Chattanooga Beer Board approves several temporary beer permits while IT fixes OpenGov glitch
Oct 2, 2026
The board approved multiple temporary-event beer permits on the record after regulatory and zoning staff said approvals were held up by an OpenGov system error; staff scheduled an IT troubleshooting meeting and advised applicants on interim steps to obtain printed permits.
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The Chattanooga Beer Board voted to approve a string of temporary-event beer permits after regulatory staff and zoning confirmed on the record that applications were complete but could not be finalized online because of a backend OpenGov error. The regulatory officer told the board the permits (including applications for Reflection Riding events, the Greater Chattanooga Public Television festival and Oktoberfest at Volkswagen) were approved on the agency side but remained "pending in zoning" until IT re-enabled a backend checkbox.
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