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September 17, 2008
Ochs, in free
Like several of you (hey), I attended the grand opening of the newly named Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies (formerly known as the Community Research Council) on Monday evening at 739 McCallie Avenue.
Like some of you, I learned something new there: namely, that the Center is connected in a very real way (as an upstairs neighbor) to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Center for Applied Social Research, led by Dr. Barbara Medley.
UTC Chancellor Roger Brown was among the speakers at the event, as was namesake Adolph Ochs' granddaughter Ruth Holmberg. The Center's president, David Eichenthal, beamed as he welcomed well-wishers from virtually all strata of Chattanooga's diverse community.
Having a facts-based organization like this located here, and seeing it use its findings about our city to help communities around the nation, really makes one proud to be a Chattanoogan.
By the way, the New Binkley Brothers played awesome old-time music throughout. You can catch them at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday the 21st at the inaugural Chattahippie festival, which also features Elizabeth Cook, the Pure Prairie League, the legendary Charlie Louvin, and (I've heard) one of my personal favorites, Mojo Nixon, among many others.
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