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John Jung, Intelligent Community Forum Chair, at 48Hour Launch

April 11, 2011 Jon Moss Local
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John Jung, Chairman of the Intelligent Community Forum, attended Demo Night – the final event of 48Hour Launch – to view presentations of entrepreneurs looking to launch new startups.

While waiting for the final results YPAC members Tiffanie Campbell Robinson and Elizabeth Crenshaw chatted with him about some of the exciting entrepreneurial happenings taking place in town.

Mr. Jung is visiting Chattanooga to make a final determination as to which city will be chosen as the 2011 Intelligent Community of the Year. The Scenic City is one of 7 Finalists in the running for the top slot. The winner will be announced in June.

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Chattanooga’s Press Conference for ICF Top 7 Intelligent Community Designation

February 11, 2011 Jon Moss Local
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A press conference held today at EPB highlighted the city’s recent Top 7 designation by the Intelligent Community Forum. ICF co-founder Robert Belle spoke to a standing room only crowd of business, community and government leaders via Skype to congratulate the Scenic City for making the cut.

Last November, Chattanooga made the first cut to be included among the Top 21. Making the second cut to be named one of the Smart 7 is an exciting development.

The Scenic City is now on a quest to be named the Intelligent Community of the Year in June. Previous recipients include:

  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Seoul, South Korea
  • New York, New York
  • Singapore
  • Taipei, Taiwan
  • Glasgow, Scotland
  • Ontario, Canada
  • Suwon, South Korea
  • Calgary, Canada
  • Stockholm, Sweden

What can you do to help put Chattanooga in the top spot?  Join us in building the buzz by talking about it on Twitter, and use the hashtag: #ChattICF.  Join the Smart City Chattanooga Facebook Page for announcements on events and updates, and join the conversation. If you have other ideas or collaborative efforts, post them in the comments. This is a city wide collaborative effort, and a great opportunity to work side by side with many local leaders.

The winner will be announced at the ICF’s Annual Summit June 1-3 in New York City.

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Chattanooga Among ICF’s Top Seven Intelligent Communities of 2011

January 20, 2011 Jon Moss Local
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Chattanooga has made the cut to the Top Seven Intelligent Communities of 2011.  The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) will host a summit in New York City on June 1 & 3 where the winner will be announced. 

excerpted from the ICF site:

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. In 1969, the US government cited Chattanooga as the city with America’s dirtiest air.  In response, the City Council joined with local companies and physicians to create a pollution control board that led to $10m in private-sector air-quality investments. When heavy manufacturing declined in the 70’s and 80’s, the same spirit of partnership and the support of local foundations led to a decade of transformative downtown revitalization projects.  To spark economic revival the business, academic and governmental leadership pressed forward on multiple fronts, such as higher standards for secondary education with integrated career training.  The city-owned electric utility built a fiber network that will collect billions of data points and provide real-time management that will significantly boost the grid’s reliability and performance.

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