Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets
Wal-Mart opened the first local Neighborhood Market in Fort Oglethorpe in January followed by stores in East Brainerd, Dalton and today, East Ridge. The targeted opening dates for the remaining new stores are: * Nov. 11 in Hixson in the Highland Plaza shopping center at 3901 Hixson Pike. * Jan. 6 in Middle Valley near Ganns Middle Valley Elementary School. * Jan. 27 at the corner of Shallowford and Moore roads. Source: Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart continues its march onto the Chattanooga-area supermarket field at 7:30 a.m. today with the grand opening of the East Ridge Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, the fourth of seven such stores slated here.
Planned festivities included a rendition of the national anthem by former East Ridge Mayor Vince Dean.
“I have it on word of mouth that he is actually really good,” store manager William Venable said.
Other scheduled highlights were a presentation of colors by the ROTC at East Ridge High School, which isn’t far from the Neighborhood Market at 4150 Monroe St. off Ringgold Road behind the Bojangles fast food restaurant. It’s on the site of on a former public swimming pool run by East Ridge Youth Foundation.