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Parkinson’s patients fighting back — with their fists
“The disease does what it is going to do,” said Judy Jenkins, retired nurse practitioner. “The question is always: ‘OK, how long am I going to get this delayed?’”
Jane Roberts
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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Business She quit her day job to build a better drink carrier
Bevee beverage tray evolved from inventor Natalie Boyatt’s own life experience as a pharmaceutical sales rep, carrying flimsy cardboard trays of drinks to physician offices.
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June 2022
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Metro Meals on Wheels delivery drivers carjacked, second car stolen
As a result, MIFA is taking steps to make volunteer drivers more visible with fluorescent vests and car magnets.
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MetroBartlett resident’s rainbow a little about law, a lot about helping others
Nick Toombs’ display is back this year, and it’s an even larger spectacle. Not out of spite, he said, but because he had to buy a new rainbow.
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Business Memphis entrepreneur and mayoral ‘right-hand man’ Pete Aviotti dies
He was a consummate entrepreneur, in part because his hardscrabble life as the son of Italian immigrants taught him the value of hustle.
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Metro Junior Achievement president revitalizes Memphis entrepreneur program
Leigh Mansberg has unleashed her own entrepreneurial bent to reshape the way JA works, digging down to formularize the can-do energy that was the air she breathed growing up.
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BusinessMemphians brew plan to take Westrock Coffee public
Riverview Acquisition Corp. — a special-purpose acquisition company formed by longtime Memphian Brad Martin as a vehicle for merging with a business that then would become public — aims to help small farmers while quenching the thirst for coffees, teas and extracts.
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Spirit of Memphis If the shoe fits: Homeless get right-size footwear thanks to thoughtful plan
COVID gutted the distribution networks for street gold like shoes, belts and sleeping bags. But Pam Scarbrough of Community Alliance for the Homeless found a way around it.
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Spirit of Memphis At Camp Able, mission one is removing barriers
Camp Able is a week like none other at St. Columba Conference & Retreat Center in Bartlett, where campers with disabilities spin through a rotation of physical pursuits as if weights had fallen from their feet.
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Spirit of Memphis ‘She was like a super woman’: Cristina Condori was quiet force behind local social justice issues
“She was someone who believed deeply in the goodness of people and was just a relentless organizer. It was all about easing people’s suffering and helping people network together and be connected.”
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Spirit of MemphisWhitten Brothers long part of nuts, bolts of Orange Mound
A third-generation local business that has grown and changed with the times perhaps faces an uncertain future, despite a number of large investments in the neighborhood around it.
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May 2022
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Spirit of Memphis My Cup of Tea is a balm, but founder wants more
My Cup of Tea sales are growing 30% annually and the Orange Mound-based company now boasts customers in 48 states.
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BusinessChairman’s Circle head: ‘We are preparing people for careers, not jobs’
David May leads the Chairman’s Circle, the 145 most influential executives in Memphis. He’s also leading the massive regional effort to improve the workforce as it prepares for Blue Oval City’s demands.
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Chairman’s Circle head: ‘We are preparing people for careers, not jobs’
David May leads the Greater Memphis Chamber’s Chairman’s Circle, the 145 most influential executives in Memphis. He’s also leading the massive regional effort to improve the workforce as it prepares for Blue Oval City’s demands.
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Business ‘This is very emotional': Result of Starbucks union vote delayed
Local Starbucks workers were prepared for a union victory Tuesday, May 24. But, minutes before the results of a late April vote to unionize were to be reported, they got some bad news.
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North MemphisRoshun Austin collecting awards for her Klondike-sized dreams
She and her investors have bought up 400 lots in the North Memphis neighborhood and are ready to build a community where Black people can build wealth in their homes.
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BusinessNew riverfront pollinator garden has ‘role to play’ in habitat loss
Wildlife cameras, native species, river quests and a citizen science experiment are poised to help people understand the river as more than just a pretty view or a shipping corridor.
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Business Retiring Hope House head leaving legacy of ‘life-changing’ assistance
She added social services for adults, saying that there is no way to reduce generational poverty without engaging the adults and the children in the family.
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Business FDA gives COVID drug with Memphis ties fast-track to emergency use
The drug was created as an anti-cancer agent in collaboration with GTx, a former Memphis pharmaceutical firm.
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Business Memphis cements generous reputation during pandemic
“Most of our peer cities have more super-wealthy people that have private foundations. We’ve got some great private foundations, but on a per capita basis, I don’t think we have as many private foundations as Nashville, Chattanooga or Atlanta.”
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Spirit of Memphis National Ms. Foundation among chorus praising Ruby Bright’s career
“Her impact really does extend beyond greater Memphis; Maine, Colorado, Arkansas, Minnesota would not be able to do what they did if they had not had that kind of connection with Ruby Bright. The connection really goes far afield where her impact has happened,” said the CEO of an organization in San Francisco.
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BusinessCary Fowler made history collecting seeds, now he’s managing world’s spiraling hunger
The Memphis native is now the Special Envoy for Global Food Security in the U.S. State Department, a “24/7” job.
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Health Care Choices opening abortion clinic in S. Illinois in August
The Carbondale clinic will be three hours from both Memphis and Nashville.
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Business Ookla opening shop in U of M Research Park
“We’re excited to strengthen our presence in the Memphis community and broaden our recruitment efforts for top-notch local talent with the University of Memphis,” Ookla co-founder and CEO Doug Suttles said in a statement.
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Business U of M receives $25 million grant to upgrade regional workforce
“We want to make a successful transition from the benefits program into a quality, good-paying job,” said the executive dean of UM Global. “The whole point is to never go back and never look back. We want to put people on a pathway to thriving, not surviving.”
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