There are 11 article(s) tagged Darrell Cobbins:

• June 2024

  • Longtime United Way president to retire

    Kenneth Robinson will step down from his role leading United Way of the Mid-South, an organization that supports nonprofits through grant-making focused on addressing poverty.

    By Aisling Mäki June 26, 2024

• August 2021

  • MMBCC moving to 200 Jefferson office tower

    The Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum will move just two blocks from its long-time headquarters at 158 Madison.

    By Tom Bailey August 24, 2021

• June 2021

  • Exclusive: Life of art, Hollywood deal-making hone Resnick to lead Brooks art museum

    The same guy who reeled in Marvel Comics so 20th Century Fox could make the X-Men movies is now leading the city’s art museum. Meet Mark Resnick.

    By Tom Bailey June 21, 2021

• March 2021

  • Junior Achievement sells Downtown headquarters for $2M

    Junior Achievement sold its two, attached buildings at 299-307 Madison, plus a 25-space parking lot, to ServiceMaster by Stratos. Junior Achievement now occupies a small office at the University of Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey March 31, 2021

• December 2020

  • Parking-lot prayers: Brothers’ love transcends a COVID death

    They were about as close as brothers can be, having been forced to share a bed or bedroom through childhood. COVID-19 took the life of Donnell Cobbins on Friday, Dec. 11. And Darrell Cobbins now knows the meaning of a stranger’s message to both of them when they were teenagers.

    By Tom Bailey December 13, 2020

• October 2020

  • Early voting ends with questions, big numbers, deep differences

    Thursday is the last day of early voting in advance of the Nov. 3 election. The large turnout of early voters and those voting absentee so far leaves Election Day turnout as a bit of a surprise. And last-minute appeals to Republican and Democratic partisans is proving that political divisions over the past four years are likely to remain once the votes are counted.

    By Bill Dries October 29, 2020

• May 2020

  • Commercial real estate offers first clues of life in a pandemic

    Two Memphis CRE executives talk on "Behind The Headlines" discuss the challenges, opportunities and changes behind the pandemic.

    By Bill Dries May 09, 2020

  • Behind the Headlines Podcast: Coronavirus impact on business and future developments

    Darrell Cobbins and Kemp Conrad join host Eric Barnes to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic in Memphis, including the impact it has had on businesses and future developments.

    By Eric Barnes May 08, 2020

• December 2019

  • 100 Black Men of Memphis to focus on mentoring young people

    Led by new president Darrell Cobbins, the 100 Black Men of Memphis are looking to live up to their name, with a goal to have 100 active members by January.

    By Jared Boyd December 09, 2019

• November 2019

  • The Extra Podcast: ‘We come in peace’

    Business and civic leader Darrell Cobbins of 100 Black Men of Memphis joins The Extra Podcast to talk about the progress – and impediments – to improving the lives of African-Americans in Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes November 28, 2019

  • Rep. White urges education commissioner to dial back changes

    State Rep. Mark White and other leaders urged Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn to slow-walk revisions in accountability measures it took lawmakers years to win, but Gov. Bill Lee backs her efforts to change the status quo.

    By Sam Stockard November 04, 2019