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Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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With a number of large commercial spaces sitting open along the busy U.S. 64/Stage Road corridor in Bartlett and the Wolfchase area, and new commercial development underway at the southwest corner of Stage and Germantown Road, the race is on as property representatives search for the right fit for those empty spaces.
The Chamber of Commerce organizations in each of Shelby County's suburban municipalities are focused on helping members weather the storm during the coronavirus pandemic.
Following the merger early last year of Caliber Collision and Abra Auto Body Repair of America, Caliber is growing its Mid-South presence with a new auto body repair and paint shop in Arlington.
Bartlett is breaking ground this spring on a new, bigger City Shop at Yale Road and Brother Boulevard.
Arlington Community Schools hopes to make a decision on the district's next superintendent later this week after interviewing four candidates remotely last week.
Lakeland residents will have another grocery option by this time next year as ALDI is readying for a construction start later this month on its new location at 2298 Canada Road.
Jeff Mayo will be the next superintendent of Arlington Community Schools after the school board selected him over three other candidates Thursday, April 9.
While many restaurants are struggling during the current pandemic, others like Baby Jacks BBQ have been able to adapt their business models to boost sales.
The parking lots of 17 Memphis-area churches were mostly bare Easter morning as they adhered to social-distancing guidelines during the pandemic, but some found ways to engage their congregations nonetheless.
Lakeland officials remain hopeful for a spring 2022 start date on two major Tennessee Department of Transportation projects.
The Lakeland School System has approved an $18.4 million budget for fiscal 2020-21. Plans are also moving forward on the new high school, despite problems brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two Bartlett financial institutions – Bank of Bartlett and First South Financial Credit Union – say they have all hands on deck to assist local businesses and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis.
MicroPort Scientific and its Arlington-based orthopedics division have donated 100,000 surgical masks to Memphis Fire Services, and the company plans to donate 100,000 more locally soon.
A $2 million strip center and gas station are under development at the busy intersection of U.S. 70 and Germantown Road in Bartlett.
Bartlett is moving ahead with a couple of long-planned projects, a new multi-purpose pavilion at W.J. Freeman Park and a Bartlett First Responders Monument.
As Shelby County and its municipalities begin moving toward a gradual reopening of businesses, many are already in the process of making changes as they prepare to resume operations.
Rolling out businesses again gradually is important so health and government officials can monitor the impact of openings in case adjustments need to be made, officials say.
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.
Drive-thru, curbside and patio space becoming higher priorities for restaurateurs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Distancing requirements force operational changes to maintain safety, but give stylists more access to clients.
Housing inventory and interest rates remain very low in the Memphis MLS, providing plenty of fuel for more new-home construction.
Negotiations are underway to purchase the land for about $375,000, but officials say construction of an additional new school is not imminent.
The scope of amphitheater seating was scaled back in the design phase, but an open lawn will provide space for visitors to lay out blankets for community events.
School, hospital and government leaders in northeast suburbs are hopeful businesses will be able to see phase 2 reopenings next week.
Lakeland would maintain the same $1.24 tax rate if budget passes on second and final reading.