Grants to help Alcenia’s owner buy, improve her Downtown building
Alcenia's owner B.J. Chester-Tamayo poses for a portrait inside her Downtown restaurant Dec. 16, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The owner of Alcenia’s restaurant is receiving help from multiple organizations to buy and improve her Pinch District building. And the owner of a historic Film Row building receives help to renovate the exterior of the Art Moderne structure.
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Center City Development Corp. Alcenia's Pinch District restaurant Downtown Memphis CommissionTom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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