“I think one of our first orders of business is just super capitalizing on the word ‘innovation,’” said the Greater Memphis Chamber’s new executive director of the Greater Memphis Workforce Development Board.
Sissy’s Log Cabin, Regional One Health and West Memphis School District announce additions.
Plus, a Bartlett shopping center gets a new owner.
The Chamber of the Year winners will be announced Wednesday, July 23, during an awards show, presented by Comcast Business at ACCE’s Annual Convention in Philadelphia.
Plus: Three Guys Pizza Pies is under new ownership, and Bloom Bakery and Cafe brings new tastes to Downtown.
Meharry’s expansion to Memphis is the first step in Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church’s $310 million, mixed-use development.
Founded in 1999, Consilience Group has expanded its presence through word of mouth, referrals and recognition for its work.
A decade ago, Dr. Jeffrey Towbin gave Le Bonheur a 30-page single-spaced plan for how he would build a world-class pediatric heart program in Memphis.
The McDonald Murrmann clinic has been caring for women’s bodies for nearly 30 years, and now it’s adding mental health offerings.
IKEA confirmed it was making changes to the store at 7900 Ikea Way in Cordova, Tennessee’s only IKEA retail store.
Tony Alexander, president and director of MIME, said the entertainment group does not plan to leave the city, but is ‘testing the waters’ on selling its Union Avenue real estate.
Plus, a local Italian restaurant has opened its second location while a local vegan restaurant is just starting on its second space.
The Don’t Miss Your Flight Act would “create a discretionary grant program” and use existing funds for improvements to road, bridge, tunnel, passenger-rail or transit projects at or within 5 miles of a public airport.
Smith estimated FedEx is “the biggest tax collector of tariffs by any entity in America” based on what it is transporting.
As it stands now, the Temple Israel building will come down to make way for Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church’s new church home.
“The sign is more than just the letters,” said Ted Townsend, president of the chamber. “It embodies that business is here in our Downtown core.”
An Edge District alley is getting a glow-up.
A vacant building in Klondike should soon undergo renovations to become the Northside Grill.
Plus, Burlington is moving its Bartlett store.
The Carter Malone Group LLC and Saint Francis Medical Partners announce additions.
Carla Balch, a University of Memphis alumna and founder of Spesana, will become Aranscia’s executive director of software solutions, which will allow her to continue overseeing Spesana’s growth.
The century-old congregation would move from its current sanctuary to a new church at the corner of Poplar Avenue.
After four years of contract negotiations with FedEx, several hundred pilots lined the sides of Shady Grove Road Tuesday.
For the past several months, Memphis City Councilman Jeff Warren has been giving tours of Methodist University Hospital. His goal is simple: Convince the community it doesn’t need to spend $1 billion on a new campus for Regional One.
The contract that has kept The University of Tennessee Health Science Center operating the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center is expiring, and a request seeking a new operator ended without a bid.
“This is the first time since the inception of the building that we’ve had any substantial or any availability beyond one or two suites. This building offers way more than any other building in this city.”
The announcement said Prairie Farms will work with area manufacturers and employment agencies to support transitions.
Terms of the sale include a condition that the new owners will not operate a movie theater without the written consent of the seller and Malco for the next 20 years.
Local artist Andre LeMoyne Miller will open an art gallery Saturday, May 31, as part of the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Open on Main initiative.