Opinion: Memphis has the chance to lead the AI revolution
“Memphis is at a crossroads, and the path to vitality lies in bold economic development.”
Kemp Conrad
Kemp Conrad served on the Memphis City Council from 2009 to 2019 and was elected chair twice by his peers, in 2016 and 2019. He is a principal at Cushman & Wakefield|Commercial Advisors and serves on the Board of Directors of Pure Youth Academy, a State of Tennessee non-public Category 1 boarding school.
There are 6 articles by Kemp Conrad :
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June 2025
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Guest Columnists
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January 2024
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Council health care proposal ‘is as ludicrous as it is ... offensive’
“Is it fair to City of Memphis employees, many of whom have worked for 25 or 30 years, to not have the same benefit a part-time elected official would receive?” a former council member asks.
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September 2022
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Guest Columnists Guest Column: My Friend, Memphis
Memphis weeps for the beautiful lives and souls of those cut short by monsters. Yet all of this — all the horrors and the beauty — are a byproduct of the same place. A juxtaposition that is difficult to comprehend.
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June 2022
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Guest ColumnistsOpinion: Partisan city primaries would further divide us
Partisan primaries would make Memphis city government more like the divisive dumpster fire that is today’s Washington, D.C.
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September 2019
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Guest Columnists Council chairman, Commission member urge ‘No’ vote on sales tax referendum
'A sales tax increase (would) return our pension and healthcare benefits to a plan that only five years ago found Memphis on the precipice of fiscal ruin.'
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March 2019
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Guest Columnists Legislators in Early Education Caucus address ‘crisis’ in student performance
Motivated by the fact that the majority of Tennessee’s third-grade students can’t read or do math on grade level, a bipartisan group of legislators has committed to exploring policy improvements for students prior to third grade.
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