Join the 2nd Fall 2025 Safe Sidewalk Workday

Join us for the 2nd Fall NCNA Safe Sidewalk workday

📅 When

• This Saturday, November 22nd 9-11 AM

📍 Where

We will start near 1211 Westwood and will clean or clear spots along the West / NorthWest side of Hixson Pike from Westwood through to Barton Avenue and Russell. The crew will likely divide and conquer, driving between spots on this route until all is cleaned up so if you arrive late just drive the route and you should quickly find us.

🧰 What to Bring

• Must-haves: water, work gloves, sturdy shoes

• Nice-to-haves: hedge trimmers, loppers, rakes, flat tipped shovels, leaf blowers, small saws, weed eaters
  (We’ll have extra tools on site, so come even if you’re empty-handed.)

📝 What We’ll Do

From Westwood to Russell on Hixson Pike / Barton the sidewalk is partially blocked or covered by debris in multiple locations. Most of the trouble-spots will be pretty easy to clean so we’ll be moving from spot to spot pretty quickly throughout the workday. You can see recent photos of sidewalk obstructions along this route here.

Code Enforcement Inspections Note: if we are aware of any neighbors that need help with code violations we will try to spend time helping with those also. You can read more about the code enforcement inspections that should be happening across district 2 today and tomorrow (11.17 and 11.18) here. Please keep an eye and ear out for neighbors that receive violations and that need help that we may be able to offer.

Sidewalk along Hixson Pike

Sidewalk on Hixson Pike near Barton Avenue

Join the Fall 2025 Safe Sidewalk Workdays

Join us for the Fall NCNA Safe Sidewalk workdays

📅 When

• This Saturday, October 25th 9-11 AM

  • and Saturday, November 11th 9-11 AM

📍 Where

Look for the crew across the street from 1007 Mount Vernon Avenue. The sidewalk on the Southwest side of Mount Vernon Ave. from Albany St. downhill is blocked by overgrowth.

🧰 What to Bring

• Must-haves: water, work gloves, sturdy shoes

• Nice-to-haves: hedge trimmers, loppers, rakes, flat tipped shovels, leaf blowers, small saws, weed eaters
  (We’ll have extra tools on site, so come even if you’re empty-handed.)

📝 What We’ll Do

There is overgrowth blocking the sidewalk from Albany St. downhill on the Southwest side of Mount Vernon Ave. that will require trimming and clearing. We’ll cut the overgrowth and pile it in the roadway for city pickup. We may spend both Fall workdays at this location but will update this blog if the 2nd workday will be relocated.

Photo of the overgrown sidewalk taken from the Mount Vernon and Albany St. intersection. The overgrowth continues a little past the bend.

Mount Vernon sidewalk overgrowth looking uphill towards Albany Street.

Join the 4th and Final Summer 2025 Safe Sidewalk Workday

Join us for the 4th and final NCNA Safe Sidewalk Summer workday

📅 When

• This Saturday, July 19th 8-10 AM

  • workdays will resume after the Summer heat subsides

📍 Where

Look for the crew near 1213 Worthington Street. Most of the clearing work is needed on Worthington Street near Garnett, at the top of the hill, but there are spots near Hixson Pike that need pruning as well.

🧰 What to Bring

• Must-haves: water, work gloves, sturdy shoes

• Nice-to-haves: hedge trimmers, loppers, rakes, flat tipped shovels, leaf blowers, wheel barrows, weed eaters
  (We’ll have extra tools on site, so come even if you’re empty-handed.)

📝 What We’ll Do

There is overgrowth blocking the sidewalk in a few sections on Worthington that will require trimming and clearing. If work on Worthington finishes early there are additional cleanup opportunities nearby.

Photos and highlights from our last work event on Lytle

We had a productive group on hand for our July 5th workday on Lytle and were able to clear 400 feet of sidewalk, with varied levels of overgrowth, from Tremont to 515 Lytle.

Join the 3rd Safe Sidewalk Workday this Saturday, July 5th

Join us for the 3rd NCNA Safe Sidewalk Summer Crew workday

📅 When

• This Saturday, July 5th 8-10 AM

  • a future workday is scheduled for July 19th

📍 Where

515 Lytle Street, about mid-way between Colville and Tremont.

🧰 What to Bring

• Must-haves: water, work gloves, sturdy shoes

• Nice-to-haves: hedge trimmers, loppers, rakes, flat tipped shovels, leaf blowers, wheel barrows, weed eaters
  (We’ll have extra tools on site, so come even if you’re empty-handed.)

📝 What We’ll Do

For the upcoming holiday weekend we’ll be keeping the work ‘light on Lytle’ :) There are a few lost sections of sidewalk and some pruning that is needed but the work should go quickly. If we finish early some of us may do additional pruning to clear a spots on streets nearby or may return to remove more dirt from the Boylston sidewalk that we cleared two weeks ago.

Photos of sidewalk sections that we’ll clear this weekend on Lytle

Photos and highlights from our last work event on Boylston

Our last work day cleared more than 25 years of dirt, growth and debris from sidewalk along multiple lots near 811 Boylston. This project was hard work but rewarding and the newly cleared sidewalk looks great. Big thanks to all that showed up two weeks ago and for doing multiple workdays worth of work in a single event!

Be sure to walk Boylston sometime to see the difference this reclaimed sidewalk makes to the area. You can also see the transition in the photos below.

A timelapse and photos from our 1st workday which cleared sidewalk on Dugdale can be found here.

Neighborhood Wide Walk Audit this Saturday Feb 22nd

Join us for the NCNA All Streets Walk Audit

This Saturday, Feb 22nd 9:00 AM

Wyatt Recreation Center

406 Colville St Chattanooga,TN

This will be an effort to review all pedestrian infrastructure within the NCNA boundaries.  We'll discuss the walk audit process over coffee and donuts then spit up to walk and review our neighborhood streets.

If you want to get a head start the walk audit you can do that using the following form:

https://forms.gle/bzaFxLnULnVx8YPX8

Thanks and see you Saturday!