City Hall Restricting Public Access

In reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, city officials said Tuesday that East Ridge City Hall will be off-limits to residents beginning on Wednesday.

The following is a press release from City Hall:

The City of East Ridge Government will be restricting access to City Hall, City Court and all other indoor government facilities to all patrons and visitors beginning March 25, 2020 until further notice. This also includes the playgrounds at Pioneer Frontier Park and Camp Jordan. The rest of Camp Jordan Park remains open.

Government operations within these facilities are still functioning. Hours of operation for City Hall will be from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Citizens are asked to communicate with all office and city administration by phone, fax, or email. Due to recent health concerns regarding COVID-19, City staff is avoiding person to person contact and the congregation of people.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. East Ridge City Hall (423) 867-7711.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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