There are 160 article(s) tagged Greater Memphis Chamber:

• January 2023

  • Arvato Memphis focuses on logistics for medical device manufacturing

    “As a logistics company, you have to have a footprint in Memphis.”

    By Rob Moore January 25, 2023

  • Junior Achievement opens Binghampton HQ

    Designed for fifth- and sixth-grade students, JA’s BizTown program combines in-class learning with a day-long visit to the simulated town where elementary schoolers operate banks, manage restaurants, write checks and vote for mayor of their “town.” 

    By Alicia Davidson January 21, 2023

• December 2022

  • Water pressure returns to some businesses while others wait

    Many businesses are operational now that water pressure has returned to restrooms and other facilities. 

    By Aisling Mäki December 28, 2022

  • Townsend: Hopes for ‘a renaissance of advanced manufacturing in Memphis’

    On “Behind the Headlines,” the incoming president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber Ted Townsend called it a “vast change” from being a magnet for logistics and distribution.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2022

• September 2022

  • Selling Memphis: When your city’s in the spotlight for the wrong reasons

    Recent crime in Memphis has made national, and even international, headlines. Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Ted Townsend can’t change that. But, as he continues to promote Memphis, he sees confirmation that those crimes don’t define the city. 

    By Don Wade September 25, 2022

  • Memphis medical device sector boasts nearly $4.1 billion impact

    A new report shows the Greater Memphis area’s medical device industry, which has a nearly $4.1 billion yearly impact on the local economy, added nearly 2,000 jobs and grew its economic output by $1.4 billion since 2015. 

    By Aisling Mäki September 20, 2022

  • Chamber advocating support for third Memphis bridge

    TDOT said economic benefits related to a third bridge would include lower transportation costs for goods, enhanced productivity and competitiveness for Memphis area businesses and new employment opportunities in the region.

    By Rob Moore September 06, 2022

• August 2022

  • Opinion: Growth creates opportunity for Memphis workforce

    Our economy is on the precipice of historic growth and it is critical that we develop an ecosystem that creates upward mobility for all, says the Greater Memphis Chamber’s president for workforce development.

    By Amity Schuyler August 23, 2022

  • Townsend: With BlueOval City, ‘everyone is looking at us now’

    Incoming Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Ted Townsend spoke Wednesday, Aug. 10, at the Collierville Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon.

    By Abigail Warren August 11, 2022

• July 2022

  • ‘Taking it to the streets:’ Memphis Chamber tours Orange Mound

    The stop in one of the first communities in the nation built by and for African Americans is part of a series of listening tours the Greater Memphis Chamber is holding. 

    By Daja E. Henry July 16, 2022

  • Outgoing Memphis Chamber CEO looks back on her tenure

    Outgoing Greater Memphis Chamber Beverly Robertson talks on “Behind The Headlines” about the chamber’s role in the “fourth industrial revolution” represented by the Ford plant in Haywood County and what that means for “legacy” businesses not yet in that revolution. 

    By Bill Dries July 16, 2022

  • Memphis Chamber honors workplace conditions, hiring, diversity and inclusion

    Five companies received inaugural Gold Standard Certification, a program created via the chamber’s Protest to Progress initiative.

    By Neil Strebig July 12, 2022

• June 2022

  • Inked: Highlander in East Memphis sells for $2.7M, updates at Felicia Suzanne’s in South Main

    This week’s Inked includes updates on two businesses leaving Downtown Memphis, Felicia Suzanne’s new space, a new apartment complex on Front Street and new ownership for the Highlander Apartments.

    By Neil Strebig June 29, 2022

  • Robertson to step down as head of Greater Memphis Chamber

    Ted Townsend will replace Robertson, the Chamber’s first Black president and CEO.

    By Neil Strebig June 24, 2022

  • STEM teachers get back to business this summer with positions at local companies

    The Greater Memphis Chamber’s new externship program places STEM teachers with local businesses and is part of an effort to build “one of the most robust and inclusive talent pipelines in the nation.”

    By Aarron Fleming June 17, 2022

• May 2022

  • Inked: Texas firm submits plans for $16.9M warehouse, Shapiro Architects move to the Edge District

    This week’s Inked shares news on a proposed spec warehouse development on Clarke Road, a new HQ for Shapiro & Co. Architects and updates on Memphis’ job market recovery 

    By Neil Strebig May 25, 2022

  • Memphis business leader and philanthropist Larry Papasan dies

    Papasan served as president of MLGW and Smith & Nephew’s Ortho Division and served on the boards of numerous local organizations. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 02, 2022

• April 2022

  • Guest column: Affordable health care key to helping small business prosper

    “... it’s of vital importance that we, as a community, take care of our small businesses.”

    By Beverly C. Robertson April 17, 2022

  • Greater Memphis Chamber relocating to Tower at Peabody Place

    The Greater Memphis Chamber will be moving its Downtown office from the Falls Building to the Tower at Peabody Place. 

    By Neil Strebig April 08, 2022

• January 2022

  • Bluff City Biz: Downtown investment, Mid-South innovation with Greater Memphis Chamber CMO

    “There’s demand, and we couldn’t have a stronger signal for investors that this is the place to invest,” said Apryl Childs-Potter, chief marketing officer with the Greater Memphis Chamber. 

    By Rob Moore January 10, 2022

• December 2021

  • Guest column: It’s been a ‘hell’ of a year, now let’s get to work

    Beverly Robertson: “As Memphis increasingly becomes a city of choice for innovators in advanced industries, we need to be ready to scale our regional workforce development.”

    By Beverly C. Robertson December 24, 2021

  • Bluff City Biz: Global networks, research and innovation with Beverly Robertson

    Beverly Robertson, president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber, often touts what she calls Memphis’ four R’s: road, rail, river and runway. Now, she says it’s time to add a fifth: research. 

    By Rob Moore December 20, 2021

  • Memphis area coalition is a finalist in nationwide innovation challenge

    A coalition led by the University of Memphis was selected as a finalist in the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge and awarded a $500,000 planning grant. 

    By Daja E. Henry December 15, 2021

  • Bluff City Biz: Riverfront development and lessons we can learn from Uptown with Paul Young

    “Expanding docks to accommodate more businesses to bring more visitors to Memphis could only be a great thing,” said President and CEO of the Downtown Memphis Commission, Paul Young. 

    By Rob Moore December 15, 2021

  • Oh, snap: This week’s best photos

    From a sweet Santa to a hot-tempered Grizz player, we’ve got some cool pics this week. Cast a ballot for your favorite.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 11, 2021