The Nation is Talking About Memphis

The biggest adaptive reuse initiative in Tennessee and the largest LEED Platinum Certified historic adaptive reuse project in the world, the $210 million complex was nearly a decade in the making. You might also be interested in: Business in Memphis: A Hub for Innovation and Creativity

Memphis’ innovation leaders are carefully building inclusion, community, and civic responsibility into their entrepreneurial ecosystem. San Francisco, New York, and Boston—take note

Memphis and Shelby County officials announced a number of bicentennial events for an ongoing celebration coined “A New Century of Soul.”

If you’ve heard rumblings about Memphis making a comeback, there’s no better month to get out and see it than May, when downtown hosts the massive Memphis in May festival.

The city of Memphis is most known for Graceland and other historical haunts like Beale Street. But a recent rise in its millennial population (4th fastest rate in the country, according to TIME) has sparked a revitalization of its arts and culture scene.

GOBankingRates looked at the 100 most populous metropolitan areas and analyzed a number of factors including median rent, the cost of groceries, utilities and transportation, as well as taxes to determine where a $50,000 salary would get you the furthest.

The future of entrepreneurship in America will include many more people of color than in the past, as recent data shows. You might also be interested in: Business in Memphis: A Hub for Innovation and Creativity