BBB of Southeast Tennessee & Northwest Georgia
Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia
About Us
The BBB of Southeast Tennessee & Northwest Georgia is a non-profit organization (501-C-6) that is made up of businesses that meet ethical standards and are interested in seeing that consumers get a fair deal in the marketplace. We want you to be able to trust the companies where you spend your dollars. BBB does a number of things to advance marketplace trust: We evaluate businesses and charities based on ethical standards. We provide a forum for Customer Reviews; positive and negative. We provide free dispute resolution between consumers and businesses. We provide BBB Business Reviews for businesses and charities, giving them a letter grade to help you make informed decisions while doing business. We alert the public when we hear about scam’s, We provide educational seminars for consumers and businesses. You can find us on Facebook and on Twitter. We are simply here to help make you a better informed consumer.
Programs and Services
Festive Forest
BBB, EPB, Chattanooga’s Parks & Outdoors and BCBS of TN are partnering again to bring our community our 2nd Annual Festive Forest! This is an opportunity for us to help spread holiday cheer among our community, while also spotlighting local trustworthy companies and non-profits through a beautiful and creative display of decorated trees. Come be a part and help us promote holiday cheer while showcasing your business or organization to our community. The displays will be up for the five weeks between November 27nd and January 1st. Sponsorships are $350 for BBB Accredited Businesses and Accredited Charities. To reserve your tree, please contact Will Hannah at 423-287-5540 or email: will@chattanooga.bbb.org
Secure Your ID Day
BBB SHRED DAY EVENTS Secure Your ID Day! Don't be a victim of Identity Theft! FREE SHREDDING, ELECTRONICS RECYCLING, & DRUG TAKE BACK Our Next Shred Day Event is set for Saturday April 5th 2025, Coca Cola Bottling Company, 2111 W. Shepherd Rd (Just off Hwy 153, Exit 1A, Airport Exit) 9a.m. to 12 noon (Please note: document shredding will end earlier if the trucks fill up) Bring up to 3 trash bags per person of your sensitive information documents, and shred them for FREE. Resource 1 will also shred up to 4 PC Hard drives per person and will accept computers, laptops and flat screen monitors Bring unused and unwanted medications for proper disposal by HCC. (If possible, bring meds in the original container. Simply cross out personal information Join Your BBB and community partners: River City Shredding, Resource1 Tier 3 Data Security, Hamilton County Coalition, Chattanooga Coca Cola Bottling Company, Cumulus Chattanooga, First Horizon Bank and Times Free Press.
BBB 27th Annual Golf Classic
Better Business Bureau's 27th Golf Classic will be held on Wednesday, September 25th. Since 1998, BBB serving Southeast TN and Northwest GA has been hosting the annual golf classic. It is one of the most attended tournaments in the area. This year we wanted to especially honor our 25th year of the BBB Golf Classic and the numerous programs that the Golf Classic has helped to launch and sustain. These programs have had substantial impact on the communities throughout the 21 counties served by our BBB. BBB serving Southeast TN and Northwest GA is the flagbearer of honesty and integrity in our regional marketplace. In addition to offering golf on a beautiful day and a great course, the BBB Golf Classic proved to be a great opportunity to socialize with other businesses, entertain customers, make new acquaintances, and meet potential new customers. The golfers had opportunities to win competition prizes, including Hole-In-One competitions at each 3 par hole. Prizes included an automobile, year's worth of steaks and golf clubs. We had the popular Bulls Eye Hole competition again and gave away $100 in prize money. During BBB's Shoot Out tournament, golfers with the top three longest drives won prizes ranging from $200 to $500. Golfers also enjoyed great food and drink thanks to Cooke's Food Stores, Food City, Il Primo, P&C Construction, Coca Cola Bottling Co, Mountain Spring Water, and Cherokee Distributing. The annual BBB golf tournament is designated as its single money raising event of the year. Its purpose is to maintain a non-dues related income that is used for reserve operating funds in difficult financial circumstances and to further enhance an improve consumer and business education and prevention of fraud and scam activities in the marketplace.
Student of Integrity Scholarship
This will be the 21st year for the BBB Student of Integrity Scholarship. The BBB is pleased to have built on the success of this program. The partnership and support of our sponsors, the community, and the educational institutions validate the program’s success. The BBB is proud to have awarded Ten $1,000 Scholarships for the 2024 winning Seniors. Winners were selected from the 95 High Schools in Tennessee counties Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie, and Van Buren, and in Georgia counties Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Walker, and Whitfield Counties. Our BBB serves in SE TN and NW GA. Click this Article for more information and entry form or visit your school counselor's office to get an application form and more details about the BBB Student of Integrity Scholarship.
Torch Awards For Marketplace Ethics
The BBB Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics seek to elevate and celebrate the commitment made by for-profit and non-profit enterprises to the highest standards of leadership character and organizational ethics. The awards bring attention to the practices that these organizations employ to generate a high level of trust, among their employees, customers and their communities. The awards were established in 1994 and embody the BBB's mission of advancing marketplace trust. The Torch Awards for Ethics is open to for-profit, (and optionally) also to 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations of all sizes physically located within BBB serving Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia service area. Firms need not be BBB Accredited. Non-profit, 501(c)(3) organizations must complete the BBB Charity Standards Evaluation process, and currently meet all BBB Standards for Charity Accountability.
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BBB Military Line
Military and Veterans Initiative We believe that "Knowledge is Power" and "Financial Readiness equals Mission Readiness." Through the BBB Military Line consumer education program, we work to bring financial literacy training and tips, fraud alerts, and smart investing resources - we seek to equip those who serve, have served, and their families with the tools they need to navigate an ever changing and often complex marketplace.
BBB AUTO LINE®
Our dispute resolution program can help you resolve your lemon law complaint, and you don't even have to hire a lawyer. Our lemon law complaint program covers car warranty issues against participating manufacturers.
BBB Staff
This team strives to resolve disputes, review advertising, investigate scams, and educate consumers on the findings.