Chattanooga applies to be North America's first 'National Park City'

Mayor Tim Kelly has announced Chattanooga has applied to be the first National Park City in North America. National Park Cities are longterm grassroots movements for everyone making their city greener, healthier and wilder with cities adopting the National Park City Charter with the goal of rethinking how cities and their park spaces work together. Presently, only London and Adelaide, Australia, have received the designation with the organization setting a goal of 25 new National Park Cities around the world by 2025. Chattanooga joins a list of applicants including Glasglow and Southampton in the U.K. and Breda and Rotterdam in the Netherlands.