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District explores leasing West Fortieth land for workforce housing with Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise
Summary
Staff outlined preliminary talks with Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE) to lease district land around the old West Fortieth school building for about 70 employee housing units; CNE would build and operate units and rents were discussed as roughly $950 for a one‑bedroom as a planning target.
District staff told the committee they have explored a possible partnership with Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE) to develop workforce housing on land the district owns at West Fortieth and that the plan would focus on housing for district employees.
Superintendent Dr. Robertson (presenting the proposal) said the idea is to lease district land to CNE, which would design, finance, build and operate apartment units targeted for school employees such as cafeteria workers, educational assistants and teachers. Robertson said initial concept drawings showed about 70 new units in the outer grounds around the existing…
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