Memphians exhorted

Commercial Appeal contributing columnist Andre Fowlkes exhorts Memphians to leverage Tennessee's strong rankings and Memphis' contributions, thereto, to improve the city's reputation. Read it here.

SBA in Memphis

For the fourth consecutive year, Memphis has been chosen by the SBA for funding for a program designed to help increase the survival rate for businesses in the inner city. The CA has it.

Memphis EDGE?

One Commercial Appeal writer applauds local leaders' Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE), while another decries government interference in enterprise.

FuelFilm Memphis

The Creatives get busy this weekend at FuelFilm Memphis, during which organizers hope they'll see five (5) short films produced. MDN has it.

Memphis economic push

Memphis and Shelby County plan to unify one-stop industry recruitment efforts in something called EDGE, economic development and growth engine for Memphis. The MDN reports it. The City and County mayors share a byline for a column in the CA explaining their rationale for EDGE. Memphis gets the eye of relocating companies, but must compete with Des Moines and other smaller cities with lower costs, the CA reports.

Memphis buoyed by life sciences sector

The Memphis Daily News reports on the economic uplift Memphis enjoys from its life sciences, healthcare and related industries.

Memphis, Knoxville vye for Google Fiber

It's a nationwide shoot-out, and Memphis Mayor Wharton says the city will compete heartily to be a Google Fiber roll-out town. The CA has it. Here's a blogpost related to Knoxville's also trying to win Google's heart.

Aussie does Memphis

Peter Sheahan (left), a branding and GenY expert and one of Australia's top-rated keynote speakers, told a Memphis audience it's time to re-imagine the Memphis narrative, tell a new story about the city's prospects and help people find opportunities that are plentiful to make contributions to the city. The CA reports. Sheahan's site is here.

Memphis Music 'Hear and Now'

The CA's GoMemphis site provides an interesting review of the decline and resurgence of the Memphis music scene. The story's here.