About The Innovation District

Where Chattanooga’s entrepreneurs, academics, and creatives collide. 

Events Calendar

Discover activities and events in the area.

Resiliency Checklist

Everything you need to prepare your organization for a crisis.

Small Business Supports

Helping small business owners across the region.

The Edney Innovation Center

The front door to the Innovation District of Chattanooga.

Tech Goes Home

Expanding access to technology and teaching digital literacy.

Digital Access Committee

Bringing together partners to close the digital divide, together.

HCS EdConnect

Home internet at no cost to thousands of families.

Connected Communities: Orchard Knob

The OKC leverages the collective support of partner organizations to tackle the whole picture of health and wellness in the historically underserved neighborhood.

Chattamatters

Answering the most basic and most complex questions about life in Chattanooga

EMPACT Program

Preparing residents for the jobs of tomorrow, and today. 

Chattanooga Smart Communities Collaborative

Working together to identify our region’s challenges and create solutions.

Environmental Sensors

Collecting and analyzing air quality data from across our region with US Ignite.

Education (4K Microscope & Lola)

High-tech tools in Hamilton County’s classrooms.

Community Connectivity

Expanding access to the internet in homes and neighborhoods.

Celebrating Digital Inclusion, this week — and every week

Digital Inclusion Week 2023 has been a blur!  From our local kickoff on Monday, helping enroll residents in the Affordable Connectivity Plan at the City Housing Resource Fair, to taking part in Tuesday’s national Building for Digital Equity conversation with NDIA and ILSR to a Wednesday listening session on the State of Tennessee’s Digital Opportunity […]

Air quality, community education efforts earn Chattanooga the 2023 Smart 50 Award

Chattanooga, TN, May, 17, 2023 — A multi-community effort including Chattanooga and stakeholders in four other U.S. cities earned a 2023 Smart 50 Award for developing infrastructure to provide neighborhood-level air quality data and increase public understanding of its effects. Each year, the Smart 50 Awards, in partnership with Smart Cities Connect and Smart Cities […]

The View from the Top – A spotlight with TGH TN’s Rachael Morrow

“I don’t fully understand what you just said, but it doesn’t really sound like my kind of fun.” – a skeptical (new) TGH participant As a project contractor with Tech Goes Home, it is often challenging to describe (simply) what I do. As a former over-the-top English teacher, an eternal optimist, and a self-proclaimed Wonder […]

Storytelling Spaces: A Celebration of Community Art(ists)

Storytelling Spaces was conceptualized through the desire to explore what placemaking & art opportunities can do for communities. The event had two main priorities: equitable access to art in historically marginalized communities and connecting local artists, many of whom were searching for new outlets amidst and ongoing pandemic, to the community they call home, yet […]

The biggest barriers to technology for older adults? Access, affordability & opportunity …

When it comes to technology, older adults are pioneers — yet they are often also the most overlooked, particularly in terms of accessible resources. They experienced emerging technologies at a critical moment, confronting opportunities and challenges with profound repercussions.  At no time has this been more apparent than during the ongoing pandemic, when the ability […]

Tech Goes Home celebrates statewide expansion

Educators across the state of Tennessee will have opportunities to grow their knowledge and gain digital literacy skills through The Enterprise Center’s new Tech Goes Home Tennessee program. With a list of 200+ interested Early Childhood Education Professionals already set to begin classes this February, Tech Goes Home (TGH) Chattanooga’s success led to the statewide […]