Memphis area coalition is a finalist in nationwide innovation challenge
MicroPort Orthopedics metal finisher Sharonda Holt works hip and knee replacement parts at medical device company in 2020 in Arlington. The Digital Delta “would help create an economy of innovation” around these industries in the Memphis area: agribusiness and food, medical device and health care technology, supply chain and logistics, and electric vehicles (EV) and sustainable mobility. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
A coalition led by the University of Memphis was selected as a finalist in the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge and awarded a $500,000 planning grant.
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Build Back Better University of Memphis Greater Memphis Chamber Digital DeltaDaja E. Henry
Daja E. Henry is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Howard University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and currently is a general assignment reporter.
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