EDGE approves 15-year PILOT for Pandrol USA
A railroad products manufacturer may be moving its U.S. headquarters from New Jersey to Memphis after receiving a 15-year property tax incentive on Wednesday.
Elle Perry
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May 2019
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Performing Arts Ballet Memphis names new artistic director
Starting July 1, Steven McMahon will take over a job held for 32 years by Ballet Memphis’ founder, Dorothy Gunther Pugh.
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Arts & Culture Memphis Symphony Orchestra embarks on second phase of $35M campaign
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra is launching the second phase of its “The Future Now” campaign, to raise $35 million to complete its endowment drive and build its reserve fund.
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Business Rhodes addresses AutoZone’s strong Q3, tariffs
AutoZone Inc. posted third quarter earnings Tuesday with higher net sales compared to a year ago and a 10.7% increase in net income.
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Metro 2019 Summer of Acceleration startups announced
Start Co., Epicenter and ZeroTo510 have released the names of the startup companies participating in their “Summer of Acceleration” accelerator collaboration.
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Real Estate What should be done with Memphis’ 56 square miles of vacant land?
Several organizations shared this week the ways they have repurposed vacant land and removed blight in various parts of Memphis, which planners say is one of the city's biggest problems.
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City of Memphis Receiver plans to stabilize Aretha Franklin’s home to buy time
A new plan for Aretha Franklin's birthplace home in Memphis would be to stabilize it, but only as a shell until other potential uses for the property materialize.
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Midtown Midtown multifamily infill continues on Peabody, Rembert
Two proposed new multifamily infill projects in Midtown are requesting variances from the Board of Adjustment.
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June 2019
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Performing Arts Orpheum reveals lineup for Halloran Centre ‘On Stage’ season
"On Stage at the Halloran Centre" will add two new series to its lineup, one featuring local songwriters, the other featuring the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
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City of Memphis Whitehaven residents lobby for Graceland expansion
Elvis Presley Enterprises leaders met with Whitehaven residents Monday to ask them to support EPE in its dispute with the city of Memphis over funding for expansion plans at Graceland.
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Performing Arts NBC will film ‘Bluff City Law’ in Memphis
According to Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s office, $4.25 million in incentives were given to the project from state and local sources.
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Health Care SweetBio ready to market healing Apis device to clinicians
Memphis medical device company SweetBio recently received FDA clearance.
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Performing Arts Reality show set at Memphis academy
Temmora Levy, who runs a talent development academy in Memphis, is the subject of an eight-episode Lifetime television network series that starts in June.
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Business New Contemporary Media CEO wants to reshape publications for ‘next era’
Contemporary Media's incoming CEO is Anna Traverse, who currently serves as the company's chief operating officer.
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Metro Southwest to renovate building for industrial readiness training
A $4.5 million building permit application was filed for one of Southwest Tennessee Community College’s main campuses.
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Metro Mid-America seminary and college launching global initiative
The new initiative is a strategic plan to increase student enrollment.
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South 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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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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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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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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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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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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Food News 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 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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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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