Bobby White, chief public policy officer for the Greater Memphis Chamber, said the I-40 bridge closure may help bring discussions of a third bridge across the Mississippi to the forefront of the community’s consciousness.
Restaurateurs aren’t happy with a new health directive that suggests people wear masks but puts the burden of the decision on them.
The number of Memphis-area homes sold in April 2021 rose 25.9% compared to April 2020, local Realtors report.
The city’s only Roto-Sphere business sign is in the shop for repairs. But fret not Memphis, says the management of Joe’s Wines & Liquor, “Sputnik” will return.
Against all odds, a $550,000 fundraising and work project to turn White Station High’s hardpan courtyard into an oasis is nearing the finish line. But a little work and fundraising are still to be completed.
As St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital tested every front-line worker, every week, it put together a testing regime big enough to test and analyze hundreds of employee samples a day — providing a gold mine for immunology research.
Any plans Loews still has for a Civic Center convention center hotel have changed. The hotel company won’t be buying the historic police headquarters building on Adams Avenue.
Supply chain disruptions have made it more expensive to buy some consumer products. Other goods, when they can even be found, are taking longer to get delivered to buyers.
FDA advisory committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday, May 12.
The Memphian in Overton Square has just opened. Inside, the place is as much a lively, luminous art gallery as a hotel.
Personal injury lawyer Corey B. Trotz has been on television and billboards for so long, he’s now sort of a Memphis institution − and probably not at all who you think he is.
The local personal injury law marketplace is not for the faint of heart, as legitimate firms spend millions of dollars on advertising and “bad actors” in the profession engage in illegal solicitation of clients that has triggered the attention of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The manufacturing and sales operation, which aims hire up to 400 Memphians, has partnered with Memphis Medical District Collaborative’s Buy Local program and also TNEX, a minority-owned business formed to promote local manufacturing, sales and contracting.
The C.A. Davis Printing Co. marks its 100th year of being in business. The two-person shop still operates in the Pinch District at 349 N. Main, where it has completed printing jobs for the past 77 years.
Careful where you step, please. Baby grass is growing on the Overton Park golf course.
The new planning board applications for the June meeting include a 500-plus door truck terminal, a $75 million warehouse park and a proposal for 15-lot subdivision in East Memphis that would use a public street but be gated.
The application states that the 85-acre filmmaking studio will rival any facility in Hollywood, Atlanta or London.
Local tourism businesses have come up with some creative services to keep their operations going during a time when the COVID-19 pandemic severely restricted leisure travel.
Whataburger is coming back to the Mid-South: One will open in Southaven in late 2021.
Chris Moore also has served as co-chair of the bowl’s annual golf classic for the past 27 years.
Vacation Express will soon offer weekly nonstop flights between Memphis and Cancun, Mexico. The seasonal service is set to resume May 23.
Residents polled in South Memphis identified blight removal as the No. 1 issue they’d like TIF money to address, but also affordable housing, stronger local retail, and improved streets and sidewalks.
Terminix Global Holdings Inc., reported strong financial results for the first quarter of this year. The company is expecting continued growth in its revenues as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the second consecutive year, the EDGE and Greater Memphis Chamber have received a top 25 honor by Site Selection magazine for their work in 2020 to recruit jobs and investment.
Midtown’s hot real estate development may soon stretch south to embrace an entire block of Lamar Avenue, which has experienced disinvestment over the decades.