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MDN: Winds of Change

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MDN: Winds of Change Humans have been harnessing the power of the wind since the first Egyptians began to use sails to move their boats along the Nile. More than 7,000 years later, wind power capacity in the U.S. alone has surpassed 82 gigawatts, or enough energy to power 20 million homes, making it the largest renewable generation capacity in the country. … Closer to home, a planned project currently in the land rights acquisition phase known as the Plains & Eastern Clean Line is looking to further expedite this process. If everything goes as planned, the $2.5 billion project … Continue reading MDN: Winds of Change

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CA: Millington baseball team mixes small town, diversity values

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CA: Millington baseball team mixes small town, diversity values Great things can happen when people see their Americanness through the same lens. And right now, for Millington and the National Urban Professional Baseball League, professional baseball is providing that lens. Millington is known as Flag City, and its USA Stadium is the perfect place for America’s favorite pastime, baseball. Between 1986 and 1996, the stadium hosted more than 300 baseball players who made it to the major leagues. Thousands of foreign players, as well as college, high school and Olympians, have played there. Then Mike Mayden, a veteran baseball coach … Continue reading CA: Millington baseball team mixes small town, diversity values

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MDN: NASCAR to Return To Memphis Next June

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MDN: NASCAR to Return To Memphis Next June NASCAR will resurrect its relationship with Memphis International Raceway in 2017, bringing a sanctioned event back to the track after an eight-year absence from the Mid-South. The NASCAR K&N Series will run at MIR’s 3/4-mile tri-oval short track on June 3. NASCAR and MIR have a history that dates back to September 1998 when the facility hosted its first NASCAR event. The NASCAR Truck Series Memphis 200 drew a sold-out crowd and was broadcast on national television. The K&N Pro Series, which includes the East and the West, is the top step … Continue reading MDN: NASCAR to Return To Memphis Next June

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HGN: Millington looks to solar-powered future

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HGN: Millington looks to solar-powered future Could Millington be on the cusp of something special? Dianne Baker certainly thinks so. She’s the executive director of the Millington Area Chamber of Commerce, a group that has seen its membership skyrocket to 229 from 168 over the past year. … “We’re really business friendly in Millington,” Baker said. “We want our people to succeed.” The retail strip is part of $167 million wave of new development in Millington with projects stretching from a solar power array to the city’s first ADA-accessible park. Millington, a city of 10,000 people, is showing it should … Continue reading HGN: Millington looks to solar-powered future

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MBJ: Huey’s picks the location for its ninth restaurant

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MBJ: Huey’s picks the location for its ninth restaurant A Memphis burger dynasty will expand to Millington. Huey’s Restaurants will open its ninth Memphis area location at 8570 U.S. Highway 51 in mid-April of 2017. “We have actually been looking at Millington for several years,” said Lauren McHugh Robinson, president and CEO of Huey’s Restaurants. “We felt like the timing was good to do this because the population in the surrounding areas has grown, and it is far enough away from our existing locations that we did not think it would cannibalize existing locations.” McHugh Robinson said they hope the … Continue reading MBJ: Huey’s picks the location for its ninth restaurant

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CA: French firm picks W. Memphis for ‘Made in USA’ insulators

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CA: French firm picks W. Memphis for ‘Made in USA’ insulators Paris-based executive Rene Tabouret noticed during the first U.S. presidential debate last week that key topics included clean energy, the need to invest in large infrastructure projects and creation of American jobs. All those boxes are checked directly or indirectly by the plant his French company, Sediver, has nearly completed in West Memphis. … The 130,000-square-foot facility will be completed by year’s end, training of the 70-plus workers will occur early next year and production should start in March, said Tabouret, chief executive of Sediver (pronounced said-eh-vair). … Sediver … Continue reading CA: French firm picks W. Memphis for ‘Made in USA’ insulators

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MBJ: Exclusive: New head of Y&R Memphis talks Navy contract

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MBJ: Exclusive: New head of Y&R Memphis talks Navy contract “After securing a $457 million, five-year contract with the U.S. Navy, New-York based global advertising agency Young & Rubicam Inc. is setting up an office in Downtown Memphis. Ken Dowling, a 30-year advertising veteran, will head the new Memphis office. In an exclusive interview with MBJ, Dowling detailed Y&R’s plans for Navy recruitment and making a stake in the Memphis market. “Our No. 1 job right now is the Navy — that’s a huge piece of business to transition and get going, but we do want to build out our … Continue reading MBJ: Exclusive: New head of Y&R Memphis talks Navy contract

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Memphis Flyer: Wind Power Transmission Line Plans Move Foward

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Memphis Flyer: Wind Power Transmission Line Plans Move Foward If all goes according to plan, 400,000 megawatts of low-cost wind power from the Oklahoma Panhandle will be pumped into the Mid-South by 2020, allowing residents to power their homes and businesses with eco-friendly renewable energy. The Plains & Eastern Clean Line, a 700-mile overhead, direct-current transmission line that begins on a wind farm in Oklahoma and culminates at a converter station near Millington, won a major approval from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) late last month. That approval clears the way for construction of the line, which is set … Continue reading Memphis Flyer: Wind Power Transmission Line Plans Move Foward

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CA: State’s largest solar array planned for Millington

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CA: State’s largest solar array planned for Millington “A partnership involving the Navy, TVA and local utilities and agencies announced plans Tuesday to build Tennessee’s largest solar-generating facility at a 400-acre site in Millington. Located just north of Glen Eagle Golf Course and east of Millington Regional Jetport, the solar array will cost more than $100 million and feature 580,000 solar panels. It will generate 68.5 megawatts of power — enough to serve 7,500 homes. Although a groundbreaking is set for Friday — Earth Day — construction won’t begin until next year. The project will be built by Nashville-based Silicon … Continue reading CA: State’s largest solar array planned for Millington

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ICYMI: High Ground News: $60M grant to reshape flood-prone areas

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High Ground News: $60M grant to reshape flood-prone areas Shelby County government has been awarded a $60 million grant to use for the prevention of flood damage in communities that were affected by flooding in May 2011. The grant will be used to create a flood plain near Millington, Wolf River Greenway work near Raleigh and Frayser, homeowner relocation in Southwest Memphis, and future flood risk research. Shelby County was one of over 60 jurisdictions across the U.S. that competed for the Housing and Urban Development Department resiliency competition that was launched in 2014. It was funded through a $1 … Continue reading ICYMI: High Ground News: $60M grant to reshape flood-prone areas