Mississippi River cruises take hit as American Queen shuts down
American Queen Voyages — one of three companies cruising the Mississippi — has shut down. (Keely Brewer/The Daily Memphian file)
For two decades, the city’s return on its investment into the overnight river cruise industry has gone up and down — and it looks to be falling again.
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Keely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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