Freelance Reporter
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.
197 articles by Michael Waddell :
With very few shovel-ready sites for industrial manufacturing development available across Shelby County, municipalities like Lakeland and Arlington are beginning to consider designating new areas for future industrial development.
The annual Bartlett Business Health, Home and Garden Expo brought together more than 70 businesses eager to showcase what they have to offer the Bartlett community.
Lakeland would lower the loan amount for construction of a new high school by $3 million but also divert funds from a major road project under amendments to a previously approved due diligence resolution.
A packed house turned out in Arlington for a Town Hall meeting to hear the latest news and future goals from city and county officials regarding police and fire safety, economic development, health, social services and other issues.
Faith Baptist Arlington has won a planning panel's approval for a $3 million church project on a 12-acre parcel at the eastern end of Donelson Farms Parkway.
Although soggy weather has slowed site preparation, construction is set to get underway within the next month on the new Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) campus at the northwest corner of Appling Road and Brother Boulevard in Bartlett.
After years of planning and development, the Town of Arlington is moving forward with pre-construction plans to widen a critical stretch of U. S. 70 between the Tenn. 385 exit and Airline Road.
The Daily Memphian is ahead of projections in reaching its subscriber goal, president and executive editor Eric Barnes told a Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday.
Lakeland commissioners will wait until next month to make a decision regarding funding for a new high school, but they're definitely scrapping plans for now to create a fire department.
With a motto of “Coffee ‘til Beer,” brothers Dave and Steven Ross opened The Bean and Barley craft coffee and beer store in Arlington last month and are in the process of growing an already impressive selection.
For Lana and Ben Hickey, Arlington residents and owners of Crave Coffee Bar & Bistro and Crave Sweets, opening their own restaurant was always part of their plan after they met while attending Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Atlanta.
The new University of Memphis Middle School would stretch the concept of learning for younger public school students, if the Shelby County Schools board approves the plan Tuesday.
Arlington inventor John Antignane is finding a broad market for his creation, the LidGrabber.
The Bartlett area enjoyed its best year of economic development ever during 2018 with an estimated $165 million in capital investment.
The historic Arlington Depot Square in undergoing a revitalization, with several new commercial buildings being built and several more planned. The work is the first new construction on the Square in decades.
Doing whatever it takes to help businesses grow is how Bob Wilson has grown his Arlington-based business, H Saga International/Port Alliance, into a worldwide player.
Growth and development were central themes of Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman’s annual State of the Town address Wednesday at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon.
Lakeland commissioners Tuesday night took a cautious step toward construction of a controversial new high school by voting narrowly in favor of proceeding with due diligence on a $38 million capital outlay note.
What started with single-serve pecan pies nearly 40 years ago has grown into a full line of snack food products sold throughout the U.S. for Brimhall Foods Company, Inc., makers of Brim’s Snack Foods.
Bartlett-based business is finding a market for vinyl records.
Feelings are divided as Lakeland residents debate the cost of a new high school in the growing suburb.
A sweeping renovation of Bartlett High School will update dining and athletic facilities, as well as the library, auditorium and security measures along with other improvements. A city property tax increase is helping fund the work.
Developers of the proposed 45-acre Arlington Commons mixed-use, master-planned community have withdrawn their proposal in order to revise the project’s multifamily and open space components.
Arlington Middle School leaders are hoping a new state-of-the-art gymnasium will be fully operational in time for fall classes, enhancing the school’s options for a variety of activities.
While the amount of land for new developments in Bartlett is becoming more and more scarce, a number of properties around the city are getting new life thanks to redevelopment. And higher density mixed-use projects could be in the city’s future as well.
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