Entrepreneurs sought to solve Memphis’ transportation issues
The Ford Urbanite Memphis Challenge welcomes local and national entrepreneurs on any level who can solve Memphis’ transportation challenges.
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The Ford Urbanite Memphis Challenge welcomes local and national entrepreneurs on any level who can solve Memphis’ transportation challenges.
Lifelong Memphian Bill Dunavant III, CEO of Dunavant Enterprises Inc., said the city’s continued emphasis on crime has to change to achieve a more positive narrative and prosperity for all.
Amid the wars, negative credit growth, shrinking money supply, upcoming elections and yield curve inversions, investment strategist David Waddell predicts a soft landing for the economy.
The Greater Memphis Chamber, in a statement to The Daily Memphian, asked the entire City Council to vote against the health insurance measure, saying it is fiscally irresponsible.
The award recognizes the ability to engage the public, achieve high visibility and make significant community contributions.
“And whoever — singular or plural — made the decision to bypass all elected bodies, kneecap the brand-new city mayor and invite Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee to come plant the state flag in City Hall does not speak for us.”
“This program will accelerate and amplify this region’s work to create more pathways to prosperity for all, and especially for people who are looking for a second chance,” said Ted Townsend, Chamber president and CEO.
The worried message from a slew of executives to the state’s Republican leadership follows months of public statements from some who signed the letter that the city’s future hangs in the balance.
Compared to peer metropolitan areas, Memphis has the highest concentration of diverse talent in music and entertainment, with 31% of the workforce.
The economic development chief of the Greater Memphis Chamber says on “Behind The Headlines” that a replacement bridge is a much faster path forward. Plus, she talks about actively courting another automaker to the region.
The Memphis One-Stop Center is an accelerated training center that will produce credentialed job candidates for the region’s job market each year.
Economic development has surged in the Memphis area following the COVID-19 pandemic-induced slowdown. That was the message at a seminar hosted by The Daily Memphian Thursday, Nov. 30.
The trial delay announcement acted as an anti-climactic conclusion to two days of hearings Wednesday and Thursday about what evidence would be allowed at trial and what experts would be allowed to speak.
The University of Memphis, Greater Memphis Chamber, Moore Tech and others are partnering on what will be known as UpSkill MidSouth.
To celebrate the launch of AIM, the Chamber is offering free efficiency assessment to its members who are at the Board of Advisors and Board of Governors levels.
The choice is the first by the Greater Memphis Chamber. France was last honored in 1990 by Memphis In May.
The Memphis in May International Festival was founded to promote foreign business investment in the city. The tradition will continue with the Greater Memphis Chamber announcing the 2024 honored country next week.
The Greater Memphis Chamber forum drew six of the seven major contenders for mayor.
Chamber leadership met with media representatives in the Big Apple to discuss Memphis’ robust economic development pipeline, as well as the area’s workforce diversity.
The Greater Memphis Chamber found that the management of companies and enterprises sector saw employment growth of 24% in the last five years.
Year to date, the Chamber says its efforts have helped land six development projects, including the news that Richardson International plans to invest $220 million to upgrade its Wesson Oil plant in Midtown.
Through the program, teachers will be immersed in two weeks of job shadowing, facility tours and hands-on activities at a Memphis business related to their field of teaching.
“When we say we have the highest concentration of Black talent in health care and life science, the companies we’re recruiting to Memphis sit up and pay attention,” said Gwyn Fisher, chief economic development officer of the Greater Memphis Chamber.
The Chamber announced the Circle’s new leadership on Thursday, May 4, including the selection of Bill Dunavant as vice chair.
The supply chain and logistics industry’s workforce has grown 25% over the past decade in the Memphis area.