A local nonprofit will continue to operate a sanctioned homeless camp for another six months as Chattanooga officials look to move the 33 residents to permanent housing before ultimately closing the site.
Amanda Kent keeps expecting to see Mama Kay s crystal-clear, blue eyes staring back at her every time she turns around to look through the fence that surrounds Chattanooga s sanctioned homeless camp at 12th and Peeples streets.
Blasted by a large fan on a hot May afternoon, two men named Alvin relax on a couch under a large, enclosed shelter, their respective walkers propped up within arm s reach.
At Chatter Magazine, our archives read like a catalog of interesting people who ve helped shape our city s culture. We d like to shine a spotlight on a few of them, again.
Bundled in a bulky coat with a hood shielding his head from the chill, Ulysses Marshall, 57, planted himself by a vent outside the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Friday, warm water vapor billowing around him like a spectral shawl.
Sitting in a foldout chair in the afternoon sun, Wendell Gullion recalls the circumstances that resulted in him becoming homeless: Police arrested him for alleged criminal trespass after he attempted to return to the home from which he had been evicted.