I-Chattanooga, eTennessee: Ukusuka eGrime ukuya kuGreen

Yeka njani "iSixeko esilahla kakhulu eMelika" saba yiparadesi ezinzileyo namhlanje.

Ukuba i-1969 iMelika yayineencwadi yencwadi, i-supertative eyanikezelwa kwiChattanooga, eTennessee yayingekho enye inokuzixhalabisa ngaphezu kwendawo yomlilo. " Isixeko esizihlamba kakhulu eMelika, " uWalter Cronkite wayedlala ngokuphangaleleyo idolophu yezoshishino kwi-CBS Evening News Broadcast. Enyanisweni, isixeko sase-Southeastern Tennessee, esasigxininisa phakathi kweMitha yeAppalachian kunye neCumberland Plateau, yayingaziqhenyanga ngokubhaliweyo kwesihloko.

Kodwa yinto enxulumene neChattanoogans. Abazithathi kakuhle iindaba ezimbi. Kwaye ngoko njengawo wonke uhambo oluthintekayo, iqela labantu abambalwa abazibandakanyekayo baqalisa ukuguqula utshintsho olukhulu.

Ngowe-1985, idibeneyo yabantu babenze "i-Chattanooga Ventures," eyayibamba ii-forum zoluntu ezithandathu ezinesihloko esithi "Umbono ka-2000." Ezi ziqonga, ezivulelekileyo kuluntu lonke, zazingxoxo ezijolise kwixesha elizayo-indawo, ukudlala, umsebenzi, abantu , kunye noorhulumente ukuba baphumelele kuluntu kunye needolophu ezikufutshane.

Kwaye kwenzeka. Akuzange kwenzeke ngobusuku (kodwa kwakhona, kungekhona izinto ezinokuyenza.) Kodwa ngokwenene kwenzeka.

Kwaye ietafile sele ziguqule ii-degrees ezingama-180. I-Chattanooga yaziwa njengenye yezinto ezithwesa izithsaba zokunyakaza kwehlabathi. Umlambo waseTennessee usukile kwisifo esinetyhefu ukuze uguqulwe, kunye nenethwekhi yeepaki kunye nezityalo eziluhlaza zihamba ngokubanzi kwaye zijikeleze isixeko. Abavakatye kwiChattanooga bangasebenzisa i-shuttles yamagesi ekhululekile ngaphandle kwedolophu, kwaye xa beza ngeemoto zombane okanye i-hybrids, banokuzisebenzisa ngokunjalo izikhululo zokuhlawula i-solar.

Ukuba baya kwi-Majestic 12 yeCinema yedolophu, baya kufumana isakhiwo esenziwe i-100% kwizinto eziphinda zenziwe kwakhona. Ngasese izindlu zangasese zisebenzisa amanzi emvula. Kwimizuzu engama-25 kweso sixeko, iinqwelo zokufumana iindwendwe, abagijimi beemoto kunye neenqwelo zokuhamba ngeentaba ukuya kwiimitha ezili-100 zeendlela ezizodwa-ezakhiwe ngamavolontiya kwiminyaka eyi-10 edlulileyo.

Iindlela zenkonzo yehlathi ziphantse ziphindwe kabini. Esi sixeko sinendawo eyaziwayo yokukhwela kwidwala, ukukhawuleza, kunye nokubukwa kwezilwanyana zasendle, kwaye isixeko sibeka ukugxininisa kwindlela yokuvakasha kwebhayisikili, njengoko iChattanooga iba yinkqubo ye-US Bicycle Route System kwi-Mpuma-mpuma.

Isixeko sakhula ngamnye unyaka njenge-hotspot yokukhenketho oluzinzileyo. Kwaye kunzima ukubona ukuba kutheni abantu belula ngokuthandana ngokuchanekileyo ngokuthi "iSixeko seCenic."

Indlela Yokuwa Ngothando NeChattanooga

IiVibes zeNoga

Ngenye yezo "dolophu zasekudala zaseMerika" ezenzekayo ukuba zinabantu besixeko. Akuyona yindabuko "yaseMzantsi" kunoma yimuphi umbandela wesigcawu. Ukubambisana kunye neSperry izicathulo zezikhumba zithatyathwa ngetayiti kunye neenyawo ezingenazo; UMcDonalds uthatyathelwa ngamakhofu kunye nomoya wokuzikhusela kwaye utshintshwe "uthando" kwaye uluncede ummelwane wakho "uthayiphe i-vibe. Njalo ngoLwesihlanu nakwiMigqibelo kusihlwa phakathi kolwasahlobo lwentwasahlobo kunye neyokuqala kwekwindla, iindwendwe ezihambelanayo zeChattanooga kwaye zizonwabele umculo womculo ongekho, ukubetha okumnandi kunye nethuba lokubhiyozela eli hlabathi elizukileyo kunye nabamelwane babo ebusuku. (O, kunye ne-code yokugqoka? Barefeet khuthazwa!)

Ejikeleze idolophu uya kubona izindlu ezinegadi zasemaphandleni, abantu bayeka ukuhamba behamba ukuze baxoxe kwaye baninzi bamomotheka.

Ngoxa i-Chattanooga ingenaye ingxaki yayo, ikhona inhle kwaye ilula. Uphantse ukuva "Khawuleza uze uphuze!" njengoko uqhubela edolophini ngaphandle kwe-1-24. Kwaye becinga ukuba ingaphelelanga, abahlali babone ikusasa le sixeko njengethemba kunye nokuhlala ixesha elide.

Ruby Falls

Ngubani ongaphupha ukufumana into epic? Astronauts, geologists, kunye ne-spelunkers banikezela yonke imisebenzi yabo ukuba babe nguvulindlela ongaziwayo. Ngowe-1928 uLein Lambert, umlindi womngcwabo ngobusuku kunye nekhemistri ngosuku wenza enye into enjalo. Ngoku, imvula enkulu ephantsi komhlaba evulelekileyo ewonke e-United States, iRuby Falls yenye yezona ziqheno ezinkulu zeChattanooga.

Ukufunyanwa kwempompo kwenzeka ngengozi. ULambert kunye nabasebenzi bakhe bebechitha ixesha elijikeleze iNtaba yeGootout, beyazi ukuba iNtaba yayinomdla wokudlulela kwimbali yaseMelika kunye neNkcubeko.

Abazange bazi, bafanele bafumane umthombo wamanzi. ULambert kunye nabasebenzi bakhe babebethelela ukwenza umhume ufikeleleke kuluntu. Ngesinye isikhathi, babeziva benomoya kwaye bacinga ukuba into elele ngaphaya. ULambert wachitha iiyure ezili-17 ekhwela ngezandla kunye namadolo aye ebumnyameni aze afike phezu kwempompo yamanzi angama-145. Enyanisweni, ibali lethando lomdlalo we-1920, wabiza la maphupho emva komkakhe, uRuby. Umqolomba owavulelwa uluntu ngo-1929 kwaye waqhutywa kwaze kwaba yilapho ixinzelelo lithintekile kwaye indawo yokutyelela yayifuneka ivakalise ukutyhafa.

Kwaye ibali alinakuyeka apho. Ngaphantsi kobunikazi obutsha, ukuwa kuqhubekile ukukhula iminyaka engama-85 kwaye ngonyaka udwebe kwii-400,000 kunye neendwendwe.

Ngenxa yemimango yamanquba ecocekileyo eco-system, umcebisi wendalo uletwa ukuba enze uphicotho-zincwadi zonyaka kwaye uncede ukugcina umlinganiselo phakathi kokukhenketho kunye nefuthe layo.

Injongo yabo kukukhuthaza "ukuveliswa kwamandla avuselelekayo, ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwegesi, ukulungiswa kwemfucuza kunye nokucocwa kwenkunkuma, kunye nokucwangciswa kokusetyenziswa komhlaba" [1]. I-Ruby Falls iyenzeka nokuba yiGreen Globe inqatshelwe i-US.

KwiNtaba yeHlabathi

Kuphezulu kwe-Lookout Mountai n yiiRoyy City Gardens kunye nenqaku elijongene nombuso we sixhenxe. Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia kunye neKentucky ziyakubonakala zonke ngosuku olucacileyo kunye neengqungquthela kwiintsuku ezinokubonakala okuphantsi. Ababhenkethi bangenza usuku lwePhupha kunye neNdawo yokuBheka ngokuthenga ipasiti efihla ukungena kokungena kwezi zihlandlo ezibini kunye nokunyuka komzila wezitrotho eziza kukuthatha kwindawo yakudala yaseSt. Elmo ukuya kwiNtaba. Ezi zintathu ezikhangayo zidibanisa ngokukodwa uhlobo, i-adventure, kunye nembali kunye nentlalo yaseMzantsi.

Ukukhwela ilitye

Ukuba ukuma nje entabeni akukunikezi uvuyo owufunayo, unokuhlala usebenzise intaba yaseChattanooga ekhuphuka ngaphandle. Uninzi lwezigxoba zokungcola kunye nabathandekayo beza kwidolophu kuphela kule njongo. Uluhlu olubanzi lweengxondorha kunye ne-jug hangs linika ithuba elaneleyo lokuzonwabisa. I-Foster Falls kunye neTennessee Wall ziindawo ezimbini zokunyuka kwezemidlalo kodwa abaqalayo bangasebenzisa. Uninzi lweendlela eziqhawulayo yi-V4 okanye ngasentla uze uze ulungele ukuyikhupha kunye neengxaki ukuyicombulula kwaye njenjalo, yizisa ipasti!

Ukunyuka kwenqabile yentsapho kunokufumaneka kwi-gym yangaphakathi, High Point.

Indlela yokufumana

Ukuhamba ngaphaya kwedolophu yaseChattanooga kunobungqina obuhamba ngeenyawo kangangokuthi uza kuphinda ulandele izitshixo zakho. Ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, ukuhamba kunye nokuthatha amazwe amaninzi amakhulu amabhasi kagesi akhuthaza kakhulu iindlela zokuhamba. I-Greenway Loop izakugqiba ukwakhiwa kulo nyaka kwaye isetyenziswe ukubonelela ukufikelela kumayela eemitha ezili-25 kumgama wamanzi. Iinqwelwana azivumeli kuphela abahlali ukuba bahlolisise imvelo baze bahlale bephilile, kodwa nethemba likwaba badibanisa nabantu abangenako! Le mizila iya kuhamba ngedolophu kwaye yenza ukuba ukwazi ukuhamba ukusuka kwikhaya lakho ukuya kwindawo yedolophu kwaye ushiye imoto emiswe kwigaraji. Ngoxinzelelo lwezoqoqosho olongezelelweyo, abaphuhlisi bafuna ukufumana amajektri kwaye baqhube iindawo ezihlala kuyo ngokusebenzisa i-greenways kwaye babeke isigaba sekusasa elipheleleyo.

Uphuhliso olulinganiselayo "kulwakhiwo oluluhlaza" lufumaneka kwiindawo zoshishino kunye nokwakhiwa. Phakathi kwe-13 ne-17 yesitrato yedolophu ihlala itanki elide elingama-75 eliqokelela i-105,000 gallons yamanzi amanzi ukunkcenkceshela indawo. I-Majestic Theater kunye neFinley Stadium ziziko ezimbini ezinobuchule be-eco-friendly. I-Majestic yiyona yo kuqala yegolide ye-Gold LEED e-US kunye ne-solar hoop phezu kwendawo yokupaka ye-Finley inceda ekunikeni amandla egridi kagesi yebaladi.

Uhlala phi

Umzila ubeka umzi kwimaphu kwaye uqhubeka usebenza njengomxholo oyintloko. I-Chatanooga Choo Choo ingaphezulu nje kwirekhodi eliphambili kuma-40. Isitulo somzila esidala saphinda senziwa kwakhona kwiihotele, ekudleni nakwiindawo zokuthenga. Iindwendwe zihlala kwelinye lamavili alala ngexesha lama-Victori kunye nephupha lobomi kwi-Tennessee Valley line. Vuka ekuseni kusasa uze u tyelele enye yezinto ezikhangayo, iTamesesee Valley Railway Museum. Emva koko thabatha umzila we-Ruby Falls!

Ukuba iinqwelo zomzila ezithathiweyo azikho indawo yokuhlala kuyo, cinga ukuhlala kwi-Crash Pad. Ihostele kuphela kwihlabathi ukubamba isatifikethi se-LEED, ukuhlukana kancinci. Injongo yeCrash Pad kukukhuthaza ukuthengiswa kwempahla kunye nezoshishino, ezibonakalayo kwikhofi ezisebenzela ukwakhiwa kwesakhiwo ngokwaso. Nokuba iingcango zabo zomnyango zenziwa ngumenzi wendawo, uBryan Strickland. Le hostele yayilungiselelwe ngokukhethekileyo ukuba abaqhubi babe neendawo "zokuhlaselwa" emva komhla omude eludongeni.

Ngaba ufuna ukuhlala kwihotele yendabuko? Unokujonga i-http: //www.chattanoogahospitalityassociation.com/green.html uluhlu lweehotele zaseChattanooga Green. Ukuzinzileyo kunye nentuthuzelo - akukho do engcono ngaphandle koko!

Kuphi ukutya

Emva kwentsuku ende yokuhamba ukuya kwiindawo ezinobuncwane kwaye uzibekela umngeni kwiindawo zeentaba ngeebhayisiki zecomputer, awuyi kukhangela indawo ethile ekukhethiweyo yendawo ekhethiweyo kwaye enhle.

I-Blue Plate eyimfuneko yayiyiphumo lokudandatheka ngexesha elifunekayo. Ekuqaleni abantu babeza kutyelela i-diners kwaye bakhonze nantoni na i-chef ebenayo. Ukutya kwaditywa kwiiplate ezilahlayo ezahlula iprotheni ukusuka kwintlanzi. Ivenkile ye-Blue Plate yokutyela ithatha loo mbono kwizinga eliphakamileyo. Basenza yonke into ukusuka ekuqaleni kodwa amacwecwe ayavuselelwa kwaye isininzi sokutya sivunyiwe kwishishini lendawo - yonke into evela kwimpahla ebhaka kunye nokuphatha, i-ice cream, kwikhofi ivela kwindawo ejikelezile. Iifama ze-River Ridge zinika imifuno evuna ngexesha elivuthiweyo kwaye igalelo ekwenzeni iSouth Comfort yonk

Kubathandi bezinto zokutya, kukho i-Urban Stack, ethembisa "ukutya okunomdla, oomhlaba, owongcwatshiswe ngotshani, olwahlukileyo, okanye ovela kwiifama ezizinzileyo kunye nabantu abazimeleyo". Ngentetho efana neyo, "Ababulali beBurgers, i-Manly Drinks" oku kuluhlobo oluthile lokutyhala umnye unokucinga ukuba uHatfield uthatha uhambo oluvela ePigeon Forge ukuze ahlambe. Isakhiwo ngokwalo i-LEED igunyazisiweyo kwaye isetyenziselwa ukuba isakhiwo seMpahla yeThuthi yaseSouth. Sincoma ukuba sizame i-Little Little Piggies Chilli, eneentlobo ezintathu zenyama (iigiggies), itoni yeentlogi kwaye ithambile kakhulu. Musa nje ukuxelela uMcCoy ukuba unayo ibhakoni!

Ukuba u-fobie onothando, sicebisa ukuba iFama iNdodakazi, e-Northern Chattanooga. Ukunyakaza kwipulazi ukuya kwitheyibhile kuye kwafumanisa amaninzi kwiminyaka yamuva kwaye oku kusekwa esinye sezizathu zokuba kutheni. Injongo yabo kukuhlakulela ishishini kubamelwane babo, kwaye ngelixa abalimi abasebenzisanayo nxalenye enkulu yaloo nto, bananjalo bakhuthaza abaculi beendawo kunye namashishini anentsapho. Bafumana izitolo zokuzonwabisa, iikholeji zokupheka kunye neziganeko zentlalo ezibonisa umsebenzi abahlali beedolophu abazenzayo. Nangona imenyu ayifuni ngokupheleleyo i-vegan okanye imifuno-ithetha ngokuncinci kulabo basondlo esityalo. Imenyu esekelwe kwixesha kunye ne-soft-spoken, atmosphere invitations iya kubakhokela abavakalisi bazo zonke iinkolelo.

Ukwenza ukhetho olungakumbi, tyelela i-http: //www.chattanoogafun.com/dining/locallyharvest ukuze ufumane uluhlu lwee-'ooga zokutyela ezibandakanya izinto ezizinzileyo.

Indlela abantu abangabumba ngayo uluntu

Ngaphandle kwamahotele asekuhlaleni, amahostele, abaqhubi bezotyelelo kunye nabanikazi bokutyela, kukuzibophezela kwabantu ngabanye kwiedolophu ezenza iChattanooga ukuba yintoni. Enye ye-Chattanooga yokutshintshwa yenze imilinganiselo yendalo kunye nokugcina iChattanooga ... kakuhle ... Chattanooga-y. UJim Johnson waphumelela eWesleyan waza wacinga ukuba uya kuhlala eBoston ixesha elide. Nangona kunjalo, uluhlu lweziganeko zobomi lwamholela kwisixeko esiqingqileyo saseTennessee kwaye wathandwa ngokukhawuleza konke-ukuvuleka, umqondo woluntu, yonke into. Usuke wazinikezela amawaka eedola kunye neeyure ngexesha lokugcina izinto zeNdalo zeChattanooga kunye nokugcina isixeko singenaziphumo.

Umqhubi wama-cyclist, uJim uphinde wasungula i-BikeTours.com, egxininisa impembelelo ephantsi kunye nezithuthi ezizinzileyo zokubona ihlabathi. Le nkampani ngumzekelo oyintloko wobuchopho beeNogos ukuba bangenzi nje ulwahlulo lwentlalo yabo, kodwa kunye nehlabathi jikelele.

Uthi uJohnson webhizinisi lakhe, "Siyodwa yinkampani emele iinkampani zeebhayisikili zeendawo zokujikeleza ngeenxa zonke kwihlabathi. kuphela yodwa eqhubeka ngaphezu kokuba yinkampani ejolise ekuthengiseni kuphela into ekuxhomekeke ekukhuselweni kwebhayisikili kunye nophuhliso lwezokhenketho kwiphondo, kwilizwe lonke nakwihlabathi lonke. "

"Sizama ukuvuselela ukhenketho ngebhayisikili eNepal, umzekelo, ngokusebenza nomqhubi wendawo kwindlela yokuzonwabisa yebhayisikili ephumayo apho, ukuvula ilizwe kwiimarike ngokubanzi kunokuba ngabadlali abanamava."

Ixesha lokutyelela

Ubuncwane be-Appalachian buza kukuphazamisa kwaye kukunike umqondo wokuhlaziywa. I-Chattanooga inikeza ithuba elaneleyo lokungena ngaphakathi kwaye livale elidlulileyo njengoko lidibanisa nekamva. Ngoko ke, qhubela phambili, fumana ithikithi ukukhwela uze u tyelele eMpuma Tennessee ukuba uzibonele. Ukwazi i-Chattanooga njengento ezinzileyo kunye neyozaliswa yendalo kukuthanda.

UJohnson waphetha wathi: "Siye sahlaselwa yintloni yokusingqongileyo ukuba sibe sixeko ngokuziqhenya ngokuzibophezela kwayo kwimeko engqongileyo." "Kwathatha intlonelo malunga neminyaka engama-50 edlulileyo ukukhuthaza amandla ethu okuzikhukhumeza, kwaye senze okungaphezulu kwexesha lethu elidityanisiweyo."