Conaway: The winds blow hard Downtown
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.
“Gene’s dreams survived, not just Hurricane Elvis but also the winds of the 2008 recession, slowed but resilient, and the winds of pandemic, slowed but recovering.”
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