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Chamber names small business award winners

Troy Carlson stands in The Barn Nursery's booth during the Chattanooga Expo. Touted as one of the top garden centers in the South, the business won the Chamber's Small Business Award for medium-size businesses. Reece Davis, left, and Troy Carlson, stand in The Barn Nursery's booth during the Chattanooga Expo. Touted as one of the top garden centers in the South, the business won the Chamber's Small Business Award for medium-size businesses. Troy Carlson stands in The Barn Nursery's booth during the Chattanooga Expo. Touted as one of the top garden centers in the South, the business won the Chamber's Small Business Award for medium-size businesses. Reece Davis, left, and Troy Carlson, stand in The Barn Nursery's booth during the Chattanooga Expo. Touted as one of the top garden centers in the South, the business won the Chamber's Small Business Award for medium-size businesses.

By Staff Report March 30, 2016 1 min read

Amanda Varnell, with Dish T’Pass, mans the business’s booth at the Chattanooga Expo last week at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Dish T’Pass is on the verge of an expansion with plans to open a “grab and go” cafe downtown, she said. Slated for the ground floor of the 300 Building on West Sixth Street, the cafe is to debut in late April or early May.

Each year, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce presents awards to three locally owned and managed businesses and to one nonprofit agency for outstanding practices, services and success.

Awards are given to one business in each of three categories: 1-20 employees, 21-50 employees, 51-200 employees, plus the nonprofit category.

This year’s awards went to Dish T’Pass, The Barn Nursery, Ruby Falls and Northside Neighborhood House.