Twenty-five years ago, Chattanooga made a bold bet on its future. What was once the site of a World War II-era Army ammunition plant was transformed into a modern industrial hub with global aspirations. That vision became Enterprise South Industrial Park, a 6,000-acre site in northeast Chattanooga designed to attract major employers, create jobs, and reshape the regional economy. Today, it’s safe to say that vision has been realized.
The sprawling site once housed the Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant, a World War II-era TNT production facility, which produced hundreds of millions of pounds of explosives before being decommissioned in the late 1970s. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Hamilton County and the City of Chattanooga began redeveloping this land into a purpose-built industrial hub. Infrastructure investments including a new interchange off I-75 and a
connector road were completed in the mid-2000s to make the property build-ready…