As LAUNCH celebrates almost 1,000 entrepreneurs served, the nationally recognized Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga (KIC) commercial kitchen is celebrating four simultaneous grand openings for LAUNCH graduates, the most ever recorded in a two-month time period:
- Power-Up Pizza (Mar. 14, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., 1628 Cloud Springs Rd., Rossville, GA): Chattanooga’s only Cybertruck-powered pizza food truck.
- Chef Chasty’s Seafood and More (Mar. 12, 1 p.m., 5600 Brainerd Rd. (Door B), Chattanooga, TN): Guests can enjoy award-winning favorites, including a signature homemade burger, seafood eggrolls, loaded baked potatoes, and wings, all prepared with passion, excellence, and her brand promise of “Southern Comfort, Elevated.”
- Oui Oui Boulangerie (soft opening: Feb. 23, 338 E Main St., Chattanooga, TN): A French Boulangerie in Chattanooga, TN.
- Mama O’s Sarap Stop (Mar. 18, 11-3 p.m., 5704 Marlin Rd., Chattanooga, TN): Sharing Filipino flavors & stories, one egg roll at a time.
“When you analyze the small business survival rate, statistics show the many obstacles these entrepreneurs had to overcome,” said LAUNCH Co-CEO Hal Bowling. “These have included the COVID-19 pandemic, changes in investor and grant funding, rising costs, and more.”
“We’re grateful to operate in a community that understands the economic value of local small businesses,” added LAUNCH Co-CEO DeJuan Jordan. “Community support is a large factor in the success of small and microbusinesses, and we anticipate even more business openings in the near future.”
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