I do think it's a model that has promise. We want the store to grow. The current and potential new owners, everyone, wants it to stay.
Bingo’s Market, which opened inside Patten Towers late last year to bring healthy food choices to the downtown Chattanooga building’s poor and elderly, has closed.
Abby Garrison, executive director at Causeway, said a planned ownership change of the tower has dragged on and the market needed more space to bolster sales.
“The current ownership is in limbo land,” she said. “They didn’t want to commit to additional space if they’re selling. We’re in a holding pattern.”
With the uncertainty, the store’s operators decided to pull back in terms of outreach and marketing and sales fell off the past couple of months, Garrison added.