List is based on data collected by the Centers for Disease Control; in 2018, Memphis ranked No. 17. 

The Economic Development Growth Engine of Memphis & Shelby County approved tax abatements for UPS and Blues City Brewery expansions Wednesday. They have a combined one-time economic impact of $470 million.

A partnership of professionals is using social media to promote their loosely defined proposal for reusing Rust Hall and Brooks art museum buildings at Overton Park. 

Obsidian PR has promoted Carlee Smith to account specialist.

Amazon has relaxed a peak season ban on sellers making self-fulfilled Prime shipments via FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery.

The Downtown Memphis Commission staff particularly liked that the three ground-floor retail bays are virtually ready now for tenants.

The additions will cement Allegiant as the airline with the most destinations served from Memphis. 

“In Orange Mound, if you have space, you have power. Juice Orange Mound is about giving people power in Orange Mound,” the organization’s founder Britney Thornton said.

Dr. Lou Magnotti sees patients in the busy, often unpredictable Elvis Presley Trauma Center at Regional One Health with his “collection.”

Three-day competition will give participants a look inside the design industry while learning about teamwork and giving to charitable causes.

FedEx executives Frederick W. Smith and Alan B. Graf outlined three reasons for long-term optimism, the impact of Postal Service struggles and CEO succession plans during a recent podcast.

Memphis wants TVA's property at McKellar Lake for a big, new river port. TVA wants Memphis to remain as a long-term power customer. Will both get what they want?

Ideas Unlimited recently won a prestigious honor from the Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum.

Demand is so great for processing and packaging beverages that Blues City Brewery in Hickory Hill plans a $49 million upgrade to its equipment and to hire another 155 people. 

UPS plans to build a 268,000-square-foot expansion at its logistics facility at Memphis International Airport. The project will create 25 more jobs there.

Burson-Marsteller public relations agency founder Harold Burson died in Memphis Friday, Jan. 10, at age 98.

Four days after a DeSoto County couple installed a Ring system, their 8-year old daughter heard a man talking in her bedroom. The father disabled the system to stop the harassment and the couple is now dealing with their kids’ trauma.

Public meetings about the proposed crude oil pipeline called the Byhalia Connection are scheduled in Memphis and North Mississippi Jan. 21-Feb. 8.

Gill Properties has applied for a building permit to start work soon on a new 27,000-square-foot commercial center, White Oak at White Station. 

Study will probe the damage Type 2 diabetes causes in arteries and how that contributes to cardiovascular disease.

The Regional Economic Alliance announced goals for 2020 on Thursday, Jan. 8: 68 projects, 3,800 jobs, $1.1 billion in capital investment, $109 million to minority and women-owned enterprises.

A proposed residential development just outside Collierville has failed to gain county support before the Land Use Control Board for a second time.

The Land Use Control Board on Thursday approved plans for the first 10.5 acres of the $1.3 billion Union Row mixed-use development. But the board rejected a proposed convenience store with gas sales in a wooded part of southeast Shelby County.

Up to several dozen labs will move to the new facility, expected to be completed in July.

Venus Austin entered the Salvation Army’s Renewal Place program nearly 15 years ago. Today, she owns a hair salon 800 feet from the facility that she credits for changing her life.