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Why Artists Are Buying into ChattanoogaArtists gave Chattanooga's Southside a new life--and the neighborhood returned the favor.

ByMargaret Littman

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State of the Creative Nation
Creative arts entrepreneurs are building new businesses while reinvigorating cities and towns across the country. We checked around to see who's creating what, and how this growing creative class contributes to economies small and large.

查塔努加Tenn., may be most famous for its choo-choo, but it's another engine entirely that's fueling much of the Southern city's renaissance. A number of initiatives have attracted and retained Chattanooga's working artists, helping them buy property, learn business basics and work with like-minded creative entrepreneurs.

"One of the great things about Chattanooga is that we are a city that really understands partnerships and collaboration," says Helen Davis Johnson, co-founder ofCreateHere, a 4-year-old nonprofit that promotes culture, entrepreneurism and the arts.

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