About HCNA

In 1985, The Hill City Neighborhood Association (HCNA) was founded by Hattie Darby, who also served as its first president, with the assistance of the Chattanooga Community Organization using Community Development Block Grant money.

The neighborhood was made up of three generations of families whose work was to preserve the neighborhood by upgrading and developing the community, working with city officials to develop plans for recreation and housing as well as keeping unwanted business out. It is quoted from a 1995 flyer under “The History of the Organization” that “Our community is growing and changing and the HCNA plans to continue working in the community to ensure that issues of concern are addressed and resolved and that the quality of life will continue to flourish”.

Today the HCNA strives to carry on with what the founding families put in place, Building a strong Community, uniting efforts to pursue and maintain a thriving diverse community, providing a forum for sharing information, connecting neighbors, promoting local activities, retaining the scale and character of the neighborhood and fostering civic engagement.