Nonprofit Memphis Bridge Lighting, Inc. is beginning work this week on an expansion of the newly branded Mighty Lights LED lighting installations on the Memphis riverfront. The $14 million privately-funded project on the Harahan Bridge/Big River Crossing and soon-to-be-illuminated Hernando de Soto Bridge is free to the public every night of the year.
A blighted parcel at 2785 Mendenhall Road in East Memphis will be transformed into a new state-of-the-art auto-technician school helping to fill local jobs thanks to a partnership between the Greater Memphis Auto Dealers Association (GMADA) and William R. Moore College of Technology. The property, which was previously home to a Dobbs Honda auto dealership in the 1980s and ‘90s, has sat dormant for several years.
Memphis gets a stamp of approval from some of the nation's top entrepreneurs and investors.
After roughly three years under construction, the new $39.7 million Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will finally open its doors on May 11 for its grand opening.
Fake ads can reroute online traffic into a digital tunnel of money laundering. One Memphis-based company is stamping out this new type of criminal activity with innovative tech-based security.
With restoration of the first three trolley cars and necessary testing completed, the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) is ready to re-launch the trolley service, which has sat dormant for the past four years. A ribbon cutting event will take place on April 30 at 547 N. Main Street.
Ann Werring's unique woodworking and upcycled furniture is featured at vintage markets in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.
Locations around the city for the first 60 bike stations of the Explore Bike Share program have been announced, and the nonprofit has plans more stations and bikes for 2019 and 2020. The 600-bike system, which spans from Downtown, South Memphis, and Cooper Young to Orange Mound, Overton Square, and Crosstown, is moving towards a launch later this spring.
An alumni program under the Choose901 banner is helping graduates see the opportunities their hometown has to offer them through professional development and connections.
A steady transition from the technology-driven age of abundance to more traditional organic farming practices has inspired Agricenter International to establish its own Organic Research Center to study organic farming practices in the Mid-South.
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