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Small Business
Local love: NOOGAtoday’s guide to reader-recommended small businesses
Put your money where your community is and help us create a guide to small businesses by submitting your favorite local spots and sharing this page with a friend.
March 10, 2026 02:40 PM
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Laura Figi
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Small Business
Spreading the local love to our small businesses
National Small Business Week was the first week in May, and we want to share some of the local spots our readers highlighted.
May 8, 2023
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Haley Bartlett
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Sponsored
Watch local entrepreneurs compete for $175,000 in grants at TVFCU’s Pitch Nights
On May 8, 9 + 11, local entrepreneurs will present business expansion plans for their chance to win between $10,000-$30,000 in grants.
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Airports and Transportation
Don’t board an airplane without this item
We’ve got a travel hack to make long flights more bearable — meet the Airfly wireless audio transmitter.
April 18, 2023
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Sarah Leonhardt
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Finance
How to keep your car costs down in Chattanooga
Average yearly car costs hit a new high in 2022 — here’s how to invest smartly.
March 27, 2023
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Sarah Leonhardt
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Business
Co.Lab announces new programmatic focus on sustainable mobility sector
What does that mean? Let’s break it down.
January 26, 2023
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Brianna Williams
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Retail
Shipping deadlines for Christmas
Here’s how to ensure your presents will make it on time... without Santa’s help.
December 12, 2022
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Jessalin Heins-Nagamoto
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City
Breaking down EPB’s quantum network announcement
EPB is partnering with Qubitekk to launch America’s first industry-led, commercially available quantum network.
December 6, 2022
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Brianna Williams
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Sponsored
TVFCU is giving away $175,000 in 2023 💸
The local credit union is giving away $75,000 to entreprenuers in the Chattanooga area and $50,000 each in the Cleveland + Dalton areas.
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Business
Giving Tuesday in Chattanooga
Here’s how you can give back locally on this national day of giving.
November 28, 2022
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Brianna Williams
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City
The biggest Freight Tech event of the year coming to Chattanooga, TN
The first-ever in-person Future of Freight Festival will take place in Chattanooga Nov. 1-3.
October 19, 2022
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Brianna Williams
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