Petition updateSave Enterprise South Nature ParkUrgent! Call to Action before Wed 4/15 4pm
Melissa Ann RayChattanooga, TN, United States
Apr 14, 2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐”๐‘๐†๐„๐๐“ ๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐„๐ƒ ๐๐„๐…๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐–๐„๐ƒ๐๐„๐’๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐„๐•๐„๐๐ˆ๐๐† (๐Ÿ’/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“) ๐Ÿšจ

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญy ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐’๐๐

Friends of ESNP and public lands supporters โ€” we need your help again with a time-sensitive action.

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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?

The Hamilton County Commissioners will vote this Wednesday evening on the acquisition of a 19-acre forested parcel currently owned by the Boy Scouts of America.

  • This parcel is landlocked by Enterprise South Nature Park (ESNP)
  • It is currently zoned Heavy Industrial (I-H)
  • Any development would directly impact protected parkland as access would require going through ESNP, raising concerns about a future land swap
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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ

  • The community has already made it clear: we value ESNP and oppose removing deed protections
  • Hamilton County withdrew the previous proposal to industrialize ESNP
  • The Regional Planning Commission (RPA) has recommended this parcel be rezoned to OS (Open Space) after purchase

๐๐จ๐ฐ, ๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
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๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐“๐€๐Š๐„ ๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ (๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ’/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“)

Please email or call your Hamilton County Commissioner and ask them to rezone this parcel to OS (Open Space) after they vote to acquire it.

๐Ÿ“ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž (Please feel free to personalize/paraphrase the information below into your own words, as that can be more effective:):

Dear [Commissioner]

I am writing to ask that you follow the recommendation of the Regional Planning Commission and rezone the 19-acre Boy Scouts of America parcel as OS (Open Space) for recreation and greenspace after acquisition.ย 

The Boy Scouts parcel is landlocked by permanently protected Enterprise South Nature Park land (which is zoned as OS), therefore, creating road access to this small parcel for industrial development would require lifting of permanent deed restrictions (i.e., a land swap). Keeping the Boy Scouts parcel zoned for Heavy Industry (I-H) jeopardizes the park protections that our community has already advocated for keeping intact.

This is an opportunity for the City and County to continue to honor the wishes and values of our community, Americaโ€™s first National Park City, and the promises to conserve ESNP land forever, as stated in the deed.ย 

Thank you for your service and care,

[your name]

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โ˜Ž๏ธ ๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ

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Gene-O Shipley, District 1 County Commissioner, 423-209-7200
Email: district1@hamiltontn.gov

ย Chip Baker, District 2 County Commissioner, 423-209-7200
Email: district2@hamiltontn.gov

ย Ken Smith, District 3 County Commissioner (Chairman), 423-209-7200
Email: district3@hamiltontn.gov

ย Warren Mackey, District 4 County Commissioner, 423-209-7200
Email: district4@hamiltontn.gov

ย Greg Beck, District 5 County Commissioner, 423-209-7200
Email: district5@hamiltontn.gov

ย David Sharpe, District 6 County Commissioner, 423-209-7200
Email: district6@hamiltontn.gov

ย Lee Helton, District 7 County Commissioner (Chair Pro-Tempore), 423-802-0308
Email: district7@hamiltontn.gov

ย Mike Chauncey, District 8 County Commissioner, 423-209-7200
Email: district8@hamiltontn.gov

ย Dr. Steve Highlander, District 9 County Commissioner, 423-209-7200
Email: district9@hamiltontn.gov

ย Jeff Eversole, District 10 County Commissioner, 423-209-7200
Email: district10@hamiltontn.gov

ย Joe Graham, District 11 County Commissioner, 423-209-7200
Email: district11@hamiltontn.gov

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๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.
ย Weโ€™ve already made a difference. Letโ€™s make sure this land stays protected!

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