Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | Beverly C. Robertson https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/193 The Daily Memphian is the must-read, daily online newspaper for in-depth, local journalism in Memphis and the Mid-South. Sign up for morning and evening editions, plus breaking news. (c) 2024 Guest column: Affordable health care key to helping small business prosper https://dailymemphian.com/article/28190 <p>&ldquo;...&nbsp;it&rsquo;s of vital importance that we, as a community, take care of our small businesses.&rdquo;</p> brobertson@memphischamber.com (Beverly C. Robertson ) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/28190 Sun, 17 Apr 2022 04:00:02 -0500 Guest column: It's been a 'hell' of a year, now let's get to work https://dailymemphian.com/article/26113 <p>Beverly Robertson:&nbsp;&ldquo;As Memphis increasingly becomes a city of choice for innovators in advanced industries, we need to be ready to scale our regional workforce development.&rdquo;</p> brobertson@memphischamber.com (Beverly C. Robertson ) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/26113 Fri, 24 Dec 2021 12:04:40 -0600 Opinion: Our nation, not just Tenn. and Ark., needs a new bridge https://dailymemphian.com/article/23073 <p>&lsquo;Memphis doesn&rsquo;t just move the world through its music &mdash; although Memphis is mentioned in songs more than any other city in the world. Memphis is indispensable when it comes to transportation, logistics and distribution, moving products around the world as an integral cog in the global supply chain.&rsquo;</p> brobertson@memphischamber.com (Beverly C. Robertson ) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/23073 Sun, 25 Jul 2021 17:45:14 -0500 Employers need to tap an under-used resource: the re-entry population https://dailymemphian.com/article/5521 <p>Companies previously opposed to hiring ex-offenders are awakening to the value of creating taxpayers rather than funding perpetrators.</p> brobertson@memphischamber.com (Beverly C. Robertson ) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/5521 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:56:47 -0500 Robertson: Workforce development and economic development go hand in hand https://dailymemphian.com/article/3182 <p>When reporting on economic development, the media often emphasizes tax breaks while downplaying the net new taxes generated. This leads many people to simply misunderstand how incentives work and can have serious repercussions for a community, as can be seen in New York with Amazon.</p> brobertson@memphischamber.com (Beverly C. Robertson ) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/3182 Tue, 19 Feb 2019 04:00:08 -0600