Pumpkin spice drinks are back, the weather forecast is hovering near + under 85 (which may not seem like fall temps to some, but Southerners know), and today marks the start of September.

With all of the fall hype, is anyone else feeling a whole lot like Taylor Swift when she says “August slipped away like a moment in time”? Same. But we aren’t letting it slip away that easily — here’s Chattanooga’s August highlights.

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6 major developments in the works in Chattanooga, TN

Chattanoogans have a lot of major developments to look forward to — from CHI Memorial stadium to ONE Riverfront — and you guys were excited to see them all.

FirstLook: Photo Bomb Selfie Museum

Slated to open this fall, we got a #FirstLook at downtown Chattanooga’s first selfie museum, where we, of course, had to strike a pose or 2 ourselves.

What your zip code says about you in Chattanooga, TN

Are you a savvy suburbanite or young + restless? Discover what your neighborhood trends say about you with Esri’s interactive tapestry map, and read about what Chattanooga’s tapestry looks like.

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Chattanooga’s former Alstom site will eventually be home to a major urban neighborhood development called The Bend, and this video showing renderings of the walkable + bikeable downtown community gets us excited.

Professional extreme sports athlete Gio Masters (aka, don’t try this at home) visited Chattanooga to take a jump off of the Walnut Street Bridge.

We got the chance to check out the ChattLab Makerspace, and turns out, you guys wanted to do the same. The group meets every Tuesday night, if you haven’t yet seen it for yourself.

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On The Artist 7’s newest downtown mural:

“Love that Chatt has all these murals 👏👏👏” — @britpeach

On Chattanooga’s first Trader Joe’s:

“😮 *excited squeal* let’s gooooo!” — @mrspogie

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