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Chattanooga 2.0 Releases Birth to Career Progress Report and Updated Goals at Event

January 22, 2021

Thursday, community leaders, volunteers, and elected officials joined Chattanooga 2.0 for a virtual event to release their 2021 Report to the Community and celebrate the last five years of Chattanooga-Hamilton County’s progress towards improving birth-to-career education and workforce development outcomes. Chattanooga 2.0 partners have been at the…

Working together to make Chattanooga, TN better for everyone

January 22, 2021

In 2015, Chattanooga 2.0 published a report predicting that, by 2025, more than 80% of well-paying jobs in the city and county would require postsecondary education. The problem? Local residents were not adequately prepared to get these jobs. So, Chattanooga 2.0 sought community input, data analysis and national…

Chattanooga 2.0: Equity concerns, thriving wages points of focus for Hamilton County students

January 21, 2021

Five years in, education collaboration Chattanooga 2.0 has pulled in scores of industry leaders, parents, administrators and community members alike to accomplish one main objective — to find equitable solutions to support local students from cradle to career. And in 2021, as Executive Director Molly Blankenship looks…

How Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Will Impact Our Work

April 30, 2020

By Molly Blankenship, Executive Director of Chattanooga 2.0 Like so many other communities across the country and world, Chattanooga and Hamilton County have spent the past seven weeks in unprecedented, unpredictable, and scary times. And on top of a global pandemic, our resiliency was tested yet again…

BlueCross Technology Academy Students Kick-Off the School Year

August 27, 2019

Students from the BlueCross Technology Academy at Red Bank High School spent a day at the company’s Chattanooga offices to help kick off their year of learning. They used LEGOs for a team problem-solving activity and spoke with employees from the BlueCross information services team about…

Moc LEAD Creating LEADers at UTC

August 13, 2019

https://chatt2.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Moc-LEAD.mp4 As students graduate college and head into the workforce, businesses increasingly see a lack of creativity, communication, team-building and other soft skills among new workers. Thanks to the University of Tennessee Chattanooga’s Leadership Programs , students in Chattanooga are being transformed into the future business…

Chattanooga State: Opportunities to Shine

August 6, 2019

By Betty A. Proctor, Chattanooga State Nathan Smith took a series of jobs after earning his bachelor’s in sociology, but the jobs had little to do with his degree and he felt the need to try something else. After some inward reflection, Nathan realized he always had…

Chattanooga 2.0 Announces Molly Blankenship as Executive Director

July 9, 2019

The Chattanooga 2.0 Executive Search Committee has named Molly Blankenship permanent Chattanooga 2.0 Executive Director. Since March 2019, Blankenship has served as Chattanooga 2.0 Interim Executive Director, while simultaneously working as Chattanooga Chamber Vice President, Talent Initiatives. She brings a strong background in education attainment, talent development…