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Development News University of Memphis

Multiple projects transforming the UofM campus along Southern Avenue

Work on Southern Ave. is part of five separate capital projects happening now or scheduled to take place as part of the university’s overall master plan.

Development News Power Center Academy

New middle school to open in Phase I of Eden Square Community Redevelopment

Gestalt Power Center Academy Middle School and Performing Arts Center are the first buildings to launch inside Eden Square, a new 43-acre community redevelopment project at the corner of Winchester Road and Mendenhall Road.

Innovation & Job News Ristcall Founder and CEO Srinath Vaddepally

Ristcall replaces antiquated nurse call buttons with smart watch technology

Startup Ristcall was founded August 2014 in Philadelphia, and recently completed Memphis Bioworks’ Zero to 510 medical device accelerator.

Innovation & Job News CEO Lexi Sprague and COO Richard Malone

ZoomThru replaces parking garage spreadsheets with big data

Startup ZoomThru offers a multi-sided platform that features a data analytics dashboard for parking garage operators, while also making it simple for parkers to tie their payment method to their license plate. 

Feature Story Steve Barlow

Steve Barlow

Steve Barlow is a partner in Brewer & Barlow PLC, a civil justice law firm based in Memphis, and co-founder of Neighborhood Preservation, Inc., a nonprofit established to resolve vacant property and abandonment challenges in the city.

Rhodes named most beautiful U.S. campus


Metal Museum ranked one of nation's best


Innovation & Job News David Waddell (left) and Philip Mudd

Waddell, New Memphis connect local talent to professional development

New Memphis Institute invites local business leader David Waddell and national counterterrorism expert Philip Mudd to hone executive leadership skills.

Development News The unpaved portion of the AgriCenter is soon to be paved and completed

Agricenter lands $100,000 grant to complete trail

The Agricenter is the world’s largest urban agricultural research and education facility, with 600 of its 1,000-plus acres used for research.

Development News Mayor Strickland celebrated at the event marking the completed renovation of a once-blighted home in Frayser

Frayser CDC focuses in on blighted MLK zone

Nonprofit Frayser Community Development Corp. (CDC) is one of a number of local agencies that have started redevelopment work in the MLK Zone, centering on the area around MLK Prep and Frayser Achievement Elementary.

Feature Story Caritas Village 3

Caritas Village provides community in Binghampton

Caritas Village is a gathering place in the heart of Binghampton that serves up food to the city in its restaurant, while providing a home for many organizations and people in need of a place to gather in community.

Feature Story Rev. John Kilzer started the recovery ministry at St. John's United Methodist in 2010

The Way provides home for individuals in recovery

The Way is a Friday night fellowship at St. John’s United Methodist Church where individuals in recovery can find sanctuary during one of the toughest hours of the week.  

Feature Story Mid-South Book Festival

Mid-South Book Festival draws area authors, book lovers

The Mid-South Book Festival returns to Midtown this month, connecting area bibliophiles to more than 50 local and national authors.  

Feature Story carter

The future of Uptown after a presidential visit

Former President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter brought their annual Habitat for Humanity build to Memphis where they and 500 volunteers helped transform an Uptown neighborhood.  

Development News UTHSC training center

New UTHSC training and safety center to open next year

Work is progressing on UTHSC’s new $36.7 million Interprofessional Simulation and Patient Safety Center, which will be one of the few buildings dedicated to simulation training in the country once it opens.

Development News Brant Construction Inc. is hard at work on a new 100-room La Quinta Inn scheduled to open next year at Union Ave. and Danny Thomas Blvd.

Downtown hotel pipeline swells

As many as 15 new hotel projects are in various stages of the development pipeline for Downtown Memphis, and if all of the projects make up through to completion the overall downtown room inventory would nearly double to about 6,000 rooms.

Development News TapBox

The TapBox plans more taps, more jobs

Three entrepreneurs are growing their innovative mobile beer vending idea, TapBox, beyond what they even thought possible after only a few months in business.

Innovation & Job News Joe Puccio and Tara Aida at Demo Day August 11

Startup Coursicle gives students an edge while scheduling college courses

Coursicle allows students to create schedules and backup schedules at their university, see what their Facebook friends are planning on taking, and receive text message alerts when a desired class has an open seat.

Innovation & Job News CEO & Founder Jack Simon; COO Luke Benson at BBQ Fest

Memphis startup EPKpage completes inaugural Start MMT accelerator cohort

Local startup EPKpage, led by Jack Simon, recently became an alumnus of the inaugural cohort of Start MMT, a music startup accelerator.