In 2015, a group of people who worked in Chattanooga’s new Innovation District started playing bingo with a group of residents from Patten Towers, the public housing unit across the street. As a result of the relationships built there, after hearing about the needs of the residents, we opened a small grocery store on the ground floor of Patten Towers called Bingo’s Market. This project was a collaboration between Causeway, The YMCA of Greater Chattanooga, and The Enterprise Center.
I collaborated on the branding with Aggie Toppins. We wanted to create a brand that honored the roots of the project, and felt at home in the space, while also being welcoming to people who lived outside of the building, in order for the project to be more financially sustainable.
This project was featured in Next City in 2017.