Living Local 6/6/25 – 6/19/25
1/ A “Dad’s Weekend Out” Celebration will be Saturday June 14th from 5 til 8pm, in Miller Park. Fathers AND Father Figures will be celebrated with games, music, and a movie. And it’s all FREE, Saturday the 14th in Miller Park. And it’s courtesy of Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors.
2/ The Master Gardeners of Hamilton County invite you to their next Garden Tour, June 14th and 15th. Your $20 admission covers both days, and you’ll tour 5 private gardens and an educational farm.. They are in Hixson and on Signal Mountain, and feature creative water design, yard art, and fabulous flowers as well. Get tickets online at MGHC.org (which stands for Master Gardeners Hamilton County). That’s MGHC.org
3/ A big Juneteenth celebration will be held at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, on Thursday June 19th. Admission to the Bessie Smith Center will be free that day; food trucks, kids activities, a live DJ and more. On Thursday June 19th.
4/ The Tennessee Aquarium is ranked #6 on the list of America’s Best Aquariums, in the U.S.A. Today’s “Reader’s Choice Poll”. (#1 was the aquarium in Springfield, Missouri, by the way).
5/ U.S. News & World Report says Tennessee is the 2nd most popular state to move to, in the last year. South Carolina is 1st, Tennessee is a close 2nd.
6/The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been voted the #1 Park to go hiking in. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has 348 different hiking trails, and 12 million visitors every year.
