Welcome to the (new) email announcements list for the Chattanooga Venturing Study Group! The Chattanooga Venturing Study Group 2026 program will kick-off on Monday, January 26th, 5:30 PM at Adelle’s, 400 East Main St. Register online to attend at https://luma.com/b2kwzwo8. The agenda for the kick-off is: 5:00 PM - Networking 5:30 PM - Welcome “Why Study Chattanooga Venture?” An appreciation of Venture Review of 2025 Overview of 2026 5:45 PM - Brainstorming community challenges (learning exercise) 6:20 PM - Mapping assets (learning exercise) 6:50 PM - Call to action and wrap-up 7:00 PM - Adjourn Our 2026 program includes: Establishing an online platform, You can get a preview at https://discourse.chattanooga.digital/. Hosting topical dialogues between people who worked on key issues with Venture and those working on related issues today. All dialogue sessions will be on the fourth Monday of the month at Adelle’s. Meeting regularly for group discussion. Regular Study Group meetings will be 12:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month at Adelle’s. You can find more information about Venture and the Study Group at https://chattanooga.digital/chattanooga-venturing. Videos of our speaker sessions from 2025, including the 1994 video, “Chattanooga: A Community with a Vision,” are online at https://vimeo.com/showcase/11773651. If you are interested in joining the Study Group, please complete the interest form online by clicking here <https://cloud.eduity.net/apps/forms/s/KbHkwnS9TtBcBb5fSNFoKmA8>. Feel free to email me directly if you have any questions or suggestions. If you do not want to receive announcements, news, or updates related to the Study Group, click the link below or email chaventuring-leave@list.chattanooga.digital <mailto:chaventuring-leave@list.chattanooga.digital>. — Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Executive Officer and Principal Eduity, LLC www.eduity.net greg@eduity.net 706-271-5521