Celebrating local business success

Bloomington has seen many examples of local business successes over the last year.

Scramblin’ Egg, founded by Grant Veitenheimer and Nick Peterson, is known for its exceptional breakfast sandwiches served from a food cart. The duo was the first winner of the Hatch Bloomington competition which provided support and $100,000 to open a brick-and-mortar fast-casual, “egg-centric” restaurant at the Town and Country shopping center.

Gyropolis, known for its Greek family recipes made with organic produce, recently expanded at the corner of 90th and Penn. The project, with support from the City including Tax Increment Financing and help applying for a DEED grant, allowed the restaurant to triple its size, install a new kitchen, and add 74 indoor seats and a 58-seat outdoor patio.

“I had a really good experience opening a business in Bloomington. I found the City officials super helpful, very responsive. And being on the committee, I can hopefully influence changes that make it even easier to navigate.”

- Nine Mile Brewing President and CEO, Bob Countryman.