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09/18/26

Calipari Leads A Loaded 2026 Memphis Sports Hall Of Fame Class

The Renasant Convention Center was packed Wednesday night. The Memphis Sports Council inducted the 2026 class of the Memphis Sports Hall of Fame before the largest crowd since the Hall began honoring inductees in 2019. John Calipari headlined the class after nine seasons with the Tigers that included the 2008 national championship game. He was…

09/18/26

A Long-Idle Central Avenue Corner Is Getting A Rooftop Hotel

One of Midtown’s most noticeable quiet corners is finally getting its next chapter. The Economic Development Growth Engine of Memphis and Shelby County (EDGE) approved financing this week for a Tapestry Collection by Hilton hotel at Central Avenue and Highland Street, a project that sat idle for years near the University of Memphis. Led by…

09/11/26

Chili’s Just Made A $150 Million Promise To St. Jude

Start with a number worth sitting with: 3 million. That is how many separate donations Chili’s guests made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the past year alone, most of them a dollar handed over at a checkout. Stack 24 years of that together and the total clears $130 million. This week Chili’s set…

09/11/26

Wahlburgers Wild Relaunches Inside The Bass Pro Pyramid

Mark Wahlberg spent Tuesday inside a 32 story glass pyramid on the Mississippi River, which is a sentence only one city gets to write. He came to relaunch Wahlburgers Wild at Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid, still the only Wahlburgers on the planet built inside a Bass Pro Shops, and the only one with…

09/11/26

Orange Mound Breaks Ground On Homes Built To Stay Affordable

The groundbreaking at 1390 Marechalneil Street looked like every other groundbreaking: hard hats, shiny shovels, a fresh mound of sand. The paperwork underneath it is the part worth talking about. ABODE, the Orange Mound Community Land Trust, is putting up 12 homes built to stay affordable long after the first owner moves in. The model…

09/04/26

The Downtown Nonprofit Behind $110 Million in Memphis Investment

Medical devices. Package tracking. Ride services. The through line connecting those Memphis companies is a downtown nonprofit that has spent nearly a decade making the first phone call, writing the first check and sitting in the first pitch meeting. Epicenter, founded in 2017, works as educator, early investor and support system for founders across the…

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Memphis Homecoming Week - 10/18 - 10/26

Memphis Homecoming Kickoff
Oct 18 @ 1PM

Celebrate the start of Memphis Homecoming Week at Handy Park on Beale Street! Enjoy live performances, school pride, and a citywide party you won't forget.

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