08/10/2026
What if the grocery store your community needed was one we built together?
For too many of our neighborhoods, access to fresh, affordable food means getting in the car and leaving the community.
And when we leave to spend our money, our dollars leave with us.
But there’s another problem we don’t talk about enough:
How often do we see ourselves reflected in the places where we spend our money?
Where are the grocery stores owned by our neighbors?
Where are the shelves filled with products from our local entrepreneurs?
Where are the spaces where our farmers, elders, young professionals, families, and small businesses can all meet?
We believe Chattanooga can do better.
Now imagine walking into a grocery store where someone knows your name.
Where the produce comes from local growers.
Where a young entrepreneur gets their first retail shelf.
Where a teenager gets their first job.
Where families can access healthy food without leaving their neighborhood.
Where you can grab your groceries, attend a cooking class, learn about cooperative economics, meet your neighbors, and discover the next great community business—all under one roof.
That is the Chattanooga Community Cooperative.
We're not just trying to open a grocery store.
We're rebuilding something our ancestors understood deeply:
We survive by sharing.
We thrive by cooperating.
We build power by owning together.
Food is more than food.
It's health.
It's culture.
It's economics.
It's community.
And we want to build a place where all four come together.
The question isn't, "Does Chattanooga need this?"
The question is:
Will you help us build it?
🌱 Shop local.
🤝 Cooperate.
🏪 Build ownership.
💚 Feed the community.