Category “Press Releases”

Ford Urbanite Mobility Innovation Challenge Attracts $600,000 in Funding and Resources for Entrepreneurs to Impact Local Transportation Challenges
March 21, 2024

Memphis, Tennessee (Thursday, March 21, 2024) — Memphis residents are looking for safer, more reliable transportation options to get to…

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GMERG Report predicts sharp growth in Memphis auto industry
March 23, 2023

The Greater Memphis automotive industry has grown 81.5% over the past 10 years to end 2022 as a $3.7 billion…

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Coalition led by Workforce Mid-South wins $21.5M Good Jobs grant for Memphis region
August 3, 2022

A local coalition led by Workforce Mid-South was today awarded $21.5 million through the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Good Jobs…

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Greater Memphis Chamber releases May 2022 Jobs Brief
June 29, 2022

The Greater Memphis Chamber’s Center for Economic Competitiveness released its May 2022 Jobs Brief on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Here…

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Mid-South Quality Productivity Center to close on June 30
June 28, 2022

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Tuesday, 6/28/22) – After more than 34 years as the leading source of efficiency and productivity training for…

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Ted Townsend to succeed Beverly Robertson as president/CEO of Chamber
June 23, 2022

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Thursday, June 24, 2022) – Keeping ‘prosperity for all’ at the core of its mission, the Greater Memphis…

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Report: Greater Memphis growth outpaces U.S.
March 9, 2022

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Wednesday, 3/9/22) – For only the second time in the past decade, the Greater Memphis economy grew at…

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Doug Browne named Chairman of Greater Memphis Chamber board
December 10, 2021

 Board also approves Greg Duckett and Duncan Williams as vice chairmen 

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Chamber introduces the Memphis Fourword, a new weekly newsletter
November 3, 2021

Memphis, Tenn. (Nov. 3, 2021) — The Greater Memphis Chamber on Wednesday relaunches its newly rebranded weekly newsletter, the Memphis…

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Ted Townsend completes transition to Chamber
October 1, 2021

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Oct. 1, 2021) – Ted Townsend today officially completes his transition into the role of chief economic development officer of the Greater…

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Greater Memphis Chamber launches Center for Economic Competitiveness
September 30, 2021

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sept. 30, 2021) – The Greater Memphis Chamber today launched the Center for Economic Competitiveness, a new initiative aimed at bringing its vision…

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EDGE & Greater Memphis Chamber Named Top 25 Economic Development Partnership in the Nation
May 6, 2021

Memphis, TN (May 3, 2021) For the second year in a row, the economic development efforts of EDGE and the…

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ATEC Announces Memphis Distribution Facility
March 23, 2021

CARLSBAD, Calif., March 23, 2021 – Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATEC), a provider of innovative solutions dedicated to revolutionizing the…

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City of Memphis Partners with Operation Hope to Help Launch 1 Million Black Businesses by 2030
February 19, 2021

MEMPHIS, February 18, 2021 – Mayor Jim Strickland and the City of Memphis joins forces with Operation HOPE in support…

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Chamber’s Young Professionals Council Drops the Mic
January 27, 2020

The Greater Memphis Chamber is excited to announce that SoundCheck, a Young Professionals Council of Greater Memphis Chamber, has official…

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$1.3 million from Emerge sale invested in Epicenter fund for tech startups
December 19, 2019

Memphis, Tenn. (Dec. 18, 2019) – Following the sale of the Emerge Memphis building earlier this year, Emerge and Epicenter…

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Chamber VP Susan Hadley Maynor Appointed to TN Chamber Board
December 9, 2019

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Mark Muro to Keynote at UpSkill901 Workforce Summit
September 18, 2019

The Greater Memphis Chamber is pleased to announce Mark Muro as keynote speaker at the UpSkill901 Workforce Summit taking place…

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Taking it to the streets
August 11, 2019

This fall, the Chamber will begin the Taking it to the Streets initiative, a Grassroots campaign designed to inform community…

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Nancy Coffee joins Greater Memphis Chamber as Senior VP of Chairman’s Circle
July 26, 2019

The Greater Memphis Chamber announced today the addition of Nancy Coffee as the new Senior Vice President of the Chairman’s…

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