Cordova’s Amazon delivery station approved, will generate 450 jobs
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (middle left) and Amazon Director of Regional Operations Rob Packett (middle right) took pictures after a January 2020 press conference announcing a new Amazon fulfillment center in Raleigh-Frayser. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Amazon is so eager to get the facility built near the southeast corner of I-40 and Appling that the e-commerce giant is – again – not seeking tax breaks or other public incentives that are so common for large-investment, high-employment developments.
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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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