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.
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.
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.
For developer Brown Gill, VP with Gill Properties, Inc., working with property owners and their neighbors is the most important part of any new real estate project. His company is currently in the process of planning a new retail/office project in East Memphis on South White Station Road north of Poplar Avenue.
Memphis-based development company Shab Chic is partnering with the Memphis Medical District Collaborative to bring a retail shipping container village to a lot on the 600 block of Monroe Avenue in the Edge District directly across from Edge Alley.
For years, Orange Mound enjoyed a reputation as a safe, attractive, and hospitable place for African American homeowners. Today, community stakeholders are working to address concerns such as declining homeownership, blight, the need for quality rental housing, and potential gentrification.
The urban renewal of Memphis, including breathing new life into old buildings instead of simply tearing them down, was the theme of a luncheon event on Oct. 30 at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn ballroom, hosted by New Memphis and the First Tennessee Foundation.
Carol Cook-Scobey, owner of Essentially Divine Natural Skincare and third-generation botanist, is taking her business to the next level with a new storefront in Cordova at 7865 Trinity Road.
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