CORNET Awards spark spirit of collaboration that often leads to larger grants from national funders

Southwest Memphis' warehouses may be older and shorter, but a lot of logistics companies like their quick access to interstates and their affordability.

Two new clinics are expected to open by year's end, and in another four to five years, the team that created Dar Salud expects the nonprofit network will have 10 clinics to serve chronically underserved people in Memphis.

COVID-19 pushed the April unemployment rates in Memphis and Shelby County to 14.3% and 12.9%, respectively, but those rates remained below the statewide and national averages of 14.7%.

Federal Reserve economist Kevin Kliesen says pace of recovery will depend on the speed restrictions are lifted and "the willingness of individuals to resume normal life."

Classes will be held on Labor Day; fall break will consist of one day. 

Wells Fargo offered the only bid — $43 million — to take ownership of the landmark building in East Memphis.

Mot C Wheels at 4599 Millbranch lines three sides of its property with eight metal shipping containers to keep thieves out and to store tires.

A convenience store with nine colorful canopies, bike amenities and fresh food is proposed for the west entry to the Broad Avenue Arts District.

The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority says General DeWitt Spain Airport's runway will be closed periodically starting in June as part of a resurfacing project. 

Work has already started to place the 80-year-old theater building on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1990, Jimmy "King Cobra" Kimble snagged the United States Wrestling Association’s Unified World Heavyweight Championship title away from Jerry “The King” Lawler. He also spent 55 years with Republic Services, missing only one day of work for a broken leg. 

New company got a boost for sanitizing and disinfecting properties because of COVID-19, but its focus is restoration and mitigation from weather damage.

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services recently announced that Celiesse Thomas is now affiliated with Crye-Leike’s Germantown - Forest Hill Irene branch office as a licensed Realtor. Thomas will serve the residential real estate needs of buyers and sellers throughout Shelby and surrounding counties.

In-Rel Properties said in an email that the East Memphis landmark will change ownership due to the outcome of a legal case.

The school was unable to withstand the impact of a world pandemic, economic recession and competition from other schools.

FedEx's new #SupportSmall business grant program is accepting applications through June 12. Winners will receive $5,000 grants and $500 in print and business services.

Classes will be a combination of face-to-face and online; in some cases, double occupancy will be possible in dorms.

AutoZone chairman, president and chief executive Bill Rhodes said he's "quite bullish" on the Memphis-based auto-parts retailer's future, despite short-term headwinds from COVID-19.

Across the Memphis area, new and amended commercial real estate leases are reflecting the pandemic and what such a "force majeure" can do to a business's ability to pay rent.

The Memphis-based bank has processed more than 700 Paycheck Protection Program loans, totaling $90 million in loan volume.

The director of the Shelby County Health Department started her career with a two-year nursing degree. Now she has initiated a partnership with Southwest Tennessee Community College to provide paid Health Department residencies for associate-degree nurses.

Beef supply has been hampered by some processing plants closing temporarily or reducing capacity for coronavirus-related issues.

Tennessee College of Applied Technology will now add a 20,000-square-foot building to its Downtown campus, even while construction continues on its new Bartlett campus.

To date, the EDGE committee has awarded $179,000 to 32 businesses throughout the NEED grant program.