There are 11 article(s) tagged Presidents Island:

• August 2023

  • HVAC manufacturer to invest $18M in Memphis expansion

    RedDot said Tuesday that the new project will result 50 new jobs in Shelby County. 

    By Rob Moore August 08, 2023

• September 2021

  • HVAC company seeks PILOT for Presidents Island move

    The heavy-duty HVAC supplier is also considering moving its Memphis facility to North Mississippi. 

    By Rob Moore September 12, 2021

• July 2021

  • State honors Helm Fertilizer on Presidents Island for its safety record

    Helm Fertilizer Terminal has now exceeded 51,622 hours of work without workplace-related injury or sickness.

    By Tom Bailey July 13, 2021

• January 2020

  • Saturday storms take down trees, power throughout Memphis area

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division representatives say they hope to have all power restored by the end of Monday after storms Saturday knocked out power for many across the city and county.

    By Jared Boyd January 11, 2020

• October 2019

  • Presidents Island rail upgrade chugging along

    An addition of nearly a mile of new railroad tracks to the Port Commission public terminal on Presidents Island should be finished by May 31, 2020.

    By Wayne Risher October 16, 2019

• July 2019

  • Navy relinquishing 42 acres on Presidents Island

    Demand is high for industrial acreage on Presidents Island, and the property that the Navy is giving the Port Commission is the largest available undeveloped tract on the island.

    By Tom Bailey July 24, 2019

• April 2019

  • River turns wheels of industry, stokes city’s economic engine

    The Mississippi River has been lubricating the economic machinery of Memphis since land speculators put down stakes where a high bluff overlooked the muddy terminus of the Wolf River.

    By Wayne Risher April 01, 2019

• January 2019

  • Port of Memphis lands state grant for major rail upgrade

    The Port of Memphis will significantly expand rail service to the public terminal on Presidents Island with a $1.7 million state grant.

    By Wayne Risher January 17, 2019

  • Transportation planning cycles endure even in federal government shutdown

    The federal government is shutdown but plans continue by local transportation agencies for new federal funding starting in 2020. The projects range from repaving the roads most used by the city's heaviest truck traffic to better pedestrian crossings.

    By Bill Dries January 09, 2019

• October 2018

  • Port master plan envisions heavy capital investment, big rewards

    A new master plan for the Port of Memphis calls for infrastructure upgrades to keep Presidents Island stable and a concerted push to maximize the potential of 2,300 undeveloped acres in nearby Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park.

    By Wayne Risher October 18, 2018

  • Health care products maker slates 99-worker layoff

    A health care products manufacturing site on Presidents Island expects to lose 99 jobs by April 2019 as a contract production agreement runs out.

    By Wayne Risher October 17, 2018