BurkeChamber 088 Ribbon Cutting, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Morganton, NC 08-14-26.xmp

The Burke County Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 14 for Tropical Smoothie Cafe at 1018 Burkemont Ave. in Morganton. Owner Kalpeshkumar Patel cut the ribbon alongside Morganton Mayor Ronnie Thompson, employees, friends, and supporters. Also attending were Morganton City Council member Chris Jernigan; Burke County Commissioner Mike Stroud; Tonia Stephenson, president and CEO of the Burke County Chamber of Commerce; Burke Chamber board members Shaun Cline and Bryan Fish; chamber board member and ambassador Ryan Morgan; and chamber ambassadors Carl Beardsworth, Ryan Cato, Janet Hannah, Lauren Huskey, Kelly Messenheimer, and Logan Smithers.

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