Junior League turns Carriage House into Milla’s House
A more than 20-year partnership of volunteerism and support has led to a Kemmons Wilson Family Center for Good Grief location moving to the Junior League of Memphis property.
Michelle Corbet
Reporter
Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
There are 256 articles by Michelle Corbet :
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May 2019
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Health Care Microsoft gets Memphis veterans back in the game with adaptive Xbox controller donation
The Memphis VA Medical Center is one of 22 VA rehabilitation centers across the country selected as a test site for Microsoft’s new Xbox Adaptive Controller, designed for people with limited mobility.
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Health Care Health care systems do not want to be the next ‘taxi companies’ of the world
While local health care systems do not want to be left behind as other industries are disrupted by technology, they have not yet figured out how to prepare for the innovations that are still unknown.
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Health Care Health department, Memphis hospital systems collaborate on community health assessment
Instead of each health care system conducting its own, separate assessment of the community's greatest health needs, this year, they are coming together to provide a more comprehensive and inclusive snapshot.
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Real Estate Downtown board cuts Beale Street hotel developer’s requested PILOT extension
A Downtown Memphis Commission board was not willing to let the developer of a Beale Street boutique hotel delay paying an increased payment-in-lieu-of-taxes to see if he could negotiate with the partners behind Union Row.
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Health Care Health insurance company strives to change outcomes by supporting nonprofits
UnitedHealthcare is striving to improve the health of its members by giving $1 million in grants to seven area nonprofits to address the social determinants of health.
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Health Care Mother’s Day marks 25 years of Methodist’s maternity services in Germantown
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare brought maternity services to Germantown 25 years ago this Mother's Day. In the years since, more than 88,000 babies have been delivered at Germantown Methodist Hospital.
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Real Estate Apartment renovation, addition planned for Peabody Avenue
An aging apartment complex on Peabody Avenue is under contract to be bought, renovated and joined by a 30-unit addition.
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Real Estate U of M tightens student housing exit options
By 2020, University of Memphis students will no longer be able to pay a fee to get out of their student housing contracts.
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Education U of M President David Rudd to address House subcommittee
University of Memphis President M. David Rudd is testifying before a U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor subcommittee about initiatives that have improved the university's graduation rates.
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Health Care Susan G. Komen announces local breast cancer grant recipients
Susan G. Komen Memphis-MidSouth Mississippi has awarded nearly $500,000 to local entities addressing the most critical breast cancer needs in the community.
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Health Care Students balance pressures of medical school through creative writing
Medical students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have found a creative way to balance the mental and emotional stress of becoming a doctor.
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Health Care Stories prioritized over stats at West Tennessee Opioid Summit
The latest summit convening more than 200 people working to find a multi-approach remedy to the opioid epidemic emphasized individual stories of those affected over statistics and data.
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April 2019
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Metro Exit interview: Smarrelli details regrets, proudest accomplishments
In the 10 years John Smarrelli Jr. has led Christian Brothers University he has broken down the walls of the Roman Catholic campus through changemaking partnerships and initiatives.
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Downtown Downtown sees surge in minority owners after lowering development loan costs
After increasing the amount and lowering the cost of its development loan program last year, more than 50% of approved applicants for the Downtown Memphis Commission’s development loan program have been minorities.
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Real Estate Former Foote Homes residents soon can move into reborn South City
With the first phase of the South City redevelopment project wrapping up, 55 families who lived in the former Foote Homes public housing complex will be moving into the neighborhood soon.
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Health Care Memphis pharmacy joins FDA pilot to secure U.S. drug supply chain
A local nonprofit pharmacy that is using blockchain to ensure the traceability of expensive, donated chemotherapy drugs is now part of a multi-region effort to secure the nation's drug supply chain.
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Health Care Volunteers ready $5M Whitehaven park for summer opening
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation has made David Carnes Park in Whitehaven the first example of how its BlueCross Healthy Place initiative can turn a park into a true community asset.
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Education New CBU president committed to ‘providing access to opportunity’
New Christian Brothers University president Jack Shannon Jr. plans to continue the initiatives of his predecessor and work to create even more partnerships to build the community through education and opportunity.
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Visual Arts Assisi grant could boost Memphis Botanic Garden fundraising initiative
Achieving a challenge grant would put Memphis Botanic Garden more than halfway past its capital campaign goal of $6 million to enhance the facility and programs.
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Visual Arts Memphis Botanic Garden announces multiphase $6M strategic plan
Memphis Botanic Garden is working to raise $6 million to fund a variety of improvements and new features for the 96-acre botanical garden in the heart of Memphis.
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Real Estate Two more redevelopment projects target Madison Avenue
The gaps between points of interest along Madison Avenue are starting to fill up with new ground-floor commercial businesses and new officer users.
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Education U of M defines ‘success’ by partnering with private industry
The University of Memphis is carving out career pathways by creating on-campus job opportunities with major employers such as FedEx Corp., and is looking for more private-industry partnerships.
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Business IKEA voluntarily seeks to lower tax abatement after failing to create 175 jobs
Trying to keep up with an "ever-changing retail environment," IKEA has offered to voluntarily drop two years of its property tax abatement since it has been unable to create the number of jobs at the pay levels it promised in 2015.
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Health Care St. Jude research leads to cure for bubble boy disease
Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have developed a novel treatment using HIV as a vector to deliver re-engineered blood cells that create an immune system for patients who are born without one.
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