Crime exodus is real, Memphis business leaders say
“No one wants to dog the city,” Chance Carlisle said. “It can’t dominate because then it becomes self-fulfilling. So there’s a balance there.” (Houston Cofield/The Daily Memphian file)
Business leaders on “Behind The Headlines” say Memphians leaving the city because of crime is a real threat to the city’s economic prosperity, and they had to act on the problem.
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