A new 55,000-square-foot training facility in Bartlett is in the design phase for the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Memphis (TCAT Memphis), which provides workforce development training for the local manufacturing industries.
“Since everything’s left out of Frayser, I want to give the kids something to do, to bring back to the community somewhere that they can go and have fun.”
Memphis' main industrial park and connection to Mississippi River transit was once considered as a site for the Shelby County Penal Farm.
In a downtown building it originally developed in the mid-1990s, Summit Management Corporation is renovating and converting the Sleep Inn at Court Square at 40 N. Front St. to Marriott’s experiential hotel brand targeting millennials, Moxy Hotels.
ZenStudio Fitness owner Camden Hyneman never liked to work out that much, but she loved cycling and became hooked on it while attending Fordham University and living in New York City in the late 2000s.
A new partnership in the Edge District between two growing local businesses, Edge Alley and High Cotton Brewing Company, includes tearing down a wall between the two spaces and setting up a distribution agreement for Edge Coffee Co.’s roasted coffee, which will use High Coffee's beer distribution infrastructure to get beans in retail locations throughout Shelby County.
Researchers and entrepreneurs in the biosciences and technology industry will have more resources targeted for their needs thanks to a new public-private partnership between the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis Bioworks Foundation, and TriMetis Life Sciences.
Supporters believe ArtWalk draws 2,500 to 3,000 visitors a month if you include the business in the galleries and restaurants.
As a result of the bid process for Amazon's second headquarters, Memphis has built a roadmap of strengths and gaps for future growth based on what Amazon laid out in terms of its expectations – a quality labor force, ties with a strong university system, good transportation, quality of life, along with many others.
Momentum Nonprofit Partners, formerly The Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence, is changing with the times. The organization held a celebration event on Nov. 7 at Minglewood Hall to unveil its rebranding, along with news of ramping up staff, an impending move to a new location in Midtown, revamping its programing model, changing its membership structure and expanding its board.
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