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Development News PetVax Midtown

PetVax to open new Midtown location by September

Michael WaddellFriday, July 21, 2017
Midtown residents will have a new place to take their pets for affordable pet care services like spaying, neutering and heartworm tests, as locally owned PetVax is ramping up to open by September at Loeb Properties' Belvedere Collection at 1680 Union Avenue.
Innovation & Job News As part of the nationwide City Accelerator cohort, Memphis will receive a $100,000 grant to use toward their efforts to boost spending with small, diverse businesses in the area.

Memphis prepares to launch new initiative around city procurement to boost minority-owned businesses

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, July 19, 2017
In addition to a $100,000 grant, Memphis will also benefit through mentoring partnerships and resources to assist in policy reform for procurement practices as part of the national City Accelerator program.
Innovation & Job News Thomas & Betts is looking to invest $20.7 million and add 75 employees when they transfer to ServiceMaster’s former headquarters at 860 Ridge Lake Blvd. in East Memphis.

Thomas & Betts planned expansion into East Memphis to add 75 jobs and over $20M in investment

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, July 19, 2017

Electrical component manufacturer plans to move national headquarters to old ServiceMaster location if EDGE board approves their PILOT application.

Feature Story The "I'm a Man" mural was designed by rap artist Marcellous Lovelace in a modern graffiti style and installed by BLK75. It can be found on S. Main Street, close to the National Civil Rights Museum. It shows the Sanitation Workers Protest March on Mar

Fifty years later, sanitation workers see fruit of their labor with addition of retirement benefits

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, July 19, 2017
In February of 1968, two black city sanitation workers were crushed to death by a truck, sparking a strike around the issues of low pay, poor safety and zero benefits. The Civil Rights-era action still influences the City of Memphis 50 years later with its recent approval of retirements benefits for the living sanitation workers.
Feature Story Nurses

Germantown-based O.R. Nurses Nationwide provides flexible schedules for nurses who love to travel

Rachel WarrenWednesday, July 19, 2017
O.R. Nurses Nationwide, a temporary staffing agency founded in 1988, has seen it all from the unexpected death of a founding partner and embezzlement, to sustained growth and two mergers with a multi-state presence. 
Feature Story Quincy Foster, a LAUNCH graduate, captures moments while at work during a wedding.

Entrepreneurship promotes community development in South Memphis

Madeline FaberWednesday, July 19, 2017
Advance Memphis can't repair decades of disinvestment, generational poverty and community decline, but the nonprofit can set ZIP 38126 on the right path by connecting entrepreneurs with resources to start their own businesses. 
Feature Story Advance

Video: A nondescript warehouse reinvents an employment model

Lauren Squires-ReadyWednesday, July 19, 2017
Located at 575 Suzette, a warehouse maintained by Advance Memphis hums with activity. Residents of ZIP 38126 can walk to work to fulfill short-term contracts or use the warehouse as a space to incubate their own businesses. 
Feature Story Mickele Bridges collaborates with other students to produce a song in Cloud901's recording studio.

After two years, Memphis Music Initiative marks improvement in arts opportunities for youth

Kirstin CheersWednesday, July 19, 2017
Children from disadvantaged neighborhoods are less likely to interact with music and arts programming. The Memphis Music Initiative removes those barriers by investing and supporting neighborhood and school-based art programs.
Development News Teach For America Crosstown

Teach For America makes move to Crosstown Concourse

Michael WaddellTuesday, July 18, 2017
Teach For America (TFA) has completed its relocation to the fourth floor of the new Crosstown Concourse mixed-use redevelopment project, moving from its previous home at the Toyota Center downtown.
Development News Park & Cherry Dixon Gallery

CFY Catering leads reinvention of Dixon's Park + Cherry cafe

Michael WaddellThursday, July 13, 2017

Park + Cherry by CFY at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens reopens its doors on July 14 following a recent change in management and an overhaul of its previous menu.

Development News Baptist Grief Center, Milla's House

Baptist Memorial Health Care to open second local Good Grief center

Michael WaddellThursday, July 13, 2017

Due to overwhelming need from the community, Baptist Memorial Health Care is opening its second Grief Center in the Memphis market, as renovation work finishes up in Midtown at 28 S. Evergreen on the grounds of Idlewild Presbyterian Church. The Kemmons Wilson Family Center for Good Grief, dubbed Milla’s House, will welcome its first patients on July 26.

Innovation & Job News Students are learning how drones are used in agriculture.

Summer AgTech Youth program takes off at the Agricenter

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, July 12, 2017
Better known for the Delta Fair, the Agricenter International’s true work centers around research, conservation and education especially creating unique learning opportunities. The summer AgTech program is one of those unique opportunities.
Innovation & Job News The new TAG Truck Center will have full-service body shop, retail store and distribution center along with a technician training facility.

New TAG Truck Center and training facility on pace for revitalization of the former Mall of Memphis

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, July 12, 2017

Through the Federal New Markets Tax Credit Program, the new TAG Truck Center is set to complete construction of a new facility that will offer new education and job training opportunities on the Mall of Memphis property.

Feature Story The team conceptualized 19 designs for the project and 19 pantries were built and decorated.

Presbyterian Day School student project brings small relief to Memphis food deserts

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, July 12, 2017
Presbyterian Day School fifth-graders started with a simple question “What do people need to survive?” The solution? Blessing Boxes, or tiny food pantries that are placed strategically in high-needs neighborhoods.
Feature Story In the largest spontaneous protest in Memphis history, more than 1,000 people shut down the Hernando DeSoto Bridge in a demonstration of Black Lives Matter.

In their own words: Organizers recount Memphis' massive Black Lives Matter protest one year later

Molly MulroyWednesday, July 12, 2017
The people of Memphis argue that the story of the Memphis bridge protest on July 10, 2016, is an important one. It must not be twisted.
Feature Story Greg Woodberry, a member of the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis, clasps his hands behind his back while performing an adapted rap during the Bridge Shut Down reunion at Tom Lee Park.

One year after the bridge protest, Memphis moves forward with education and unity

Micaela WattsWednesday, July 12, 2017
Dozens honored the memory of the largest spontaneous protest in recent history by speaking about the change they want to see in education, community growth and policing. 
Feature Story The larger camera serves as a nanny cam that parents can access via an app on their phone. The smaller camera is a body worn camera that babysitters can wear on request of the clients.

Mobile Mommy provides vetted on-demand babysitters with a side of tech

Thelma BalfourWednesday, July 12, 2017
For many, babysitting a short-term gig. For Ashley Gladney, she's turned that old fashioned model into a business thriving in South Memphis with low overhead and a host of clients.
Feature Story Georgia Avenue Elementary sits partially boarded up and vacant across the street from Booker T. Washington High School.

Girls Inc. plans to add a massive center in former South Memphis school

Madeline FaberWednesday, July 12, 2017
Girls Inc. of Memphis plans to renovate part of Georgia Avenue Elementary, which has been shuttered since 2012. In the building, Girls Inc. will install a 30,000-square-foot center unlike anything else in its Mid-South footprint.
Feature Story 250 youth were hired on the spot at a recent event held by My Brothers Keep Alliance.

Sound & Color: Juvenile justice and jobs for youth

Molly MulroyWednesday, July 12, 2017
Audio coverage brings Memphis events and neighborhoods to life. For more multimedia content, subscribe the High Ground News Sound & Color newsletter.
Development News Levee Creamery

Levee Creamery in Collierville: Where ice cream meets coffee

Michael WaddellTuesday, July 11, 2017

The Levee Creamery in Collierville, which opened at 2059 S. Houston Levee Road in May, is marrying two locally produced delights that work wonderfully together: ice cream and fresh roasted coffee.

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