[0:00] Meg.

[0:05] Have a good day.

[0:07] First day, grand opening. So far so

[0:09] good. Feels good to finally be open.

[0:12] It's been a lot of work getting to this

[0:14] point. A lot of renovations, a lot of

[0:16] learning, a lot of hiring, but it's

[0:18] really nice just to be in the kitchen

[0:20] and get things going finally. We're

[0:21] happy to start making uh breakfast again

[0:23] for everyone. We got space to breathe.

[0:26] We got space to move around. We feel

[0:28] like it's just going to make us more

[0:29] efficient. We'll be able to get food out

[0:30] even faster than we were before cuz

[0:32] that's a big priority for us. We're in

[0:34] East Bloomington, Portland and American

[0:36] Boulevard, very close to the airport,

[0:38] Mall of America. We just felt it was a

[0:40] really good spot. A lot of traffic over

[0:42] here, not much food, so we're really

[0:44] excited to be in this area.

[0:47] 3 2 1 cut.

[0:52] I get to do a lot of ribbon cutings. I

[0:54] love all of them. This one feels special

[0:55] because we've seen Scrambling Egg from

[0:57] the beginning basically first of all in

[1:00] front of the city council at a listening

[1:02] session. Then we saw the food truck

[1:04] develop and grow. We saw them all the

[1:06] time at the farmers market. And then

[1:07] when the Hatch Bloomington program

[1:09] started, Nick and Grant jumped right in

[1:12] and did such a fantastic job putting

[1:14] together the business plan, getting

[1:16] support from the community. And now it

[1:18] is so great to see the culmination of

[1:20] all their work and winning the Hatch

[1:22] Bloomington program. Hatch is the city's

[1:24] retail pitch competition and it was

[1:26] created as a way for the city to invest

[1:29] and inspire local entrepreneurship. Part

[1:32] of the reason that the city has

[1:34] committed resources to the hatch

[1:36] competition is to make sure that small

[1:38] businesses and entrepreneurs here in

[1:40] Bloomington feel supported. We were

[1:42] really excited to work with the

[1:43] scrambling egg folks because they had a

[1:46] really clear business idea and they just

[1:48] needed a little extra support through

[1:49] some financial assistance to make it

[1:51] happen. So, we started over two years

[1:53] ago now in our little food trailer. And

[1:56] then eventually, you know, we kept

[1:57] getting busier and busier and then we

[1:59] realized, you know, okay, we got to get

[2:01] a storefront. And then thankfully, we

[2:03] heard about the Hatch Bloomington

[2:04] competition where the winner gets

[2:06] $100,000 to invest in our business. And

[2:09] we were like, that'd be perfect for us.

[2:10] That'll give us enough money to find the

[2:12] right space, open up, and kind of just

[2:14] take that next big step. The city's been

[2:16] really nice. And I mean, just to have a

[2:18] program like Hatch Bloomington is

[2:20] really, really cool. Well, it shows

[2:21] that, you know, the city's invested in

[2:23] small businesses. They want to bring

[2:25] small businesses into the city because I

[2:27] mean, small businesses are really,

[2:29] really important for the community and I

[2:31] think that says a lot to the city of

[2:32] Bloomington. And I hope more small

[2:34] businesses choose to open here and grow

[2:36] and see what they can do in the city.

[2:39] We're just kicked off year two of the

[2:41] hatch competition and we'll be planning

[2:43] for the top 10 coming on August 5th. So

[2:47] residents and community members can gear

[2:49] up and be prepared to join to watch

[2:51] those top 10 pitch competition and also

[2:53] to watch the activities online.

[2:55] Congratulations to Nick and to Grant and

[2:58] the entire crew here at Scrambling Egg.

[3:00] And well done.

[3:01] Scrambling Egg. We got the best

[3:02] breakfast in the state. Everything's

[3:04] made from scratch. We also make

[3:06] everything to order. It's really good

[3:08] food. You're going to be very, very

[3:10] happy if you come here and get

[3:11] breakfast. So come check us out. We got

[3:13] the best breakfast here. I guarantee it.

[3:16] [Applause]

[3:17] [Music]