Tom Bailey
Reporter
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
There are 1216 articles by Tom Bailey :
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April 2020
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Metro A new building document shows plans for a new Kubota tractor dealership in Eads on U.S. 64, near the Fayette County line. -
Real Estate It’s clear: Plastic sheets are in demand as virus barrier
A Step Ahead Foundation is already preparing its office for when employees return. A construction crew this week is installing clear-plastic barriers between open desks, and that material is in high demand.
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Real Estate Barefoot Bride moves to Downtown’s historic Emerge Building
The by-appointment-only bridal boutique shop started in Cooper-Young, moved to East Memphis, and now moves to the South Main District.
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Visual Arts Memphis College of Art’s final creation: A prerecorded commencement
Memphis College of Art is closing and graduates its last class on May 9. The pandemic has made a difficult situation harder, forcing the college to substitute a prerecorded commencement video for the real graduation ritual.
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Visual Arts Legacy Catalog will live online long after MCA closes
The Memphis College of Art Legacy Catalog celebrates the school's 84-year history with lots of photographs and names.
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May 2020
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Real EstateBuilders can now go online for construction permits
The new online convenience is part of a new approach, called "Develop901," to make it easier to proceed through the planning, construction and development process.
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Real EstateSt. Clair Foods keeps growing in Whitehaven
A building permit application filed this week is part of a $20 million project to enlarge and upgrade St. Clair Foods, which makes potato salad and many other refrigerated or frozen side dishes and has an expanded deal with Sam's Club stores.
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East Memphis Retailers mull reopening Monday, if allowed to
Not every business will be willing or prepared to reopen Monday even if allowed to under the Memphis and Shelby County "Back to Business" plan.
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Real EstateUPDATE: YMCA will make Goodlett Farms building its HQ and Resource Center
The YMCA of Memphis & the Midsouth confirmed Saturday that it bought and will use as its resource center a 55,888-square-foot office building in Cordova's Goodlett Farms office park.
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Real EstateHouses razed for Overton Square apartments
LPI Memphis, the owner of Overton Square, plans to build a three-story, 18-unit apartment building in the entertainment and dining district.
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Real Estate Dual-branded hotel proposed for Union/I-240
The owners of the old Econo Lodge near Union and Interstate 240 want to raze it and build a dual-branded hotel: Townplace Suites and Fairfield Inn & Suites.
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Financial Services Stimulus check: Pay to the order of deceased Memphian
James D. "Jimmy" Edwards died on Oct. 23, 2018. This week, a $1,200 stimulus check arrived in the mail for the late Memphian.
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South Memphis Proposed factory with Elvis links draws opposition in Whitehaven
An online petition and plans for a "peaceful vehicle protest" Wednesday mark opposition to a proposal to convert Whitehaven's old Graves Elementary into a manufacturing and vo-tech complex.
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Real EstateUPDATED: Revised plan changes parking for OaksEdge
Developers of the upscale, senior-living development in East Memphis are dropping plans for underground parking and instead want to build a surface parking lot, eliminating 10 cottages but speeding up construction.
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Real Estate ‘Go-getters’ bringing tractor dealership to Memphis market
Just 33 years old, twins Ron and Don Parks of Union City will soon start building their fifth dealership of farm and lawn equipment, and their first in the Memphis market.
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Real Estate As art school winds down, what’s next for Rust Hall, Brooks buildings?
The pandemic may be delaying the city's process for selecting the next users of Rust Hall and the Brooks Museum of Art building in Overton Park.
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Real Estate April home sales drop (only) 15%
Yes, the pandemic pushed home sales down substantially. But the agents still completed 1,456 transactions under trying conditions. And this weekend, look for the return of open houses.
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Business Two Broke Bartenders growing into permanent business
Taylor Berger's new company, founded to provide handyman-type work to jobless restaurant workers, has grown and is moving into a new headquarters.
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Spirit of Memphis ‘Data, not dates’ guide worship plans for many Memphis congregations
The Memphis Clergy COVID-19 Response group remains cautious about resuming in-person worship despite receiving qualified permission from the state.
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Real EstateLululemon coming to Midtown
The athletic-apparel chain will open its second, Memphis-area store at the southwest corner of Central and Cooper. The 111-year-old building last housed Toad Hall Antiques.
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Real EstateGrind City Brewing beers hitting local shelves this coming week
The first 500 cases of beer from the city's newest craft brewery rolled away Monday toward groceries, liquor stores and bars. The taproom will open once a power pole is moved so the city can restore access to the site.
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Metro Planners turn thumbs down to factory proposed by Graceland executive
The Graceland-related proposal to build a light-manufacturing plant amid Whitehaven residences should be rejected, the Office of Planning & Development recommends. -
Real Estate Longtime South City businesses plan renovations
Both founded in South City in the 1960s, Paradise Entertainment Center and Tom Martin's Body Shop plan to improve the exterior of their buildings.
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Real Estate Graceland-linked production plant wins planning board’s OK
Despite a “rejection” recommendation from the Office of Planning & Development, the Land Use Control Board voted 6-4 to approve construction of a production facility, using 3-D printing, in the middle of single-family homes in Whitehaven.
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Coronavirus Clergy sync up to promote delay of in-person worship
A large group of Memphis-area faith leaders has made and just released a video promoting the continued delay of face-to-face worship until conditions improve with COVID-19.
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