THE RIVERCITY COMPANY

Emerging producers: rivercity has developed a program for individuals producing events in downtown in chattanooga. The emerging producers program is to provide education and hands-on training to those with 2 years or less of experience. The program teaches a wide variety of topics from permits, insurance to safety along with how to create partnerships, marketing and contractor management for event production. The last six months of the program allows each cohort member to take the lead on producing an event in downtown with the other cohort members in the program supporting the work.

Downtown animation: rivercity built off the success of downtown animation from the past two years with a robust calendar of activities and events for 2024/2025. Events and programs includes; noontunes, ice cream crawl, summerween, take a break in miller park and reindeer on the riverfront.gratefull: gratefull is free and all are welcome to join together for a thanksgiving meal in the middle of martin luther king blvd. There is no fee, no expectations, and no agenda just an open invitation for all to gather in the city for a time of thanksgiving and gratefulness.beautification: rivercity in partnership with the city of chattanooga public art, installed new banners for the city center district. Rivercity also manages the snowflake lighting during the holidays to help with beautification efforts downtown.sport spot: rivercity installed a temporary pop up recreational experience under the olgiatie bridge on the riverfront in downtown chattanooga. The purpose was to test concepts from the "evolving our riverfront parks" planning process and to gather real time feedback from users. Four different public play spaces were available; pump track course, roller skating rink, pickleball court and basketball court.reimagine broad street: rivercity along with the city embarked on a comprehensive and visionary plan for broad street in downtown chattanooga. The plan is a detailed block-by-block urban design analysis that will address the public realm improvements, multi- modal transportation enhancements, integrate technology, green infrastructure, parking, economic development opportunities, all while supporting existing businesses and urban residents.public safety: in response to community feedback seeking regular opportunities for sharing, rivercity company, the downtown chattanooga alliance, chattanooga tourism company and the chattanooga area chamber of commerce have partnered to establish quarterly public meetings. The meetings include representatives from the host organizations along with the chattanooga police department and city of chattanooga to share about projects, plans and ways for locals to stay informed. It is also an opportunity for the community to ask questions and provide feedback. Miller plaza: miller plaza is an urban public park constructed almost three decades ago in the heart of downtown chattanooga; it was built both to provide a model of good urban design for "active park use", and to provide a venue for an enormous variety of animating activities for downtown. When it was constructed, downtown chattanooga was sliding downhill with abandoned retail stores, closed movie theaters, offices and residences relocating to outlying suburban areas, and a vacuum of attractive activity and animation, especially after work hours ended. Miller plaza was the first beacon for the revival of downtown chattanooga, and miller plaza now serves as the home for three restaurants and one retail shop, seasonal friday night concert series from memorial day to labor day, and a venue for many dozens of civic gatherings and activities. Miller plaza is owned ty the rivercity company and it continues to provide the social anchor for events and animation within the city center district of downtown chattanooga.