Situated to the southeast of the Memphis metropolitan area, Collierville is a suburban community with a small town feel. It has a thriving small-business community and rich amenities, including 800 acres of parkland. Its town square was named America’s “Best Main Street” by Parade Magazine in 2014. Belying its quaint aesthetic, Collierville is home to industry powerhouses Pepsi Co., Carrier and Orgill, and once completed, the new Collierville High School will be the largest public school in the state.
Gavin Wigginson, the new executive director of PRIZM Ensemble, plans to broaden Memphis’ access to music education, social activism, and life skill development. Wigginson is no stranger to the world […]
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The New Wing Order food truck will hit the Memphis streets in September, and entrepreneurs Cole Forrest and Jess McDonald hope their new venture could lead to opening a brick-and-mortar location in the next couple of years.
Propel, a business accelerator for existing minority-owned businesses, is launching its next cohort in the midst of several new city-backed initiatives intended to boost the wealth and diversity of the Memphis economy.
Nonprofit Neighborhood Christian Centers, which assisted 53,000 people in need last year, will be opening its eighth area location later this summer. Initially, the center will be housed in St. Patrick Presbyterian Church on New Byhalia Road in Collierville, with a target demographic of helping the poor southeast Shelby County.
Local gourmet popsicle makers MEMpopS are expanding again, this time with a new brick-and-mortar location opening in March in Collierville along with a beefed up mobile fleet for events across the area.
Trolleys, new education opportunities and a train station for the 21st century will get their start in 2018.
Facing a sore lack of later-stage capital in Memphis, startups that matriculate through local accelerator programs often have to look outside of the Mid-South to scale.
For the fourth straight year, the Greater Memphis Chamber, the Workforce Investment Network, the Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workforce, students from local high schools and area manufacturing companies will celebrate National Manufacturing Day with tours designed to get the students excited about possible careers in the industry.
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