A story on NewsChannel 9 featured the latest CRER white paper on the composition of the Chattanooga housing stock. Between 2014 and 2024, the number of households in the Chattanooga metro area grew by more than 15 percent. Over that same time, housing units increased by about 10 percent. That’s according to a report released…
3/30/26: The Composition of Housing in the Chattanooga Region
A new white paper from CRER director and chief economist Howard Wall looks at the links between demographics and housing trends in the Chattanooga metro area between 2014 and 2024. A gap between the growth in the number of households and the growth in housing units lowered vacancy rates and put pressure on prices. In…
3/21/26: Perspective: Chattanooga’s Next Big Leap — From Gig City to Quantum City
An op-ed by CRER research fellow Bento Lobo appeared in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. It discussed his recent research on the future of quantum computing in Chattanooga: Fifteen years ago, Chattanooga made a bold bet on the future. EPB, the city-owned utility, built the nation’s first community-wide gigabit fiber network — an investment that…
3/18/26: Global Quantum Computing Firm IonQ Opens Chattanooga Office
The Chattanooga Times Free Press had an article about a major player in the quantum computing space opening an office in Chattanooga. The article featured the research of CRER research fellow Bento Lobo’s research on the contributions of quantum to the local economy: In a research paper titled “From Gig City to Quantum City,” UTC finance and…
3/13/26″ Chattanooga Quantum Sector to Lead State as ‘Q-Day’ Approaches
The Chattanooga Times Free Press had an article about how well Chattanooga is positioned to take advantage of advances in quantum computing. The article featured a new CRER white paper by research fellow Bento Lobo: Partnerships between EPB, quantum computing company IonQ, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and UTC are likely to make Chattanooga a hub…