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Feature Story OtherFoods Kitchen is located at 1249 Heistan Place and serves as a space for food-based startups to kickoff. (Ramona Springfield) Entrepreneurship

OtherFoods Kitchen helps startups cook up something great in Memphis

Ramona SpringfieldThursday, June 4, 2020
Feature Story Rufus Sykes cracks a smile as he holds the door open for a customer at the South Memphis Grocery on West Mallory Avenue. Sykes co-owns the corner store with other family members. (Malik Martin) Entrepreneurship

Corner Stores: A South Memphis love story

Ivy K. ArnoldWednesday, June 3, 2020
Feature Story The Time is Now Douglass Community Development Corporation hosted a mobile food pantry in the Douglass neighborhood on April 16th. It was the first mobile pantry held in Douglass since the novel coronavirus pandemic hit Shelby County. (Submitted) Healthy Communities

When COVID-19 relief didn't come, Douglass residents stepped up for their own

Ashley DavisThursday, May 21, 2020
Feature Story JUICE Orange Mound board members Kenya Holmes (L) and Broderick Conneser deliver supplies to a senior in Orange Mound. JUICE asked residents to text what supplies they needed and personalized orders before delivery via CAREavan. (Cole Bradley) Community Development

The Unreachables: Memphis nonprofit meets its no-tech neighbors at their doorsteps (Quick Read)

Cole BradleyTuesday, May 12, 2020
Feature Story A Neighborhood Christian Center volunteer preps meals for families in response to Covid-19. (Submitted) Healthy Communities

Neighborhood Christian Center gives food and lifts spirits for families in crisis

Ashley DavisWednesday, April 22, 2020
Feature Story Dwayne Chaffen and Rick Askew co-own Grindhouse Coffee. They currently sell branded bags of locally-roasted coffee online but hope to open a brick-and-mortar coffee shop in Whitehaven. (Ziggy Mack) Entrepreneurship

Whitehaven wants a coffee shop. Local entrepreneurs are stepping up.

Jim ColemanWednesday, March 11, 2020
Feature Story podcast Entrepreneurship

Podcast: Chill out as tween CEO talks luxury lemonade empire

Sunday, December 22, 2019
Feature Story Don't be intimidated by the long lines at La Michoacana's Summer Avenue location. They move quickly and the reward is worth the wait. (Josh McLane, La Michoacana) Entrepreneurship

Ice cream shop La Michoacana is prepping for two new locations in Olive Branch, Little Rock

A.J Dugger III and Cole BradleyThursday, December 12, 2019
Feature Story Southern Hands Home Style Cooking offers classic soul food entrees and sides, including smothered pork chops, fried chicken, meat loaf, baked spaghetti, black-eyed peas, and cornbread. (Cole Bradley) Entrepreneurship

Your lunch is safe in Southern Hands, Hickory Hill's home cooking powerhouse

A. J. Dugger IIIWednesday, November 20, 2019
Feature Story Juan Antonio Hernandez, owner of El Nuevo Mercadito, poses with his wife, Norma Mendoza, at the restaurant's counter. El Nuevo Mercadito is a Mexican restaurant located inside the El Mercadito de Memphis in Hickory Hill. (A.J. Dugger) Entrepreneurship

El Mercadito de Memphis is destination for food, shopping, services and more

A. J. Dugger IIIWednesday, October 16, 2019
Feature Story L to R: Kinyah Bean, Valerie Braddock and Demetrius Braddock Jr. Bean is the owner of B Chill Lemonade, located inside the former Hickory Ridge Mall. (A.J. Dugger III) Entrepreneurship

10-year-old CEO takes lemonade to the next level

A. J. Dugger IIIWednesday, October 16, 2019
Feature Story Emily Chambers provided music for the Taste of the District event held on Monday, October 7. (Kim and Jim Coleman) Eonomic Development

Medical District's biggest institutions eat local with Taste of the District

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, October 9, 2019
Feature Story L to R: Carbibbean Flayvahz Owners Louis and Carla Faulkner and Chef Robert Coleman are the team behind Caribbean Flayvahz in Hickory Hill. (AJ Dugger III) Entrepreneurship

A Taste of the Caribbean in Hickory Hill

A. J. Dugger IIIThursday, October 3, 2019
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