Special Report: Union Men, Part 2
Success, failure and a trail of lawsuits mark developer’s past
Mary Lester and her children Clint and Bella head to the nearby beach during their vacation in April at the Redfish Village condos at Blue Mountain Beach, Florida. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Marc Perrusquia
Marc Perrusquia is the director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis, where graduate students learn investigative and explanatory journalism skills working alongside professionals. He's won numerous state and national awards for government watchdog, social justice and political reporting. Follow the Institute on Facebook or Twitter @psr_memphis.
In Part Two of our series: How the Great Recession nearly flattened J. Kevin Adams before he rebounded to assemble possibly his greatest project yet.
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