The International Towing and Recovery Museum will relocate to a new building but remain in Chattanooga, Tenn. The decision resulted from a vote held at the International Towing and Recovery Museum annual membership meeting held on Sept. 28.  Members voted in a new board of directors charged with selecting a new museum building site. The existing museum building at 401 Broad Street in downtown Chattanooga was purchased last year and will be renovated as part of the city’s Regional History Museum expansion.  All plans must be finalized and the International Towing Museum relocated by July 31, 2003. Members voted in a new board of directors charged with selecting a new museum building site.  The existing museum building at 401 Broad Street in downtown Chattanooga was purchased last year and will be renovated as part of the city’s Regional History Museum expansion. All plans must be finalized and the International Towing Museum relocated by July 31, 2003.

The 2002–2003 board directors are: George Connolly, president (CO); Bill Height, first vice president (CA); John Borowski, second vice president (MA); Rolfe Johnson, treasurer (WA); Janetta Bowman, secretary (TN); Clarissa Powell, sergeant-at-arms (FL); Norbert Bertling (IA); Wayne Martineau (MA), Marshall ‘Ski’ Pieczentkowski (KS); and Chuck Schmidt (NY).   The general membership also voted to investigate museum “satellite” locations that would house tow trucks and/or displays – the first such location being the World War II and Classic Car Museum in Auburn, Ind. The International Towing and Recovery Museum is located at 401 Broad Street in historic downtown Chattanooga, Tenn. It is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and weekends 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call the museum at 423-267-3132.