After 7 years, florist leaves Downtown space for Overton Square
Colby Midgett said the next few months will determine whether Premier Flowers will make Overton Square its permanent home. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Premier Flowers’ owner said she loved being Downtown, but ongoing break-ins and vandalism coupled with constant parking issues contributed to her decision not to renew her shop’s lease this fall.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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