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Kristin fox-Trautman and Charlena Branch working with food at Kaleidocope Kitchen in Binghampton.

Binghampton Development Corporation provides growth opportunities for food entrepreneurs

A new commercial kitchen in Binghampton hopes to strengthen local entrepreneurs and launch successful food-based businesses. 

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Dorothy Day House builds a village for homeless families on Peabody Avenue

Thanks to a recent $500,000 challenge grant from the Assisi Foundation of Memphis. Dorothy Day House, a nonprofit shelter that helps intact families who are experiencing homelessness, is finally getting the chance to expand its services to more families in need.

"I'm hopeful," said Dorothy Meeks about beginning work at Lucy J.'s Bakery.
Dorothy Day House meets homelessness and the need for a living wage in Memphis

A nonprofit bakery in Memphis will open this fall in Crosstown Concourse,  and all employees will be paid $15 an hour. Supporters see the project as a model that could improve the quality of life for many Memphians. 

Dr. Kevin Kunz, left, and Dr. David Stern colloborated to develop a proposal for a statewide addiction medicine network.
A workforce of addiction medicine specialists starts in Memphis

The University of Tennessee Health and Science Center is looking to create a health care safety net around addiction disorders so Tennesseans struggling with dependence have expert care, delivered in a supportive environment. Experts say this method has shown the most success in allowing patients to regain their lives.

Darrell Cobbins, president and principal broker at Universal Commercial Real Estate, LLC, near his office in Downtown Memphis.
Memphis pushes to level the playing field for black entrepreneurs

"We can never be the kind of community that we want to be until we have the minority firms have a much larger piece of the pie."

Rico Fields serves a line of hungry concert-goers during Soul Roll Saturdays at the Hi-Tone Cafe.
Memphis pop-up food vendors fry under the radar

Because pop-up restaurants, from-home restaurants, and food trucks are a fairly recent phenomenon, legislation and regulations haven’t quite been able to match the speed at which the trend evolves, making the business model a sort of Wild West for would-be restaurateurs. They just have to make sure they don’t get nicked by the Sheriff.

New public speaker series to address importance of urban planning

A series of events focusing on the creation of the Memphis 3.0 comprehensive plan and featuring national planning and development experts is coming to Memphis thanks to a partnership from the Urban Land Institute and the University of Memphis Design Collaborative.

Tech startup Greenline Pet signs on with Crosstown Concourse

Greenline Pet software development company is the newest business to sign a lease to move into the newly redeveloped Crosstown Concourse, with plans to move into its 2,500-square-foot space on the fourth floor by the first quarter of next year.

Dr. Medhi Sadeghi and hygienist Kathy Davidson, who has worked with him for 19 years.
Iranian immigrant Dr. Sadeghi has spent two decades making Memphians smile

A Memphis entrepreneur reflects on the years spent practicing dentistry in the Bluff City. 

Baptist expands reach of its new specialty pharmacy

Patients across the Mid-South region with a disease state treated by specialists like oncologists, neurologists, and gastroenterologists now have a new specialty pharmacy to help with their needs. The Baptist Specialty Pharmacy on Baptist Memorial Hospital’s East Memphis campus at 6025 Walnut Grove in the physician office building adjacent to the hospital is the first of its kind for Baptist and serves its entire local footprint of Mississippi and Tennessee.

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