commissioner
423-209-7200
Email: district10@hamiltontn.gov

 Joe Graham, District 11 County Commissioner
423-209-7200
Email: district11@hamiltontn.gov

 

Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp
Phone: 423-209-6100
Email: https://www.hamiltontn.gov/Mayor_Form.aspx

Other officials who may have a say/sway:

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly
423-643-7800 - Email: https://chattanooga.gov/government/mayors-office

 Congressman Chuck Fleischmann
423-756-2342 - Email: https://fleischmann.house.gov/address_authentication?form=/contact/email

 State Senator Bo Watson
615-741-3227 - Email: sen.bo.watson@capitol.tn.gov

 Governor Bill Lee
615-741-2001 - Email: https://www.tn.gov/governor/contact-us/share-opinion.html

 State Representative Greg Vital
615-741-3025 - Email: rep.greg.vital@capitol.tn.gov

 State Representative Esther Haynes
615-741-1934 - Email: rep.esther.helton@capitol.tn.gov

 State Representative Yusuf Hakeem
615-741-2702 - Email: rep.yusuf.hakeem@capitol.tn.gov

 Commissioner Andy Holt
615-837-5103 - Email: andy.h.holt@tn.gov

 U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn
202-224-3344 - Email: https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/email-me

Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter, Department of Economic and Community Development
615-741-1888 - Email: stuart.mcwhorter@tn.gov or ecd.communications.office@tn.gov

 

Chattanooga City Council

(second governing body who would be responsible for voting if a roadway was proposed through ESNP parkland)

Email comments to the full Council at: https://chattanooga.gov/government/city-council

Chip Henderson, District 1 - Chair
(423) 643-7186

 Jenny Hill, District 2 - Chairwoman
(423) 643-7187

 Jeff Davis, District 3
(423) 643-7188

 Cody Harvey, District 4
(423) 643-7184

 Dennis Clark, District 5
(423) 643-7183

 Jenni Berz, District 6
(423) 643-7181

 Raquetta Dotley, District 7
(423) 643-7180

 Marvene Noel, District 8
(423) 643-7182

 Ron Elliott, District 9
(423) 643-7185

 City Council Clerk (General Contact)
(423) 643-7170 – Email: Council-Clerk@chattanooga.gov

U.S. Interior Department

Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Interior Department

 (Federal approval would be required if the Hilltop cut through any amount of park land)