CHICKAMAUGA WORK PLAN: “THE LOOK” Coke Oven Signage and Site Plan: Originally constructed in the 1890s to serve a booming coal industry, Chickamauga’s coke ovens are a unique community resource and provide an interesting glimpse at the city’s industrial heritage. The coke ovens are located near an important gateway to the city and are connected to surrounding neighborhoods via a multiuse trail. However, this historic site could better serve tourists and the local community with improved signage and a site plan.
FORMER TRAILER PARK GATEWAY Located along Highway 341 adjacent to Burtco Tufting, Chickamauga’s multiuse trail, and the historic coke ovens, the former Chestnut Hill Trailer Park property is ideally suited to provide an attractive gateway experience to visitors. Many citizens in the community see the potential for a city arboretum on the property, with attractive plantings of native trees and infrastructure for local hikers and bicyclists. Developing an arboretum on site could be as simple as removing the paved parking slips of the former mobile homes and planting trees along the existing roadways.
EXISTING Existing: Lee Avenue (Georgia Highway 341) is a major corridor into Chickamauga from the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Formerly the site of Chestnut Hills Trailer Park, this now vacant site is owned by the Jewell Foundation. Chickamauga’s existing multiuse trail connects across Lee Avenue in the mid ground of the image.
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