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Abandoned Brainerd Road Buildings Causing Controversy

565 views · Published 4 February 2013 · 2:23 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2013 · News & Politics

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by Alyssa Spirato Two abandoned buildings on Brainerd Road is causing attention but not the right kind that surrounding businesses would want. They used to be  businesses but now neighboring stores and restaurants say it's nothing but an eyesore.For over two decades, Rib  Loin has called Brainerd Road home. They welcome all their customers with friendly faces and top-of-the-line barbeque. What's across the street is a different story.It's sad. We pay all these taxes here in the city and then you have to look at this on a daily basis, said Rib  Loin General Manager Brenda Clark.The parking lot across the street is filled with insullation and broken glass. Most of the walls are knocked down, leaving an open infrastructure, which Clark says has been a recipe for trouble. NewsChannel9 learned the two former car dealerships were purchased by the Chattanooga Airport Authority years ago in hopes of building a green space. But issues with flooding on Brainerd Road required a little extra help from the city.Those old car dealerships will be demolished and the land will be recreated and hopefully help with the flooding in the area, so those businesses when it rains, can continue to operate, said Director of Marketing for Chattanooga Airport Authority Christina Siebold.While the airport tries to remain environmentally friendly, Rib  Loin co-owner Paul Plumlee feels differently.He wants to see more development, not demolition.They spent our taxpayer money downtown developing the downtown area and they don't do anything for this area out here except going over here and tear a bunch of buildings and leave, said Plumlee.Siebold says they hope to begin demolition on the project by Spring.

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