Soccer Field Construction

A long-awaited,  community development project, Highland Park Commons, celebrated the groundbreaking on Monday, April 18th at 1:30 p.m. 


Highland Park Commons is located at intersection of Union Avenue and Willow Street on the 2000 block of Union Avenue in Highland Park. 

The project was conceived in 2009 with the idea of bringing soccer facilities to a growing, yet underserved, Latino population in Chattanooga. Three founding partners, the Maclellan Foundation, the St. Andrews Center and Tennessee Temple University, along with the Lyndhurst Foundation, share the common purpose and mission of promoting the revitalization of the neighborhood through the development and improvement of public recreational and green spaces. The goal of the organization is to create a sustainable open space using soccer as a means to initiate additional activities and events that will better connect the residents of Highland Park and the surrounding neighborhoods. 

Additional features of the park will include a playground, a pavilion, an open air market area and a community garden. These additional features of the park are vitally important to the mission of Highland Park Commons. 

Construction of Highland Park Commons is expected to take seven months.

To read what the Chattanoogan has posted about this event, click here.

 

 

 

Highland Park Commons Plan

Highland Park Commons Groundbreaking
Greg Beck, Hamilton County Commissioner
Al Chapman, President of Front Porch Alliance

 

  

Highland Park Commons Groundbreaking
Crowd of community supporters
     

Highland Park Commons Groundbreaking
David Wilhoit,
Dr. Danny Lovett, 
Jim Hammond, Hamilton County Sheriff and member of TN Temple Board of Trustees
Manny Rico, Chattanooga City Councilman
Peter Murphy, Chattanooga City Councilman
Greg O'Dea, HighPark Neighborhood Association
Greg Beck, Hamilton County Commissioner

 

  

Highland Park Commons Groundbreaking
Dillard Construction
     

Highland Park Commons Groundbreaking
Dr. Danny Lovett, 
Michelle Hayes, St Andrews Center  Executive Director
Joseph Madida, St. Andrews Center Board President
Peter Murphy, Chattanooga City Councilman
Charlie Phillips, Maclellan Foundation Strategy Director
Jim Hammond, Hamilton County Sheriff and member of the TN Temple Board of Trustees
Sheldon Grizzle,  Co-Founder of Chattanooga Football Club
Sarah Morgan, Lyndhurst Foundation Program Officer
Dave Wilhoit, TN Temple University Director of Development

  

Highland Park Commons Groundbreaking
David Wilhoit,
Dr. Danny Lovett,
Jim Hammond, Hamilton County Sheriff and member of TN Temple Board of Trustees
Manny Rico, Chattanooga City Councilman
Peter Murphy, Chattanooga City Councilman
     

Highland Park Commons Groundbreaking
David Wilhoit, 
Sarah Morgan, Lyndhurst Foundation Program Officer
Charlie Phillips, Maclellan Foundation Strategy Director
Dr. Danny Lovett,
Michelle Hayes, St Andrews Center  Executive Director
Joseph Madida, St. Andrews Center Board President

  

Highland Park Commons Groundbreaking
Joe Painter, McCallie School Major Gifts Officer
Eric Lovett,