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American Cruise Lines: Tennessee River Cruise Review from Chattanooga to Nashville

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Here, we offer our Tennessee River Cruise Review with American Cruise Lines on American Serenade cruise ship. From scenery to entertainment, ports, and food, you'll get a feel for whether or not you'd enjoy this interesting cruise itinerary in the south of the USA.

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American Serenade river cruise ship on the Tennessee River during a blue sky day.

Tennessee River Cruise OVERVIEW

As avid river cruisers, we were looking forward to our American Cruise Lines Tennessee River cruise for months. It was a well-organized and scenic trip with a wonderful balance of time in ports and time sailing. We saw parts of America we likely never would have otherwise visited and joyfully interacted with the American Serenade river cruise ship crew and fellow guests.

Scenery on the Tennessee River

The scenery of the river cruise was a true highlight. We were in awe of the river’s beauty, passing beautiful landscapes around every bend and mile of the journey. We passed riverfront homes, boaters enjoying their summer days, and farms like cornfields. At one point, we passed what looked like a half-mile of a strip of sunflowers. Green trees were everywhere. 

Green mountains and reflective Tennessee River with a blue house on the water during a river cruise in the USA.

American Serenade River Cruise Design, Food and Drinks

The ship, American Serenade, was impeccably clean. The food was good – there were some hits and some misses. Nothing quite blew us away, but there were certainly meals we enjoyed, and we were never hungry, with multiple snacking and eating options throughout the day. The drinks were good, too, and the crew was very nice. 

River cruise ship in the distance on the Tennessee River for an American Cruise Lines cruise.

The public spaces were absolutely beautiful. We especially loved the small lounges on Decks 2, 3, and 4 and the Sky Lounge on Deck 4. We also loved our room and spacious balcony. We sat on the balcony many times to enjoy the Tennessee River cruise scenery.

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Guests Onboard 

The guests on our Tennessee River cruise were all Americans, mostly people who lived primarily in the South, like in Tennessee, Florida, or North Carolina. There were some outliers, with some guests from Ohio and a handful from the tri-state area of New Jersey and New York. 

Couple standing by an oversized vintage microphone sculpture illuminated in blue lights on an American Cruise Lines river cruise ship sailing the Tennessee River.

A few couples were in their 40s and 50s, like us, with the majority of guests between 60 to 80 years old. During our cruise, there were about 110 guests, whereas the guest capacity of the ship is around 180 passengers. This can obviously fluctuate with every sailing. 

Onboard Entertainment 

Onboard entertainment was a trio of singers that American Cruise Lines had performed for three nights, along with three bands they brought onboard, who were wonderful. There isn’t much to do at night on the ship, which is typical of river cruises no matter where they sail. That’s a-okay with us! We like to have a good dinner, drinks, and a show of some sort before calling it a night anyway. 

Quartet of musicians singing into microphones on American Serenade river cruise ship.

Excursions During Our Tennessee River Cruise

The ports and excursions were enjoyable and well-organized. The coach buses we traveled on were brand new, and the drivers were very nice. 

Some excursions are included in each port, and some are an additional charge. You can sign up for the excursions online between 30-60 days before your cruise. Or, if you want to wait, you can sign up onboard as long as there is still room for that particular excursion. 

We really liked that the cruise ports were nice and had things to do but they weren’t so incredibly jam-packed with tons of things to do (aside from Nashville and Chattanooga) that we felt torn between enjoying the river cruise ship or being off the ship to explore the port. 

The balance between the two was really nice, even leaning more towards being on the ship more. This is part of why you sign up for a river cruise, isn’t it? 

Couple by Tom's Wall, a sacred Native American site, in Alabama by green trees during a Tennessee river cruise.

Transfers Before and After the Cruise

Though we didn’t take the transfers offered to or from the airport at the beginning and end of the cruise, we did the pre-cruise hotel stay in Chattanooga. Embarkation day transfers to the ship were seamless and well organized. 

Day by Day on a Tennessee River Cruise

We embarked on American Serenade river cruise ship for the journey from Chattanooga to Nashville, Tennessee itinerary. The itinerary is open-jaw, which is cruise-speak for a journey that starts in one city and ends in another, as opposed to a closed-jaw itinerary which starts and ends in the same port. 

If you’re looking into a Tennessee River Cruise, you’ll either do the same journey we did or the opposite from Nashville to Chattanooga, depending on the dates. 

Something that is important to note is that in some cities, you have limited time in port, so you can only do one excursion, like in Decatur, Alabama. However, in other cities, it’s possible to do multiple excursions because the ship is docked all day, and different excursions are offered at different times in the morning and afternoon. This was the case in Florence, Alabama, and in Nashville.

Day 1: Embarkation in Chattanooga

Chattanooga is a lovely place to board a river cruise. The cruise ship docks on the Tennessee River on the other side of the Tennessee Aquarium. When you approach the ship and see it docked for the first time, it’s such a picturesque scene! 

We opted for the pre-cruise hotel overnight the day before the cruise began. 

The hotel, which was a Double Tree, was in a great location and easy to find. The rooms were clean and comfy, and the buses to the ship the next day were well organized. The walk from the hotel to the riverfront is only around 10 minutes, but with people’s luggage, walkers, and the Tennessee heat, nearly everyone opted to climb onboard for the short ride.

Day 2: Decatur, Alabama

We opted for the Space Exploration and U.S. Space and Rocket Center excursion in Decatur. Some others on the cruise opted for the Mooresville: Historical Beauty & Botanicals excursion, while others took advantage of the included Decatur Local Loop, exploring the city. 

Woman's face in a white space suit at a NASA museum in Huntsville, Alabama.

We spent a few hours on the ship in the morning and then headed out to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It was a thirty-minute ride or so from where the cruise ship was docked.

If you’re efficient and don’t ride any of the simulators (which are an additional cost) one and a half hours is plenty of time to see the entire complex and we had more than two hours. If you’ve been to the Cape Canaveral area, part of Florida’s Space Coast , and have visited Kennedy Space Center, you may not be that impressed with this space destination. 

However, we love space and enjoyed learning about some new things that we didn’t previously know. We learned about Project Paperclip, which brought German and Austrian engineers and scientists to America after WWII. Wernher von Bruan was one such person – we won’t spoil it for anyone visiting, but he was a very interesting man who ended up having a significant and lasting impact on the NASA space program and race to the moon. 

We also enjoyed seeing the Saturn V model there, which is a highlight of the Huntsville U.S. Space and Rocket Center. 

If you visit, make sure you ask about the Planetarium show times as soon as you arrive. We wish we had known that the last show of the day was at 3:00 pm when we arrived, but by the time we checked out the schedule, it was past that time, and we missed it! It’s an additional cost, but we gladly would have paid it to be able to see a planetarium show. 

Day 3: Florence, Alabama

There were several excursions on the day we docked in Florence, Alabama. The port was truly lovely, with manicured gardens and great riverfront views from the park just steps off the boat. The hydrangeas were in bloom and were a sight to see! 

We opted for The Singing River: A Native American History excursion on this day. Native American history is such an important part of the story of the United States, and we were glad to see this option. 

The excursion departed in the afternoon, which gave us the opportunity to enjoy the ship in the morning. Others opted for the Florence Local Loop, which was complimentary, while others paid for the 18 Holes at Robert Trent Jones at The Shoals golf course excursion. Another excursion called The Shoals and Roots of Rhythm left at 8:15 am and explained some of the music history of the area. 

The other option for the evening was a Sunset 360 – Dessert, Cocktails & Views excursion. We could not sign up for it because it was already at capacity. However, we did hear from multiple people on the cruise that it was disappointing for a few reasons, namely that the desserts were not up to par with expectations and that the sunset is truly weather dependent. Unfortunately, the day we were in town, it was overcast and rainy, and the guests who signed up for the excursion couldn’t enjoy a picturesque sunset because of that.

The Singing River: A Native American History

If you like nature and Native American history, you’ll enjoy this excursion. It’s a little over two hours total, with the two locations between 20-30 minutes from the ship. The two stops were the Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall (also called “Tom’s Wall,” or “Te-Lah-Nay's Wall”) and the Florence Indian Mound and Museum.

Tom has passed on, but his son shared why the wall, which took several decades to build, was constructed to honor his great-great-grandmother, who was a medicine woman and has an incredible story involving a five-year journey from Oklahoma to Tennessee, on foot to find her way back home. 

Chairs were set up in between sections of the wall and the prayer circle for the visiting cruise guests. We sat amongst the trees and stones as Tom’s son explained his family history and about the stones that comprised the wall, which is the largest unmortared wall in the United States. The setting was lovely, and it was easy to see why it is special.

Afterward, we visited the Florence Indian Mound and Museum, where we learned more about the local Native American history, followed by a walk through the small but mighty museum there. We opted to climb the stairs to see the top of the sacred mound, but most guests did not because of the climb. 

Regardless, the museum was a valuable experience. It was a great place to learn about the area’s Native Americans; the historically significant mounds in the area were mentioned several times in additional locations during cruise excursions. 

Day 4: Savannah, Tennessee

We had never heard of Savannah, Tennessee, until this cruise. But we discovered that it’s nearby the famous Civil War battlefields of Corinth and Shiloh. 

Civil War memorial at the Shiloh NPS military park in Tennessee during a USA river cruise.

The options in this port were the Tennessee River Museum & Taste of Savannah, which were complimentary, Civil War: From Battles to Reconstruction, Shiloh Military Park Exploration, or Ultimate Fishing Exploration.

The complimentary excursion took guests to the town center. It was very much small-town America, with a central main street with tiny shops and a courthouse. That’s where the museum was.

The tastes of Savannah were quite literally inside the museum. We had time to go there after our Civil War battlefields excursion; the museum was worth the 30-45 minutes, and the entrance for all American Cruise Line guests was complimentary.  

Though we didn’t sign up for the Ultimate Fishing Exploration fishing excursion, we learned it was canceled due to predicted afternoon thunderstorms. These guests were accommodated with availability on the Civil War excursions. 

The Shiloh Military Park Exploration was much shorter than the excursion we opted to do. It visited one battlefield (Shiloh) instead of also visiting Corinth and including lunch, like the Civil War: From Battles to Reconstruction tour offered.

Civil War: From Battles to Reconstruction

We signed up for a tour that was several hours this day, which would take us to Civil War battlefields and for a riverfront Southern lunch.

Quite a few passengers signed up for this excursion; we were just shy of 50 guests on the trip. After the coach bus was loaded and ready to go from the port, a National Park Ranger joined us. She was enthusiastic, incredibly knowledgeable and engaging, sharing information about the area and the Civil War era as the bus drove us to our destinations. 

We visited Corinth and the NPS Visitor Center then went to Hagy’s Catfish Hotel for lunch. The restaurant staff was ready for our arrival. American Cruise Lines guests had a private room for lunch and the waitresses were incredibly efficient. 

Table with plates of food: fried catfish, ham and chicken tenders, French fries, and a basket of hush puppies with two biscuits.

They got our drinks and a salad or cole slaw for a vegetable very quickly for the number of people they served at once! Tables were then given the main entree plates family style, including crinkle-cut French fries, and plates of protein with ham, fried chicken tenders, and fried catfish. 

After lunch, we went out to the riverfront for a few minutes to see the pretty view before getting back on the bus to go to our final stop of Shiloh. The NPS ranger was our audio guide as the bus drove us around the many, many acres of the battlefield, now a historic site. It was fascinating to learn about the Civil War history there and how the war shaped the future of the cities and towns back then.  

Tennessee River Museum

We returned to the ship with plenty of time to venture out again, so we decided to go to the Tennessee River Museum. It was less than a 5-minute bus ride from the ship and American Cruise Lines provided shuttles there. 

Inside a museum with Native American artifacts during a Tennessee River cruise.

The museum had one table set up with complimentary whiskey and muscadine wine samplings. An adjacent table offered hush puppies and Moon Pies to try. A shuttle ran between the ship and the museum every 30 minutes, or it was an easy 15-minute walk from the ship to the location. We rode a shuttle there and walked back to the ship for some exercise. 

We learned more about how the Tennessee River shaped the area in the museum, which was very cool because we were sailing the American Cruise Lines Tennessee River itinerary. 

The museum walks you through the history of the Native Americans there with artifacts like arrowheads, jewelry, and pottery. It has a bit of the river’s Civil War history, then transitions into post-war river uses, like when steamboats transported people and goods across, up and down the river.  

Mussels played an important role in the area’s economy at one point, with the musseling industry providing up to 10,000 jobs in Tennessee. A small display, which was a favorite of ours, showed how a button factory came to be that used mussel shells for the button materials. As the museum exhibit indicated, “Tennessee produces up to 60% of the U.S. export total 95% of the Tennessee mussel harvest comes from the lower Tennessee River.”

Evening Entertainment 

That evening an absolutely wonderful duo entertained the ship. Banjo Cats comprises the husband and wife singer/musician team of Jennifer and Michael McLain. We hope they’re on every Tennessee River Cruise that American Cruise Lines sails. They were phenomenal! 

Day 5: Paducah, Kentucky

This city surprised us most during the cruise. It is such a lovely little town! We weren’t docked there beyond a few hours during the afternoon but it made such a lasting impact on us. 

The main attraction in the city is its cute walkable downtown area and main avenue, and the National Quilt Museum. We were sad that most shops were closed on Monday – the day we were there – but happy to be delightfully surprised by the museum. 

National Quilting Museum

We had no idea quilts could be such interesting pieces of art! There were modern twists and takes on quilting going completely beyond the “square” pieces of quilting fabric. There were more “traditional” quilts that took beadwork and sewing to levels we didn’t even know were possible. 

Woman looking at the water mark line on a wall in Paducah, Alabama, with a blue painted wall behind her on the main street of the town.

We admit that at first, we thought, “Meh, a quilting museum…” but we ran into some fellow cruisers while taking photos by the riverwalk flood wall, which has beautiful handpainted murals on them, and they raved about the museum. Entry was complimentary for American Cruise Line guests as an included excursion, so we figured to give it a go. 

Buses run from the ship to the museum, but if you can walk a few blocks, it’s just a 5-minute walk from the ship. Dan and I walked there, and wow…it was amazing! 

There are several exhibits by various artists on display, including Diana Fox , a contemporary quilter. Her nature-inspired quilting exhibits were incredible, emulating cross-cut tree trunks, sunflowers, and sea creatures. 

The art variety is really outstanding, and it showed us the creative ways different artists think about their quilting experience and process of creation for their work. Beads, rhinestones, meticulous pattern design, sewing threads of different kinds to achieve different looks, and various borders were some techniques we realized as we moved through the space. 

The gift shop was great too. There were quilting squares, museum shirts, postcards, jewelry, ceramic items, and more inside for anyone wanting to remember their visit to Paducah with a souvenir. 

Day 6: River Cruising Day on Lake Barkley and the Cumberland River

One of our favorite days on any cruise is always a day cruising. While some call it a “Day at Sea,” since we were on a river it was a day on the Tennessee! 

Top deck of American Serenade river cruise ship in an industrial lock on the Tennessee River.

There were various activities throughout the day but it flew by because we slept late and had a late breakfast, then enjoyed a sit-down lunch, did some work and reading in between, some working out in the fitness room and walking around the sun deck track, and socializing with other guests. Others played games like Rummikub that was onboard or completed a puzzle in one of the lounges. 

We also enjoyed onboard lectures for a little while, say on our balcony, and toasted with Prosecco as the ship pulled into port with the Nashville skyline in the background as the summer sunset. 

We arrived in Nashville around 8:00 pm when a wonderful band, led by Country Music Hall of Famer and master harmonica museum, Charlie McCoy, came on board to perform for nearly an hour and a half. It was wonderful! 

Day 7: Nashville

We awoke for an early breakfast because we headed out on the first of the two tours going to the Ryman Auditorium that morning at 8:45 am; the second tour left at 9:15 am. 

Nashville tours are well organized by American Cruise Lines. The thing we most liked about that day, which isn’t apparent on the guest website before you sail, is that you can book multiple tours that day because they’re at different times. 

We were able to tour the Ryman in the morning and go to the Country Music Hall of Fame after. The Ryman Auditorium tour was an additional cost, but the Country Music Hall of Fame is included for all guests. 

Inside the Ryman Auditorium during a Tennessee River cruise tour in Nashville.

Then we had lunch on the ship, then at 1:30 pm, left to tour the Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline museums, which was an additional cost. We enjoyed these two little museums more than the Country Music Hall of Fame. The memorabilia was so strong in bringing these two uber-famous country stars to life that we couldn’t deny their impact.

After we toured the museums, it was time for an early dinner buffet back on the ship. At around 5:15/5:30 pm, all the coach buses left for the Grand Ole Opry, which is a 30-minute drive from the riverfront. Everyone was attending the 7:00 pm Opry show that night. It was a highlight of the cruise! 

Though a late night cocktail hour was awaiting everyone’s return to the ship American Serenade, we were so exhausted from such a wonderful, full day, we went to bed. 

Day 8: Disembarkation in Nashville

The crew requests that guests leave their cabins by 7:30 am the last day of the cruise. After we left, we went to have breakfast. 

There is ample information about when your luggage needs to be ready for the crew to get off the ship to put on the buses that will transfer you to the airport if you’re going there. The evening before disembarkation, color-coded luggage tags are put in your stateroom to help the crew organize disembarkation. 

You can take advantage of the American Cruise Line transfer to the airport, or they can help you organize a taxi or an Uber/Lyft to your next destination. We decided to go our own way because we were headed south of Nashville to Franklin, Tennessee, for a few days after the cruise. 

Other Things to Know

Pre or post-cruise in chattanooga and nashville.

We opted to go to Chattanooga early and stay in Nashville a few days after the cruise. This means that we found our own way to and from the airports and forfeited using American Cruise Lines to coordinate our transfers.

Mobility and Accessibility of the Cruise Ship

While most European river cruise ships have elevators, they don't usually have a dedicated handicapped-accessible room. We were glad to see that American Serenady had one. We even paled around with a man we really adore and his wife during the cruise, who was in an electric-operated wheelchair.

People in wheelchairs can take advantage of the two elevators on the ship that go to the interior decks, one through four. The only deck it doesn't go to is the top roof deck.

Tennessee River Cruise Review Conclusion

We absolutely loved our relaxing cruise experience on the Tennessee River, which was more beautiful than we could have imagined. If you want an experience on a beautiful ship with a reputable cruise line in the USA with well-organized tours, this is the best choice.

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No exploration of the lower 48 is complete without a trip across the South aboard a USA River Cruise. And a trip across the south wouldn’t be complete without experiencing the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers.

From Memphis to Nashville and points in between, the Volunteer State is a historical and cultural treasure, one best experienced from the water. Of course, a trip to this region means paying homage to the amazing legacy of music that has evolved over time. Just as the rivers flow, so does the music — from Beale Street to Music City!

Visiting Memphis and Nashville with USA River Cruises means a trip filled rhythm, tunes, and dancing! Whether it’s blues or bluegrass, jazz or Joplin, you’ll have a front-row seat to the music of America.

The Cumberland and Tennessee rivers wind a historical path through lands awash in music, world-class cuisine, and a love of all things Southern. The Queen of the Mississippi paddlewheel will entice you to relax while you stare up in awe at rocky outcroppings and national forests as they drift along.

Onboard, you’ll experience the industry’s best customer service from a helpful and hospitable staff who are excited to have you aboard. Plus, the American Cruise Line fleet features the newest and most environmentally friendly small ships in the country.

From your large stateroom, you’ll have a first-class and private space from which to take in the sights. The itinerary also includes daily entertainment brought onboard — musicians, historians, naturalists — just for you!

And the food … oh, the food! Everything from andouille gumbo, po’boys with red beans and rice, and bourbon pecan pie.

Our nine-day Memphis-to-Nashville trip also includes sights and sounds and tastes galore onboard the American Duchess. Be sure to take lots of photos, especially from the observation deck, which offers prime viewing for your river cruising!

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Tennessee River Cruises 

Overnight cruises in Tennessee are available on a few different rivers. One of the rivers is the actual Tennessee River, which flows between Knoxville and Chattanooga. Then there’s the Cumberland River in Nashville. And on the west coast of Tennessee, the city of Memphis is located on the Mississippi River. For this article, we’re going to focus on the Tennessee River.

While you’ll find some overnight cruises that include Chattanooga, the itinerary will also include the city of Nashville on the Cumberland River or the city of Memphis on the Mississippi River. 

Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee

By Imilious (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

If you’re just looking for a one-day cruise, you’ll find several options for day, evening, scenic and special event cruises on the Tennessee River in both Knoxville and Chattanooga. Cruises range in length from an hour to several hours. 

Chattanooga is about 120 miles southwest of Knoxville. Surprisingly, there are not any cruises available between the two cities. And overnight cruises depart from Chattanooga but not from Knoxville.

Tennessee River Facts

The Tennessee River begins near Knoxville at the confluence of the French Broad and Holston Rivers. It flows for 652 miles through four states – Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky and is the largest tributary of the Ohio River.

In Paducah, Kentucky, a confluence is formed between the the Tennessee, Cumberland and Ohio Rivers. The Tennessee River is indirectly connected to the Mississippi River through the Ohio River.

Tennessee River Cruise Destinations

A river cruise between Nashville and Chattanooga will include the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. And a river cruise between Chattanooga and Memphis will include the Mississippi, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. Nashville is located on the Cumberland River and Memphis is located on the Mississippi.

Some of the cities you’ll visit along the Tennessee River include Chattanooga and Savannah, Tennessee; Decatur and Florence, Alabama; and Paducah, Kentucky.

In Paducah you’ll have a chance to explore the town. You can visit the River Heritage Museum. Or you can just stroll through the city and observe its many buildings that were built in the 19th century. If you love military history, Paducah has a Civil War Museum that you can also visit along the way.

Savannah, Tennessee is a rather small town with a population of about 7,000 and it covers less than 6 square miles. The highlight of this city is probably the Shiloh National Military Park.

Tennessee River in Florence, Alabama

O’Neal Bridge Over the Tennessee River in Florence, Alabama

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In Alabama the city of Florence has several museums to visit and historical sites to see, such as the Pope’s Tavern Museum, the Rosenbaum House and the Indian Mound Museum. 

And in the city of Decatur, Alabama, you can tour the Carnegie Visual Arts Center. You’ll also have a chance to see another Civil War museum called the Blue and Gray Museum.

The American Queen Steamboat Company has itineraries during the months of October and November that travel between Nashville and Chattanooga and between Nashville and Memphis.

If you’re visiting either Knoxville or Chattanooga and would like to take a one-day cruise, there are several companies that offer day, evening, scenic and special event cruises along the Tennessee River.

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Tennessee River Gorge

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If you'd like to take a scenic cruise on the Tennessee River, you can take a boat ride along the Tennessee River Gorge. The Tennessee Aquarium offers a cruise that departs from Chattanooga.  Read what others have to say about the River Gorge Explorer .

Blue Moon Cruises also has tours through the Tennessee River Gorge. And for those who just want to see Chattanooga from the river, the Southern Belle has day and evening cruises year-round.

The Tennessee River Boat Company and Volunteer Princess offer cruises along the Tennessee River in Knoxville. The cruising season is from March through November.

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To say that Emily Mack has become fully connected to the pulse of Chattanooga since arriving in town as president and CEO of the non-profit River City Company only four years ago might be an understatement.

As an example, during a recent unveiling of some riverfront redevelopment plans around Ross’s Landing to make the area even more park friendly, she paid tribute to the Native Americans of yesteryear who had settled there and mentioned some of their past challenges. And just a few minutes later, former Chattanooga Mayor and former U.S. Senator Bob Corker was saluting her and what he called River City’s recent edgier work to make downtown Chattanooga better.

For Ms. Mack, this high-profile position that is considered important in aiding downtown Chattanooga is an opportunity she is greatly enjoying. And she admits it is a rare chance.

“It’s an incredible opportunity to be a part of and to lead River City Company,” she said. “I truly believe that Chattanooga has the opportunity to be the best mid-sized city in the United States.”

As Ms. Mack recently talked in the River City offices at Miller Plaza for more than an hour about this unique position that has long been important in downtown Chattanooga’s well-being almost to the level of an elected official, she had a genuine and sincere manner.

This was true as she honestly recounted the various jobs in government and in other realms she has had in Indiana and elsewhere, all of which were upbeat experiences in fulfillment, despite the hard work involved. The conversation quickly showed that she has had quite a diversity of jobs that prepared her for the one in Chattanooga.

On a lighter note, about all she has not honed is a Southeast Tennessee accent, with her Midwestern vocal cadence still obvious amid the Chattanooga perspective she also obviously now has.

And in this era of changing roles throughout America, she is also one of several women in Chattanooga who have hardly reached early middle age but already hold prominent positions in various realms. That could not have been said for the most part here a generation ago.

Ms. Mack’s path to her current position in Chattanooga began in the Southern Indiana town of Huntingburg, where she was reared. “I grew up in the Ohio River Valley,” she said. “I did my undergraduate work at Bradley University (in Illinois) and then lived in Chicago for a couple of years and worked in corporate finance.”

While working for Dean Foods and having access to all its ice cream products were rewarding, and she admittedly had a great manager, she began wondering if working at such a company or in such a career was palatable long-term.

“I had one of those moments in life where you evaluate if this is what you want to do for the rest of your life,” she said.

She had volunteered some at the home museum of noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park, Il., and found an interest in historic preservation. So, after a lot of self-examination and talking to her then-boyfriend, Brian Mack, she decided to make a change.

“I quit my job in corporate finance and got a master’s at Ball State in Muncie, Ind.,” she said, adding that she went through the school’s noted College of Architecture and Planning studying a variety of topics including architecture, historic preservation, and planning. She even learned to do some architectural drawings by hand.

She was also sketching out her future in her mind, and because some of the college’s internships took place in Indianapolis, she found her first full-time job there in 2003 post-degree.

“My first job was for the city of Indianapolis as a preservation planner,” she said. “I worked on the preservation plans for 18 locally protected historic districts. That’s how I started working with neighborhoods.”

Her work caught the eye of then-Mayor Bart Peterson, but he wanted her to focus more on the future than just the past as the mayor’s neighborhood liaison. It helped her learn how government works, and she learned to work across government to solve problems, she said.

In 2009, she got a call from the next mayor, Greg Ballard, who wanted her to start a new department consolidating such departments as permitting, licensing, inspecting and zoning into the Department of Business and Neighborhood Services.

“That doesn’t happen often,” she said of that opportunity. “It was a ton of work. It was one of the most incredibly socially fulfilling jobs and very challenging. It had really long hours – 12 hours a day and some on weekends for years. I learned a lot and grew a lot, but it was exhausting.”

Also during this time, she was on a special committee helping downtown Indianapolis host the 2012 Super Bowl at Lucas Oil Stadium. Although the Colts did not reach the Super Bowl that year, she did get to observe up-close in Indianapolis while there someone familiar and beloved to Tennessee Vol fans – quarterback Peyton Manning.

“He was really, really involved in the community,” she said, adding that he and his family had two residences there.

After taking some time off around 2013, she went to work for some private planning firms, but in January 2016 got another call from new Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett asking her to serve as director of the Department of Metropolitan Development.

This one was maybe even more encompassing and drew on her past experiences, as it involved city planning, long-range planning, transportation planning, historic preservation planning, community investment, economic development, real estate, homeless issues, and brownfields.

“Every element of my career, it all kind of led up to that,” she said. “It was kind of daunting and intimidating at times, but I was really thankful that every job had some component of what I had previously done.”

While it was also time consuming, it was rewarding, and she had no plans to leave. But then came an aspect of her job she had never previously experienced – a shutdown of normal work due to the COVID-19 outbreak of March 2020 that soon became a pandemic.

“I was working at home from March to May but still working long hours,” she said.

During that time, she received a text one day from her sister, Kate, but did not get a chance to investigate it fully until the end of a busy day. Her sister had told Ms. Mack that the River City Company in Chattanooga – where Kate and her family had escaped to from growing Nashville in 2019 - was looking for a new president and CEO to replace the departing Kim White.

“All I saw was River City Company, and that did not mean anything to me,” she said with a laugh, admitting that she initially wondered if it was a coffee house.

However, that night she looked on the River City website, and her interest perked up. “I read it and realized this is actually everything I love to do,” she excitedly said.

She just thought about the position for a couple of days but finally brought it up while eating lunch with her husband in the kitchen, and Brian encouraged her to apply for the position if she had an interest in it.

She did, and what followed were several initial Zoom calls and phone calls with several dozen people before a fourth-round, in-person interview held in a big conference room with 18 people all social distancing.

Despite the distance part in the interview, the idea of this job quickly grew close to her heart, and she gladly accepted the position after being offered it.

She and her husband, who works in real estate sales and marketing, relocated to Chattanooga, and she began working at River City on Sept. 8, 2020.

While it might be easy to assume that the River City Company was started simply through the philanthropy of the late Coca-Cola bottler Jack Lupton about the time he was also benevolently giving several million dollars for the Tennessee Aquarium and other riverfront projects, its founding has a more detailed story.

Ms. Mack said it was a recommendation of the Tennessee Riverpark Master Plan that was completed about 1984 that a non-profit agency focused on redevelopment and reinvesting in downtown Chattanooga be formed. So, with $12 million in philanthropic and donated corporate funds, it started in 1986.

It spent from then until about 2005 focusing mostly on the riverfront area, but in recent years has focused on revitalizing such areas as the Southside and later the city center, including the area around M.L. King Boulevard and the TVA complex.

“River City Company is downtown Chattanooga’s non-profit economic, development and redevelopment organization,” she said.

She added that River City’s work has also come full circle, as they are turning their attention back to the riverfront and focusing along with other interested parties on ways to add amenities and enhancements to the park area around Ross’s Landing.

Ms. Mack said she believes she is at the River City Company at an exciting time, as in the 1980s planners were trying to figure out ways to bring people back to downtown Chattanooga and almost take it off life support. That has obviously been achieved and then some, and the new work is more focused on how to make downtown Chattanooga even better or to make it everything local residents want it to be.

“I think Chattanooga offers an incredible quality of life to many of our residents, although we certainly can improve upon that and should improve upon that for all Chattanoogans,” she said. “I don’t think we have reached our full potential and must strive to offer the best quality of life for each of our residents.”

Besides the typical work her job entails, she has also gotten to enjoy some of her passions in Chattanooga simply by observation. She knows downtown Chattanooga has saved some nice historic structures, but she also knows it has also lost some structures throughout the history of the city. This has been due to everything from floods to the political decisions that led to urban renewal and freeway construction here and elsewhere, she said.

“Chattanooga has lost a lot of historic buildings due to no fault of its own,” she said. “The city kept rebuilding, and mother nature or politics would take it down. But I feel like people value and respect and recognize our historic fabric and understand buildings were here long before any of us and they have stood the test of time.”

Regarding new construction, while the outlying residential growth in the local suburbs that has brought both praise and criticism is not part of her work, she thinks downtown is an area where growth should always be focused. And she is very positive regarding that realm in terms of future quantity and quality.

“This has been the heart of the city and has been since 1839” (when the city was incorporated), she said. “This is where folks have been investing. When it comes to growth and redevelopment, that’s where it should happen.”

While she worked with three mayors in Indianapolis as part of her job and peripherally with two sets of city and county mayors here, she has also received some help and support from another former mayor who is right now the best known on a national scale. That, of course, is former Mayor Corker, who also later served as U.S. senator from Tennessee from 2007-2019.

She said that he has been a gracious supporter of River City Company and has periodically visited the offices and gladly shared his institutional wisdom. He has even encouraged the firm not to worry that the latest redevelopment plans add to and maybe slightly alter some of his 21 st century riverfront plans that were a highlight of his mayoral term from 2001-2005 and which he proudly highlighted during his 2006 senatorial campaign.

“He said that downtown was very different in 2000 from now and how you respond to the community needs is very different,” she said. “He has been a really awesome supporter and champion, and he continues to be an awesome advocate for downtown. I can’t express my gratitude enough.”

Despite working for 20-plus years around elected officials and even following former River City CEO and mayoral candidate Kim White, Ms. Mack wholeheartedly said she has no interest in running for any office in the future.

She enjoys her current job, even though it keeps her quite busy, she said. In her down time, she likes spending time with her husband and hiking and walking and occasionally cooking, although she jokingly added that she prefers eating out and trying various restaurants, including new ones.

Among the places she currently enjoys are the Han Mi Thai restaurant on South Broad Street, Easy Bistro at 801 Chestnut St., and Champy’s, where she likes to get the crawfish.

She also enjoys traveling, which in a roundabout way helps with her work. “I love seeing and experiencing different cities and countries and parks,” she said. “It’s really inspirational to me.”

And while she and her husband currently do not have any children, she enjoys being a doting aunt to her sister’s and brother-in-law’s children as well as snuggling up with their two rescued basset hounds.

Her parents also located here in 2021 to be near their grandchildren, and they had actually passed through Chattanooga while on their honeymoon back in 1974. Ms. Mack said she learned he had made a prophetic statement at the time.

“My father said, ‘I think I can move here,’ “ she said. “The mountains and river, they thought they were beautiful, and he was not wrong.”

Ms. Mack has found out she can live – and work – in the Scenic City, too.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” she said in summing up her job.

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Built in 1978, this one-owner home on a mostly wooded, 2 +/- acre lot offers a fantastic opportunity for the buyer seeking an older home that they can make their own in the desirable River Hills neighborhood just minutes from schools, shopping, restaurants, hospitals, the Golf and Country Club, the North Shore and downtown Chattanooga. This 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath home has great bones and features a traditional floor plan with formal and informal living areas, spacious rooms, great closet space, new roof in February 2024, a 2-car garage plus a detached utility garage that once house a boat but is also perfect for all your lawn and garden needs. Your tour of the main level begins with a large foyer with a tile floor with arched doorways to the living and dining rooms and access to the powder room and hallway to the kitchen, family and laundry rooms. There are 3 bedrooms, 3 baths and an office on the upper level. Please call for more information and to schedule a showing today.

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