Month: April 2015

By Outside Companies, COMPANIES, Expansions, In Memphis Region, NEIGHBORHOODS, x MississippiLeave a comment

MBJ: Kellex Seating expanding into Tupelo

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“An Ohio-based seating manufacturer is expanding into Tupelo, Mississippi. Commercial upholstered seating manufacturer Kellex Seating is investing $600,000 to build a production facility in the former Tupelo Manufacturing facility, which is expected to create 75 jobs. … Doug Fawcett, chief operating officer of Kellex, said Tupelo offers logistical advantages and can help in facilitating access to West Coast markets. “The combination of our North Carolina and Mississippi plants is ideal from the customer’s perspective,” Fawcett said. “We will have the capabilities and resources to broaden our product offering and to fulfill orders from across the nation with outstanding efficiency.” Kellex … Continue reading MBJ: Kellex Seating expanding into Tupelo

Accelerators/Incubators, COMPANIES, Companies/Startups, CREATIVES, education, EDUCATION/RESEARCH, Funding, Health, Innovation, Non-profits, Quality of Life, Quality of Life, Startups, TechnologyLeave a comment

MDN: Start Co. Uses Startup Insights to Fuel Community Benefits

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“A few weeks ago, representatives of Start Co., the Memphis-based venture development organization that guides startups through a few fast-paced business accelerators, spent a day at the library. The Start Co. digerati were at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library to help leaders of the library’s new Cloud901 digital lab think through programming and how everything might actually work once the state-of-the-art teen learning lab is up and running. Start Co. president Andre Fowlkes said the venture organization is still working with the library as it “runs some formal simulations” in anticipation of the opening of the lab, which is packed with cutting-edge … Continue reading MDN: Start Co. Uses Startup Insights to Fuel Community Benefits

Cultural Attractions, Health, Millington, NEIGHBORHOODS, Outdoors/Parks, Quality of Life, Shelby County, Tourism, TransportationLeave a comment

MDN: No Place Like Home

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“The 33rd annual Memphis in May Triathlon Weekend is again a little closer to truth in advertising. After several years of holding the triathlon in Tunica, Miss., the event returns this May to Edmund Orgill Park in Millington. … “It feels more like the Memphis in May I know,” said Lesley Brainard, a 44-year-old triathlete. “The Millington course has always been what I think of when I think of Memphis in May.” Pam Routh, MIM race director, said the event moved to Tunica in 2011 because it “outgrew” Millington. It entered into a contract with Harrah’s Casino and Resort, but … Continue reading MDN: No Place Like Home

04-April, education, EDUCATION/RESEARCH, Entertainment, Events, Festivals, Quality of Life, University of MemphisLeave a comment

MBJ: The Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis will hold its yearly Promise Day event April 16.

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“The Fogelman College of Business & Economics at the University of Memphis will hold its yearly Promise Day event April 16. From 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. students can participate in a day focused around this year’s theme of “Wealth. Business. Health.” The Complete Professional Program, part of the Avron B. Fogelman Professional Development Center, is hosting the celebration. “The Complete Professional Program’s purpose is to prepare students with the ‘softer’ skills that they often do not get in a standard business education,” said Anna Michael, coordinator of college relations and events and marketing instructor for FCBE. “Skills such as dining etiquette, public … Continue reading MBJ: The Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis will hold its yearly Promise Day event April 16.

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MBJ: Tactical Magic was selected to compete for national ADDY Award.

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“A Memphis-based branding firm is going to nationals. The national American Advertising Awards that is. Tactical Magic won silver ADDY Awards in the district competition April 10 for its logo design for Three Guys Pizza Pies and for a series of business cards it created for local lingerie shop, Trousseau. The award is a wonderful honor, said Trace Hallowell,Tactical Magic’s founder and brand strategist. “Beyond the honor, it recognizes that creativity doesn’t just reside in Atlanta or Nashville or even New York,” Hallowell said in a release. “Some of the South’s best creative talent lives right here in Memphis.” The ADDY … Continue reading MBJ: Tactical Magic was selected to compete for national ADDY Award.

CREATIVES, Food, Lists, Quality of Life, RestaurantsLeave a comment

MBJ: Logan Guleff is a finalist in the food category for the Shorty Awards in New York City.

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“… Memphis’ own Logan Guleff, the 12-year-old winner of the $100,000 prize on the hit FOX TV show “MasterChef Junior” is now a finalist for the Shorty Awards in the food category. Celebrity chiefs and restaurateurs Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot and Joe Bastianich bestowed Guleff with the MasterChef Junior title in December 2014, and now, the culinary prodigy is hoping to add another honor to his already lengthy resume. The Shorty Awards recognize people making a big impact in the social media world via Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Instagram, Vine and the rest of the web. The accolades are broken into an individual competition and a brands and organizations competition. … Continue reading MBJ: Logan Guleff is a finalist in the food category for the Shorty Awards in New York City.

Downtown, Education, EDUCATION/RESEARCH, Funding, Marshall/The Edge, NEIGHBORHOODS, Quality of Life, Southwest Tennessee Community CollegeLeave a comment

MBJ: U.S. Commerce Department grant benefits Southwest Tennessee Community College

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“A $3.5 million building for Southwest Tennessee Community College’s Industrial Readiness Training Program got a big boost from a federal grant that was announced last week. Southwest received a $900,000 federal from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration that will go towards a capital campaign for the building. The tentative start date for construction is Summer 2016. Rose Landey, executive director of institutional development, said having a building on the campus will allow the IRT program to share resources with other buildings at Macon Cove and will also simplify the process for students who previously had to go to multiple locations. … The … Continue reading MBJ: U.S. Commerce Department grant benefits Southwest Tennessee Community College

CREATIVES, Health, Innovation, Lists, Outdoors/Parks, Quality of Life, RedevelopmentLeave a comment

MDN: Full-Time Job

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“For years, Judge Larry E. Potter has had to juggle a challenging court docket that included thousands of traffic citations and animal abuse cases along with the blight and neglect cases typically associated with the court. Even after the recession created a tidal wave of vacant or foreclosed properties across Memphis and Shelby County, exacerbating an already vexing problem, the Shelby County General Sessions Environmental Court judge was only able to devote a fraction of his time to the issue. Each year, the division handles about 45,000 cases. That meant Potter was only able to devote one full day and … Continue reading MDN: Full-Time Job

04-April, CREATIVES, Entertainment, Events, Funding, Innovation, Non-profits, OPPORTUNITIES, Quality of Life, RedevelopmentLeave a comment

MBJ: City hosts the Regional Neighborhood Redevelopment Conference April 15-17

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“A three-day conference celebrating the uniqueness of more than 35 Memphis neighborhoods kicks off today. The City of Memphis is hosting the inaugural Regional Neighborhood Redevelopment Conference April 15-17. The conference theme is Healthy Communities – Redevelopment from the Inside Out. During this three-day event volunteers, corporations, governments and community leaders will meet to share information about building and transforming communities of all sizes. The mission of the conference is to encourage networking and information sharing to facilitate the development of partnerships between neighborhood organizations, government and the private sector in an effort to encourage and promote redevelopment within the … Continue reading MBJ: City hosts the Regional Neighborhood Redevelopment Conference April 15-17

By Memphis Companies, COMPANIES, CREATIVES, EDUCATION/RESEARCH, Expansions, Music, Outside Memphis, Visible SchoolLeave a comment

MBJ: Visible Music College to open third branch

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“Memphis-based Visible Music Collegeplans to open a third branch to go along with its locations in Chicago and Memphis. The new location will be in Dallas,according to High Ground News. The Chicago location opened last fall. The new campus launch with about 15 students. The Memphis location on Madison Avenue in Downtown Memphis has about 150 students. Founded in 2000 by Ken Steorts, Visible Music College acquired its current facility at 200 Madison Ave. in late 2010. The school moved into the renovated building in summer 2011. Visible Music College also has a partner campus in Holden, Germany, called Schal Werk Stadt, which opened … Continue reading MBJ: Visible Music College to open third branch