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Celebrating 186 Years of Growth and Prosperity — December 4, 2024

Together, we’re driving the Greater Memphis region forward, making it a leader in business agility and success. Join the Greater Memphis Chamber in honoring the collaboration, innovation, and transformation that are making Memphis Greater every day.

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Amy Daniels

Ribbons: The Dapper Doughnut

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Here at the Greater Memphis Chamber we love to celebrate business growth and development! There’s nothing like standing beside you as you open the doors to your new business or reveal your new expansion. That’s why we offer our members our expertise and assistance with hosting grand opening and expansion ceremonies. Thank you to our Ribbon Cuttings sponsor, Paragon Bank for helping us support local businesses like you.

Today, we are happy to be celebrating franchise owners Michael and Sarah Carruth on the opening of The Dapper Doughnut, the newest addition to the Wolfchase Galleria!

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Supreme Court Validation to Class-Action Waivers

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Supreme Court Validation to Class Action Waivers

On May 21, the Supreme Court decided 5 to 4 that there is no violation of the National Labor Relations Act when an employer requires an employee to sign a waiver of class actions in workplace arbitration agreements.  The Court held that these individual agreements are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act. In Epic Systems Corporation v. Lewis and in two other consolidated cases, the Court knocked out the NLRB’s effort to prohibit mandatory class waivers.

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TIF Districts | Economic Development Terms Explained

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Economic Development Terms

As Memphis undergoes several economic development studies and the conversation grows around how to make our city a desirable place to do business, there are many industry terms and acronyms thrown around that make these concepts less accessible to the public. We believe everyone should have a seat at the table and be able to follow along with these issues – and ultimately be able to contribute to creating innovative solutions.To start, we’re talking about incentives – the tools we have to attract companies to Memphis. Every city and state has a different incentive package to offer potential companies. Since we are in a national competition for jobs and investment, incentives are essential for us to remain competitive. We’re also listening to new ideas about incentivizing companies to invest in Memphis.

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Ribbons: Benefits Solutions Group

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Benefits Solutions Group

Here at the Greater Memphis Chamber we love to celebrate business growth and development! There’s nothing like standing beside you as you open the doors to your new business or reveal your new expansion. That’s why we offer our members our expertise and assistance with hosting grand opening and expansion ceremonies. Thank you to our Ribbon Cuttings sponsor, Paragon Bank for helping us support local businesses like you. Today, we are happy to be celebrating The Benefits Solutions Group, one of the newest businesses in Downtown Memphis!

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PILOT | Economic Development Terms Explained

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The conversation around economic development is not new. People have been working on this in Memphis for decades – but the national conversation got a lot louder when Amazon sent out an open call for cities to compete for their newest North American headquarters last fall.

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Ribbons: Hope Credit Union

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Here at the Greater Memphis Chamber we love to celebrate business growth and development! There’s nothing like standing beside you as you open the doors to your new business or reveal your new expansion. That’s why we offer our members our expertise and assistance with hosting grand opening and expansion ceremonies. Thank you to our Ribbon Cuttings sponsor, Paragon Bank for helping us support local businesses like you.

Hope Credit Union

Today, we are happy to be celebrating member HOPE Credit Union on their new location in Crosstown Concourse.

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Ribbons: Curry ‘n Jerk

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Here at the Greater Memphis Chamber we love to celebrate business growth and development! There’s nothing like standing beside you as you open the doors to your new business or reveal your new expansion. That’s why we offer our members our expertise and assistance with hosting grand opening and expansion ceremonies. Thank you to our Ribbon Cuttings sponsor, Paragon Bank for helping us support local businesses like you.

Curry 'N Jerk

Today, we are happy to be celebrating Curry ‘n Jerk, downtown’s newest restaurant offering authentic Caribbean food!

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Ribbons: War Logistics

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Here at the Greater Memphis Chamber we love to celebrate business growth and development! There’s nothing like standing beside you as you open the doors to your new business or reveal your new expansion. That’s why we offer our members our expertise and assistance with hosting grand opening and expansion ceremonies. Thank you to our Ribbon Cuttings sponsor, Paragon Bank for helping us support local businesses like you.

Today, we are happy to be celebrating War Logistics on their grand opening in Memphis.

War Logistics

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Ribbons: HDR, Inc.

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Here at the Greater Memphis Chamber we love to celebrate business growth and development! There’s nothing like standing beside you as you open the doors to your new business or reveal your new expansion. That’s why we offer our members our expertise and assistance with hosting grand opening and expansion ceremonies. Thank you to our Ribbon Cuttings sponsor, Paragon Bank for helping us support local businesses like you.

Today, we are happy to be celebrating global architecture and engineering firm HDR, Inc. on their new location in Memphis!

HDR, INC.

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