Elle Perry
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September 2018
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Business Work-life balance is the reason Stephanie Cummings started a tech-enabled personal assistance service, Please Assist Me. -
Business Ole Miss grads create technology to make maintenance requests easier
Amber Hayes and Marterrious McClain decided to begin their startup, SecondKeys, in Memphis for two main reasons. -
Performing Arts Ballet Memphis joins three-year, national project
Ballet Memphis has been chosen to participate in a national, three-year partnership program designed to “support the advancement of racial equity in professional ballet companies.” -
East Memphis Fashion entrepreneur Ashley Dean-Parson’s ‘glamtique’ offers one-stop shopping
With her “glamtique” Ashley Dean-Parson has flipped the concept of boutique on its head. “A lot of times, being a full-figured woman, we would go into a store that we would really, really love and they wouldn’t have a plus-size section or if they did, it was really, really small,” she said. “So, I took that same concept and did it here and did the reverse.” -
Midtown MIFA celebrates jubilee year
Since its founding by church and community leaders on Sept. 15, 1968, the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association has spawned a number of organizations and has grown into one of the most important nonprofits in the Mid-South. In fiscal 2018, which ran from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, MIFA served more than half a million meals to more than 3,600 seniors; helped more 3,500 families with utility, rent and mortgage assistance; distributed more than 11,000 food vouchers; connected more than 250 families with permanent, stable housing; and screened more than 7,000 calls through a 24-hour homeless hotline. -
Visual Arts Origami exhibition unfolds at Memphis Botanic Garden
Kevin Box grew up folding paper airplanes and paper making and wound up studying graphic design. But he decided he wanted to do sculpture. -
Visual Arts Memphian creates a web hit with animated series ‘Junt Land’
A “junt” could be any variety of things. -
City of Memphis Explore Bike Share adding stations in Mud Island, Greenbelt Park
In May, Explore Bike Share launched its 600-bike, 60-station system. Now, the bike share system is expanding into Mud Island and Harbor Town via three stations along Greenbelt Park. -
Music Memphis chosen as one of first cities for AT&T music fan initiative
About 30 people gathered in the IHeartMedia offices on Thousand Oaks Boulevard on Thursday, Sept. 20, to meet gospel star Jonathan McReynolds, an event that was part of a new partnership between IHeartRadio and AT&T. -
South Memphis Bike and community projects proposed for South Memphis inspired by the Netherlands
One by one, each Big Jump Project advisory committee member explained the project they want to pursue in South Memphis, based on inspiration from a week spent in the Netherlands in June. -
Real Estate L.A. boutique hotel plans to ARRIVE in Memphis next year
Palm Springs, California. Austin, Texas. Phoenix, Arizona. Wilmington, North Carolina. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Houston, Texas. Memphis, Tennessee. -
Music Memphis Music Initiative finds the perfect location at the corner of Social Justice and Musical Genius
Since its founding four years ago the Memphis Music Initiative has led a vagabond existence: first sharing office space with ArtsMemphis in East Memphis, then with the Memphis Education Fund at the former Memphis College of Art graduate school building on South Main and finally in Crosstown Concourse.
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