# @chattanooga on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVRsnJ8jHEs
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57789845-chattanooga-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-27T21:30:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chattanooga Times Free Press (@chattanooga) — https://gondola.cc/chattanooga

## Caption

Chattanooga city staffers rolled bikes laden with bags full of food, water, tarps and rolls of quarters through a muddied, well-worn path into the woods on Friday.

When they arrived, a crowd of over a dozen people greeted them — the residents of a homeless encampment off of Brainerd Road. The city's known of the camp for a couple of years now, according to Andy Ramirez, one of the city's homeless outreach coordinators. The site — dotted with tents, fire pit bowls and a camp shower — is on a city-owned parcel.

Read the full story by Siena Duncan with the link in our bio.

Photo 1:
Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter/ Ben Beatty, a homeless outreach coordinator for the City of Chattanooga, helps carry out possessions from a homeless camp near Brainerd Road on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. The camp was being cleared out by the Chattanooga Police Department.

Photo 2:
Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter/ Mason Dixon the dog eats a hot dog in a homeless camp near Brainerd Road on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. The camp was set to be cleared out by the Chattanooga Police Department the following day.

Photo 3:
Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter/ Brittney Gravitt, one of the first residents of a homeless camp near Brainerd Road, stands in her camp on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. The camp was set to be cleared out by the Chattanooga Police Department the following day.

Photo 4:
Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter/ Chattanooga police officers walk to a homeless camp near Brainerd Road on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. The camp was being cleared out by the Chattanooga Police Department.

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