Your Friday at a glance:
- Weather: High 73; sunny
- What to eat: Cinnamon rolls with a pumpkin flavor boost.
- What to do: Watch one of the world’s largest rowing regattas virtually this weekend.
- What we’re excited about: Chattanooga’s youngest environmentalist, who is leading the fight against plastic pollution.
Greetings, Chattanooga!
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Let’s get into a few recent stories:
Snack food maker McKee Foods Corp. is seeking the state’s OK to begin work this month on a $225 million expansion to a Collegedale plant that will grow its headcount in the city by 480 jobs.
Any Sunday trip to the Chattanooga Market will tell you that the Scenic City is filled with talented creatives. We asked three local artisans who are not only keeping the handmade nature of their craft alive, but finding success well beyond their hometown.
And these are the top tech startups in Chattanooga.
– Allison Collins
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