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The Chamber is proud to be a member of the MemphisED Partnership, tasked with attracting new companies, retaining and growing existing firms, building our logistics and Aerotropolis assets, and helping grow the number of bioscience jobs in Memphis/Shelby County. The Chamber is also responsible for supplying administrative and fiscal support for MemphisED, one of the four interdependent initiatives that together form the Memphis Fast Forward plan.
Memphis Fast Forward
Memphis Fast Forward is the most ambitious plan for accelerating economic growth and prosperity that Memphis and Shelby County have seen in a long time.
Spearheaded in 2005 by Shelby County Mayor A.C. Wharton, Memphis Mayor W.W. Herenton, Memphis Tomorrow, and the Greater Memphis Chamber, the initiative is informed by expert research and reflects the views and voices of more than 3,500 community leaders and citizens.
The Principle
The initiative is founded on the principle that economic growth and prosperity will follow as we successfully address the basics: good jobs, quality education, safe streets and efficient government.
The Plan
Memphis Fast Forward includes strategic plans in economic development (MemphisED); human capital development (PeopleFirst!); public safety (Operation Safe Community); and government efficiency (City and County Efficiency Plans). These plans are interrelated and interdependent and will be executed simultaneously.
The Memphis Fast Forward initiative is managed by a Steering Committee comprised of public officials, business and community leaders.
MemphisED
MemphisED is a partnership of 16 local organizations, working on 15 specific strategies to help Memphis/Shelby County achieve 5 important goals:
- Develop a Culture of Innovation & Entrepreneurial Activity
- Market Memphis and Shelby County
- Pursue Key Target Industries — Bioscience, Logistics, Tourism, Music and Film
- Grow Existing Firms
- Make Memphis a “Place of Choice” for Knowledge Workers
In addition to being one of the 16 partners, the Greater Memphis Chamber has responsibility for administering the MemphisED partnership.
MemphisED Investors
The Greater Memphis Chamber is pleased to recognize the investors whose leadership and vision make the MemphisED program possible.
Public-Sector Investors
Private-Sector Investors
- Memphis Tomorrow
- ACH Food Companies
- Accredo Health, Inc.
- ALCO Properties, Inc.
- Allen & Hoshall
- APAC - Tennessee, Inc.
- Archer/Malmo
- AT&TBass, Berry & Sims, PLC
- AutoZone, Inc.
- Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
- Baptist Memorial Health Corporation
- Belz Investco, GP
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
- Boyle Investment Company
- Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC
- Butler, Snow, O'Mara Stevens & Cannada
- CB Richard Ellis Memphis
- Chris Hill Construction
- Colliers Wilkinson & Snowden, Inc.
- Commercial Advisors, LLC
- CommercialAlliance Management
- Cricket Communications
- Crump Commercial, LLC
- Deloitte
- Dixon-Hughes, PLLC
- Dunavent Enterprises, Inc.
- Duncan-Williams, Inc.
- Elvis Presley Enterprises
- EnSafe, Inc.
- Ernst & Young, LLP
- Federal Express
- First Horizon National Companies
- Flintco, Inc.
- Ford & Harrison, LLP
- Frazee Ivy & Davis, PLC
- General Truck Sales and Service, Inc.
- Glankler Brown, PLLC
- Hnedak-Bobo Group, Inc.
- Independent Bank
- Industrial Developments International, Inc.
- Inman Construction Corporation
- Mallory Alexander International Logistics
- Medtronic Sofamor Danek
- Memphis Area Association of Realtors
- Memphis/Shelby County Airport Authority
- Memphis Tomorrow
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
- Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
- Montgomery Martin Contractors, LLC
- Morgan Keegan, Inc.
- Mr. and Mrs. L. Brad Champlin
- NovaCopy, Inc.
- Oden Marketing & Design
- Ozburn-Hessey Logistics
- Panattoni Development Co., LLC
- Parkway Realty Services
- Peabody Hotel
- Pickering Incorporated
- Pinnacle Airlines, Inc.
- Poag & McEwen
- Power & Telephone Supply Co.
- Regions Bank
- Saint Francis Hospital
- Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
- Smith-Doyle Contractors, Inc.
- Southeastern Asset Management
- Southern College of Optometry
- Southern Steel Supply Co.
- Southwest Tennessee Community College
- SSR Ellers, Inc.
- Standard Construction Co., Inc.
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- SunTrust Bank
- Tag Truck Center
- The Commercial Appeal
- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- The Hyde Family Foundation
- The Plough Foundation
- The ServiceMaster Company
- Thomas & Betts Corporation
- Trustmark National Bank
- University of Memphis
- Waddell & Associates, Inc.
- Weintraub Stock, P.C.
- Zellner Construction Company, Inc.
MemphisED Partners