In a signing ceremony on Ridgecrest Drive, the City of Chattanooga and Trust for Public Land completed the donation of five historically and environmentally significant land parcels on Missionary Ridge.
Authorized earlier this year by the Chattanooga City Council, the agreement transfers ownership of five parcels across Districts 5 and 9 to the City. These properties, valued at $107,800, will become part of Chattanooga’s Urban Ecology Preserve System, permanently protected by restrictive covenants to prevent future development.
These tracts include battlefield terrain from the 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge—most notably in the area known as Billy Goat Hill, where Civil War entrenchments remain visible—as well as a mature hardwood forest adjacent to East Lake Park…