Category: Pop-ups

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MDN: ‘Great Streets’ Experiment Opens Between River and FedExForum

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MDN: ‘Great Streets’ Experiment Opens Between River and FedExForum The sun umbrellas are on the way for the tables and chairs on the northern side of Peabody Place between Front and Main streets, and so is a temporary mural wall and some kiosks for a marketplace. A Times Square-meets-Broad Avenue experiment at the southern end of Downtown’s Main Street Mall got underway this week with reggae music, popsicles and, of course, bicycles. Most of that activity was on the last block of the 40-year-old Main Street Mall, but some of it also turned the corner onto Peabody Place. Angled parking … Continue reading MDN: ‘Great Streets’ Experiment Opens Between River and FedExForum

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CA: Portable hospital in Memphis will respond to disasters around the world

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CA: Portable hospital in Memphis will respond to disasters around the world A 50-ton portable emergency response field hospital, packed in containers and strapped to three flatbed trucks and two trailers, arrived at a FedEx warehouse in Memphis on Thursday. The components of the hospital  can be pieced together with fabric covering, air conditioning and heating units. Within 72 hours of a global disaster, the mobile hospital can be moved anywhere in the world, said David Lusk, senior manager of Global Operations Control at FedEx Express. “When the hospital needs to be sent some place, we can put the containers on a … Continue reading CA: Portable hospital in Memphis will respond to disasters around the world

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MDN: Forum to Riverfront Corridor Debuts In June

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MDN: Forum to Riverfront Corridor Debuts In June The area between FedExForum and the Mississippi River is getting a network of protected bike lanes and pedestrian plazas next month as part of a year-long pilot project. The Great Streets Pilot Project has a one-year trial period for the commissioned art, painted crosswalks, barriers and planters as well as the lane changes. City Bikeway and Pedestrian Manager Nicholas Oyler says the goal is a “vibrant pedestrian and bicycle corridor through the heart of Downtown, west-east, really connecting the riverfront to Midtown as best we can.” The Midtown connection is a set … Continue reading MDN: Forum to Riverfront Corridor Debuts In June

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CA: AT&T starts gigabit internet for Memphis-area consumers

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CA: AT&T starts gigabit internet for Memphis-area consumers AT&T is raising the competition for high-speed internet consumers by launching a 1-gigabit service for homes, apartments and small businesses in parts of the Memphis area. The service, AT&T Fiber, has rolled out in parts of 32 major metro areas and Memphis is among 10 launching this month.  It will be available in parts of a total of 67 metro areas, the company said. AT&T officials are scheduled to announce the Memphis launch of the company’s service on Tuesday with Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary and state Sen. Reginald Tate, D-Memphis. Parts … Continue reading CA: AT&T starts gigabit internet for Memphis-area consumers

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ICYMI MDN: MEMShop Launches ‘Class’ of Three New Businesses

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ICYMI MDN: MEMShop Launches ‘Class’ of Three New Businesses Rebecca Thoason will be busy for the next few weeks getting her newly leased South Main space ready to house her business Southern Creed, which makes products inspired by life in the South. Getting to this point – finding a spot and negotiating a lease, among other things – is a testament to the benefits of the MEMShop program she’s participating in. Owned and managed by the nonprofit Communities Unlimited, the program creates partnerships to activate vacant and underused storefronts to help build local businesses, like Thomason’s. Hers is one of … Continue reading ICYMI MDN: MEMShop Launches ‘Class’ of Three New Businesses

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HGN: DMC expands creative grant program, selects first recipients

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HGN: DMC expands creative grant program, selects first recipients The Downtown Memphis Commission is broadening the scope of its Downtown Events, Animation, and Activation Grant program designed to bring fun, creative and artistic ideas to downtown. The DMC has had an event grant in place for several years, but it was focused solely on events. “This year we expanded it to include more community and creative placemaking and ways to animate downtown,” said Leslie Gower, DMC VP of Sales and Marketing. “If you have an art project, community garden, performance art, or other ideas that would add some vibrancy to … Continue reading HGN: DMC expands creative grant program, selects first recipients

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MBJ: Downtown pop-up beer garden to activate ‘Fourth Bluff’

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MBJ: Downtown pop-up beer garden to activate ‘Fourth Bluff’ A group of Downtown stakeholders are encouraging Memphians to rediscover the Mississippi River’s “Fourth Bluff” through a new pop-up beer garden series. The Cossitt Library, the Promenade behind the University of Memphis School of Law, and Memphis and Mississippi River Parks will be utilized to create a set of connected, civic assets along Downtown’s “Fourth Bluff.” … The stakeholders hope to showcase underutilized parks and green spaces through a partnership with the Downtown Memphis Commission’s mobile beer vendor, The Tapbox, the Memphis Riverfront Development Corp. and the City of Memphis to … Continue reading MBJ: Downtown pop-up beer garden to activate ‘Fourth Bluff’

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High Ground News: Memphis Fashion Week creator starts incubator to develop talent

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High Ground News: Memphis Fashion Week creator starts incubator to develop talent A few steps off of the Main Street Mall in Downtown Memphis lies a curated selection of Memphis made clothing, fine jewelry, paintings and other accessories. Underneath the temporary boutique, and down a spiral metal staircase on a weekday, you will find one or two fashion designers busily working at a whirring sewing machine or pinning a nearly finished piece to a mannequin. After completing a piece, the designer will bring it upstairs to be immediately sold to the general public. Trunk shows held at the pop up … Continue reading High Ground News: Memphis Fashion Week creator starts incubator to develop talent

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Flyer: Previtalization Project Focuses on Downtown Parks, Cossitt Library

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Flyer: Previtalization Project Focuses on Downtown Parks, Cossitt Library Many would be hard-pressed to find the newly named Memphis Park or Mississippi River Park, but a new push wants to put those and other downtown locales back on the city’s cultural map. Islands of public space — a few parks and a library — dot the downtown landscape in an unlinked archipelago chain. These islands stretch from Cossitt Library at the corner of Front and Union and north between Riverside and Main to include the library, Memphis Park, Mississippi River Park, Court Square Park, and other points along the Main … Continue reading Flyer: Previtalization Project Focuses on Downtown Parks, Cossitt Library

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MBJ: West Cancer Center offers new brain cancer treatment

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MBJ: West Cancer Center offers new brain cancer treatment “The West Cancer Center is rolling out a new non-invasive treatment for Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), a form of brain cancer. Optune, a device that uses low-intensity electric fields to kill cancer cells, is now available for patients at the West Cancer Center. “The Optune technology is reflective of West Cancer Center’s multidisciplinary approach to comprehensive cancer care and is indicative of our commitment to build a world-class Comprehensive Neuro-Oncology Program,” said Ballo. “We truly believe in the basic science behind this and are seeking new opportunities with the company for expanding … Continue reading MBJ: West Cancer Center offers new brain cancer treatment