Chattanooga: Southside brew pub makes debut
In planning their new Southside brewery and restaurant, Geoffrey Tarr, Matt Lewis and Ryan Chilcoat aimed to combine the best parts of the wedge-shaped building’s history with some of the newest green technology available.
January 9, 2009
Chattanooga: Confident Witty starts insurance agency
During the current economic environment, many people might cringe at the idea of starting their own business, particularly in the troubled insurance industry.
January 8, 2009
Chattanooga: RiverCity should not get 700 block site back, replies firm hit in suit
RiverCity Co. has no right to reclaim property on the 700 block of Market Street in downtown Chattanooga, according to a company that had planned condominiums on the site in answer to a lawsuit.
January 7, 2009
Chattanooga: Paper splices ink with electrons to become media platform
Since Chattanooga’s morning and afternoon newspapers joined to debut as what is now the Chattanooga Times Free Press 10 years ago as of Monday, the paper has become more than the neatly rolled, plastic-wrapped bundle that lands each morning in readers’ driveways.
January 6, 2009
Self-styled family pub Beef ’O’Brady’s lands in Ooltewah
Ooltewah residents now have another sit-down restaurant option, with the recent opening of Beef ’O’Brady’s on Snow Hill Road.
January 3, 2009
Chattanooga: Signal builds wind farms EMJ unit helps U.S. toward energy independence
Wind power could provide 20 percent of the United States’ electricity by 2030, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy, and a Chattanooga-based company is working to make that happen.
January 2, 2009
Chattanooga: Trucker extends pay cuts
U.S. Xpress Enterprises will cut the pay of 1,700 employees and shorten the workweek for hourly workers.
January 1, 2009
Chattanooga: VW’s arrival top business story of year
Volkswagen’s top official in Chattanooga says that when he came into the city earlier this year to view the potential site for the automaker’s newest assembly plant, it made a big impression.
December 31, 2008
Chattanooga: RVers park rigs indoors
A facility where electric buses were once made now keeps RVs out of the rain.
December 30, 2008
VW impact likely to be big — over time, some say
Volkswagen’s impact in the Chattanooga area is expected to be immense, but it won’t occur overnight, some business people say.
December 28, 2008
Chattanooga: Recession-resistant businesses
By thinking out of the box — and about her clients’ needs — salon owner Elizabeth Tate has found herself busy at a time when other businesses around hers are suffering.
December 27, 2008
Chattanooga: Big day for holiday returns
Those words likely accompanied some Christmas gifts this year, and today some recipients will head back to the stores with their unwanted gift and a receipt in hand.
December 26, 2008
Chattanooga: Prepaid utilities gain
A Chattanooga company is pushing an energy innovation in underdeveloped countries, including in South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
December 25, 2008
Chattanooga: Polish tech company considers city site
Impact Automotive Technologies, a Polish engineering company specializing in electric vehicle equipment, is looking at setting up an operation in Chattanooga.
December 24, 2008