The new Cook Out Creamery restaurant on Highland Avenue quietly opened for business on Friday, joining a string of new restaurants that have opened up on the west side of Highland Avenue in recent months.
The paired companies will work together for the next 12 months to help make the minority- and women-owned companies more competitive, achieve entrepreneurial success and contribute to the strength and vigor of the local economy.
The Kresge Foundation is broadening its philanthropic efforts with the December launch of a new grant program and Memphis-only web portal for civic and nonprofit organizations that support low-income Memphians.
Adult education organization HopeWorks is relocating to Summer Avenue. The new location nearly doubles the size of their current home on Union Avenue and will allow HopeWorks to double its class offerings.
Detroit has an abundance of unused land, and a shortage of youth educated about what to do with it. So, creative minds have come up with these projects that connect the two, for the betterment of all.
A new owner is moving Babcock Gifts further west.
A French-inspired, Midtown-based bakery is set to open its second location.
“I do think something truly remarkable is happening in this pocket community,” said Knowledge Quest founder and executive director Marlon Foster. "We want to develop a model that we can share with the broader city and I think we can share with the nation.”
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