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Communities

Flourishing Fort Oglethorpe
The largest city in Catoosa County, Fort
LIFESTYLE Stretching from its connections to Interstate
Oglethorpe is a flourishing municipality.

75 to the rolling countryside where treelined
streets wind through quiet residential areas,
the city is a busy retail and commercial center.

“We have it all,” smiled city manager Jennifer
Simpkins, “great neighborhoods and schools,
abundant shopping and restaurants, health
care facilities, and outstanding recreational
amenities including an extensive multi-use
trail system, canoe launches, baseball fields,
and a large public swimming pool. Our streets,
waterways, and trails provide safe, convenient
connections among these amenities. A
Gilbert Stevenson Park canoeist or kayaker, for instance, may enter
the Chickamauga Creek at Lee and Gordon’s
Mills in Chickamauga, meander through
the Chickamauga Battlefield Park, and
dock for lunch at Logan’s Roadhouse
or O’Charley’s, located by one of Fort
Oglethorpe’s canoe launches.”

Since its incorporation in 1949, Fort
Oglethorpe has grown to approximately
10,000 residents, and more than 600
businesses open their doors daily. “We
expect continued growth in the future as
two large commercial corridors, Cloud
Canoe, kayak, and paddle Springs Road and Battlefield Parkway,
board launch ramp on attract businesses such as Costco and
Chickamauga Creek in
Fort Oglethorpe. Cabela’s. Additionally, the city is the recipient
of a $3 million grant from the Appalachian
Commision to improve the streetscape
along LaFayette Road, the gateway to
Chickamauga Battlefield. These improvements
will draw residents and visitors to the historic
There are more than downtown destinations,” added Simpkins.
600 businesses in The future holds both challenges and
Fort Oglethorpe and opportunities for Fort Oglethorpe, and
the restaurant industry being a part of a city on the move is a great

makes up a large thrill. “I have been here since 1972,” said
City Councilman Jim Childs. “This is a
portion of those along very safe place to live and raise a family,
Battlefield Parkway. plus we have everything that you need.
We are open minded, have an open door
policy, and we try to make the right
decisions for our community and citizens.”

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