Here’s a look at the business trends for May in the Chattanooga area.
What’s opening
Weigel’s, an East Tennessee convenience store chain, opened its sixth location in the area at 3107 Amnicola Highway on May 22.
Mountain Outfitters, a Monteagle-based outdoor retailer, opened its second store in a historic building on Chattanooga’s Southside.
What’s expanding
The Chattanooga Airport announced in May that daily departure flights to Chicago will be offered through American Airlines beginning this fall.
Ooltewah-based Morning Pointe Senior Living will soon move the first residents into a new facility dedicated to Alzheimer’s and dementia care off East Brainerd Road, the company announced on May 15.
Announced developments
Erlanger Health bought the naming rights to the $115 million Chattanooga Lookouts stadium under construction. A day after the announced deal, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp expressed disapproval.
Community members will soon be able to watch flights take off at the Chattanooga Airport from an aviation-themed play area funded by the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation. “Ultimately, it’s going to be a space that feels like an aviation park but that is for the uses of community, connection and gathering,” Keith King, the manager of the BlueCross Healthy Places program, told the Times Free Press.
Additionally, the Chattanooga Airport hired a lobbyist in May to navigate Tennessee’s political landscape and track relevant legislation.
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced in May the application for a license to construct the first small modular reactor at its Clinch River Nuclear Site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The Tennessee Valley Authority also launched a new executive team charged with cutting the utility’s operational costs by nearly $1 billion while supplying steady power.
Dalton, Georiga, officials broke ground on a 40-unit housing development designed to serve the local workforce. The project site is about 3 acres.
— Compiled by Kiara Green