Self + Tucker celebrates 70 years of Universal Life building
At least 100 former Universal Life Insurance employees were on hand Thursday for an event commemorating the building’s 70th anniversary.
Elle Perry
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Business South City art space up for DMC Good Neighbor Grant
Yvonne Bobo's project to create space for 15 artists and a nonprofit called Off the Walls that will serve at-risk youth and adults in South City may receive additional incentives.
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Metro $400,000 sculpture among new artworks commissioned for renovated convention center
UrbanArt Commission will commission four new permanent artworks for the convention center worth a combined $595,000.
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South Memphis Hillcrest alumni team up to assist Ida B. Wells Academy students
The academy will work with the nonprofit GROW, which aims to help teen girls work through issues like bullying, drug use, alcohol and peer pressure to make good decisions for themselves.
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Education LeMoyne-Owen gets new accreditation for business degrees
Katherine Causey, chair of LeMoyne-Owen’s Division of Business and Economic Development, said the college’s business programs are the largest and most popular majors at the college.
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City of Memphis Waste Connections vote reveals city council conundrum
Before rejecting plans this week to reconfigure the Waste Connections facility in Whitehaven, several Memphis City Council members said the decision is probably not the best outcome for area homeowners.
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Real Estate Farmers market regular plans to open pasta, pizza restaurant in Midtown
The vacant Fuel Cafe on Madison could be renovated into a new pizza and pasta restaurant by a local grower who sells handmade pastas at local farmers markets.
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Business AmeriCorps funding coming to Memphis organizations
Memphis organizations will get more than $2 million in grant money from the Corporation for National and Community Service to support the work of AmeriCorps members.
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Business Site plan modifications sought for truck terminal expansion, senior living community
Developers of two large projects south of Interstate 240 are seeking amendments to their plans, one for a truck terminal expansion on American Way, the other for a gated residential community at Forest Hill-Irene and Shelby Drive.
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Business South Memphis Renewal CDC to train aspiring tradesmen
Education is a primary component of YouthBuild, a federally funded program that will enable the CDC to select, train, certify and employ 70 aspiring tradesmen and tradeswomen.
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Metro SkyCop giveaway to be held for District 3 neighborhood groups
Neighborhood groups in the greater Whitehaven area will have a chance to get a free SkyCop camera this fall.
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June 2019
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Business Southwest renovating Whitehaven Center building for funeral degree
The college’s new funeral services program is designed to prepare students to become either a funeral director or an embalmer.
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Arts & Culture Teens lead Blues City Cultural Center bus tour through Whitehaven
Whitehaven teenagers spent the past month researching the neighborhood’s history and preparing to lead a bus tour Tuesday that included songs and event re-enactments.
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Business Culinary mentoring program launches in partnership with Soulsville restaurant
A panel of chefs and other food professionals will select the first Ground Up Chef-in-Residence in mid-July.
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Business Castle Black plans South Memphis shipping container office
According to the conditional use permit application, the office would house six to 10 business support staff.
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Arts & Culture Memphis Music Hall of Fame to announce 2019 class
The Memphis Music Hall of Fame will announce its eighth class of inductees.
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Metro DeafConnect hosting Summer Signing Camp for children
Memphis children will have the opportunity to learn American Sign Language through games, crafts and other activities.
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Metro Memphis $10 ‘Hamilton’ digital ticket lottery announced
A digital lottery will open 11 a.m. Sunday, July 7 for tickets to "Hamilton" at the Orpheum Theatre Tuesday, July 9.
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Business Robert Humphreys joins Curb Market as general manager
Robert Humphreys spent nearly 11 years working for Whole Foods Market, most recently as meat team leader for the specialty grocer.
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Metro Men’s Health Awareness festival, 5K set for Whitehaven
Memphis Empowerment Initiative will host the 2019 “Save Our Fathers Men’s Health Awareness Festival and 5k" to bring awareness to prostate and colorectal cancer in African-American men. The event is free and open to the public.
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Education LeMoyne-Owen board votes to end Miller’s tenure as president
LeMoyne-Owen College's board of trustees has voted to release Andrea Lewis Miller as president at the close of her contract Sept. 1.
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Real Estate Land Use Control Board votes to reject ‘Fred Jones Lane’
The Land Use Control Board has followed a staff recommendation to reject the proposed renaming of a portion of Saint Paul Avenue as Fred Jones Lane.
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South Memphis City Council members, Whitehaven residents tour waste facility
Memphis City Council members tour a Waste Connections facility on East Brooks Road Wednesday prior to a vote next week that would authorize an expansion of the waste transfer operation.
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South Memphis Four Way owner Jo Ellen Bates’ influence evident in South Memphis
Retired teacher and restaurant owner Jo Ellen Bates left a lasting impact on students and community members with her investment in South Memphis. Mrs. Bates died Sunday at age 74.
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City of Memphis Aretha Franklin’s birthplace home closer to preservation plan
There are no grand plans for Aretha Franklin’s birthplace home in Memphis, but a judge is ready to approve a receiver’s plan to stabilize and preserve it for potential reuse later.
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