Lynne Walker, executive vice president, director of affinity strategy at First Tennessee Bank, won gold in the Female Executive of the Year Award (employees 2500+) Consumer Services category and silver in the Female Executive of the Year Award Business Services category at the 15th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

The third time may be the charm for the Memphis Cook Convention Center’s $175 million transformation, which is proposed for award to a Mississippi contractor after three rounds of bidding.

Bill Phillips, a 37-year trucking industry veteran from Knoxville, aimed a megaphone at a student driver after repeated botched attempts to back up a big rig.

Amanda and David Bass’ chances of having a healthy pregnancy were not good. Their fertility specialist told them there was a 75 percent chance that Amanda and/or the baby would not make it.

Imagine an everyday scenario where friends meet for lunch without a plan. One friend suggests Chinese and everyone agrees. But where? Smartphones are drawn. A few swipes and a quick search later and the friends are headed to a nearby restaurant with positive reviews. This business owner is reaping the benefits of micro-moment marketing.

Whether it’s Giving Tuesday or year-end giving, your gift is truly a gift.

The Metal Museum proposes to spend $21 million to renovate Overton Park’s Rust Hall and make it a “world class museum and educational center." The museum board approved what it calls the “expansion plan" in September as part of its campaign to win the keys to Rust Hall. The 78,000-square-foot headquarters of Memphis College of Art becomes available after the school closes in May 2020.

Dakota Garrity presides over central control at FedEx Ground in Olive Branch, Mississippi, like a NASA flight director overseeing a moon mission.

New management of The Shops at Carriage Crossing wants to enhance the pedestrian-friendly shopping center’s customer experience – a shifting of direction for the business district.

Oak Hall and Lansky Bros. are collaborating on a unique project that gives back to the patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A set of three pairs of collectible socks is available just in time for the holidays, and sales benefit St. Jude.

While big-box retailers like Best Buy and Walmart tend to dominate Black Friday sales, the Saturday after Thanksgiving is when consumers “shop small.” In 2010, when small businesses were struggling from an economic recession, American Express declared the Saturday after Thanksgiving as Small Business Saturday, a marketing effort that encourages people to include small, local businesses in their holiday shopping.

About 26 years ago, Amy Howard started Amy Howard Collection, a company where she designed and manufactured furniture.

The Beale Street archway signs are loved by some and hated by some, but with nearly 1 million impressions in six months, there’s no debate. They work. For the past six months, Chris Porter, the local graphic designer who created the winning submission, has been keeping track of how many times the archways appeared in an online video or were posted to social media.

A keynote presentation by Paul Campbell, chief innovation officer at W.L. Gore & Associates, from the Back End of Innovation Conference.

Wiseacre Brewing Co. plans to build a second, larger brewery Downtown. Abel Parcels LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wiseacre, is seeking a Board of Adjustment variance to build on 2.5 acres at the southeast edge of Downtown. B.B. King Boulevard, East Butler and Vance avenues and Abel Street border the site.

The Racquet Club of Memphis will close in the spring as the owners pursue another use besides tennis for the 12 acres in the heart of East Memphis’ bustling Poplar Corridor.

Shab Chic Marketplace, a set of gussied-up shipping containers housing retail, was originally supposed to open in November 2017. It is located in the parking lot next to the former Kudzu’s Bar & Grill, which had an address of 603 Monroe Ave. Across the street is High Cotton Brewing and Edge Alley, the latter of which also houses micro-retailers.

Buoyed by a state-approved tourism development zone, the city of Memphis will take bids for a hotel-retail developer on the Fairgrounds site as part of a $161 million public-private project and go after a private operator as well to repurpose the Mid-South Coliseum.

Shelby County’s unemployment rate rose slightly for the month of October, according to the most recent statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Memphis has landed another corporate headquarters with Mimeo agreeing to relocate its executives from New York City to the Bluff City.

Ray’s Take: The longest known will filed in probate court was in 1925. It was 1,066 pages long and belonged to Frederica Evelyn Stilwell Cook. Her will was bound into four leather books and detailed what should happen to every single item she possessed. It also included specific requests such as not putting her age on her tombstone. Can you imagine being the executor of her will?

There really is no such thing as “one size fits all,” especially when it comes to education. The needs and life circumstance vary from student to student. For adults who dropped out of high school for whatever reason and want to earn a high school diploma, Goodwill Excel Center and Shelby County Schools have worked the past few years to determine the exact fit for those students.

Union Row, Memphis’ new nearly billion-dollar planned development, received a warm reception from members of the Memphis City Council Tuesday, Nov. 20, during the body’s Economic Development & Tourism Committee.

The Citizen is still being built but the $35 million development already has made the corner of Union and McLean more urban.

A father and son planning an $11.3 million craft beer brewery and taproom are intentional about the business engaging with and helping to lift its neighborhood, a long-distressed part of North Memphis.