The Nation is Talking About Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Business ownership is one key to wealth, and a center in Memphis is helping entrepreneurs unlock what it takes to make it on their own. The Entrepreneurship Powered Innovation Center, known as Epicenter, has a special focus on making sure African American-owned businesses thrive. The small center, located in the Cooper-Young neighborhood, is…

Developers have unveiled new renderings for a six-story hotel occupying an important corner for Memphis: Beale at Fourth. Developer Nick Patel of Knoxville, owner of Turkey Creek Hospitality, submitted the plans for a 145-room hotel at 380 Beale, which is the now-vacant northeast corner with Fourth. No name for the boutique hotel has been chosen,…

The Malco Summer Drive In will be one of the host locations for Sundance Film Festival premiering movies over six nights. Filmmakers and film lovers won’t be flocking to Utah this week for the Sundance Film Festival. Instead, some of the films will be coming to Memphis. The in-person festival was canceled this year due…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis is considered a top city to live and work in as a moviemaker in 2021. “Movie-Maker Magazine” ranked the bluff city as 16th out of 25 cities across the U.S. and Canada. The cities were chosen based on surveys, research on tax incentives, recent productions, and how they are coping with the…

Memphis will see a lot of moving dirt these next few years. The dirt will move at rebuilt parks, historic schools turned into libraries, and, maybe, razed skyscrapers. During his state of the city speech Thursday evening, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced a $200 million spending plan intended to rehabilitate Memphis’ aged park system, change…