Greater Memphis Chamber

Press Releases

  • Memphis’ Digital Delta selected as finalist in Build Back Better challenge

    Local coalition in competition for $100 million to supercharge Memphis economy

  • Doug Browne named Chairman of Greater Memphis Chamber board

     Board also approves Greg Duckett and Duncan Williams as vice chairmen 

  • Chamber launches Small Business Resiliency Playbook, website

    MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2021) – Ahead of Small Business Saturday, the Greater Memphis Chamber today launches its new Small Business Resiliency Playbook and website, two resources designed to help local businesses recover from the devastating effects of COVID-19. Containing the insights of roughly 50 local business experts and leaders, the free downloadable playbook…

  • Tennessee General Assembly closes special session on COVID-19 issues

    Nov. 1, 2021 — The Tennessee General Assembly on Oct. 27 gaveled in its special session to discuss COVID-19 related topics. The session started with 82 House bills and 86 Senate bills, but House and Senate leadership pieced together the different bills to make an omnibus bill — HB9077/SB9014. After an intense three days, the…

  • Chairman’s Circle joins work creating strategic growth plan for Memphis

    Continuing its mission to move Memphis forward, the Greater Memphis Chamber Chairman’s Circle met for a Brain Trust meeting on Oct. 12, 2021, to brainstorm how to create a thriving regional economy.

  • Prospero more than doubles job commitment in major Memphis expansion

    Memphis, Tenn. (Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021) – Prospero Health, a physician-led home-based medical care company, announced today from its new downtown Memphis location that it will create 530 jobs in Shelby County over the next five years, an expansion of its 2019 commitment of adding 249 jobs over five years. Michael Scarbrough, Prospero’s co-Founder, President, and Chief…

  • New ‘Memphis Moves’ campaign to promote region to the world

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021) – The Greater Memphis Chamber’s Center for Economic Competitiveness today launches its first initiative, Memphis Moves, at the Autonomous Robots and Logistics Conference at the Renasant Convention Center in Memphis. The national marketing campaign will highlight some of the many reasons companies are choosing to join the regional movement that is Memphis — including that the region is No. 1 for diversity in its growing technology workforce. 

  • Ted Townsend completes transition to Chamber

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Oct. 1, 2021) – Ted Townsend today officially completes his transition into the role of chief economic development officer of the Greater Memphis Chamber, allowing him to continue and expand on the major economic victories the Chamber has scored for the region over the past year. 

  • Greater Memphis Chamber launches Center for Economic Competitiveness

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sept. 30, 2021) – The Greater Memphis Chamber today launched the Center for Economic Competitiveness, a new initiative aimed at bringing its vision of “prosperity for all” to life. 

  • Ford Selects Memphis Regional Megasite for $5.6 Billion Investment

    Ford, SK Innovation to make single largest investment in Tennessee history with new electric vehicle and battery plant at the Memphis Regional Megasite, 63 years after Ford leaves Memphis market

  • HopeWorks awarded Chamber Quality Cup Award

    Hopeworks , an organization that helps people in Memphis and the Mid-South find meaningful employment through Adult Education, Employment Services, and holistic Reentry was awarded the 2020 Chamber Quality Cup Award during their 30th Anniversary Open House that took place at their new 3337 Summer Avenue location in Memphis on August 2, 2021.  The Award…

  • Business Facilities names Memphis the global and metro leader in logistics

    August 2, 2021 – Memphis, TN stands atop the leaderboard of Logistics Leaders in Business Facilities’ 17th Annual Rankings Report. 

  • Paragon Bank invests to increase local homeownership

    At Paragon, we talk a lot about community. We know customers enjoy the level of technology and services offered by megabanks while also seeking the kind of care and respect they receive from friends and neighbors. In the tradition of neighbors helping neighbors, we invest in the communities we serve. And one way we do…

  • Outfront Media Offers Free Billboard Advertising to Black-Owned Businesses

    Greater Memphis Chamber investor Outfront Media has committed to expanding opportunities to black businesses through the launch of their new campaign, Black Businesses Matter. The Black Businesses Matter campaign is giving back to black-owned businesses by providing 30 days of free digital ad space on select billboards throughout the Memphis area. This campaign can provide…

  • Atlantic Track, Shelby County Schools & Chamber Announce New Apprenticeship

    On Wednesday, June 2, Chamber investor Atlantic Track was awarded $46K to upskill 20 existing employees with Incumbent Worker Training under the Business Grants offered by Workforce Mid-South, a partner of the American Job Centers(AJC) in conjunction with the State of Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Atlantic Track was reconnected with the American…

  • Chamber Names Amity Schuyler as New SVP of Workforce Development

    Memphis, Tenn. (May 26, 2021) – The Greater Memphis Chamber announced Amity Schuyler as its new Senior Vice President of Workforce Development. Schuyler currently serves as Chief of Strategy and Innovation for Shelby County Schools (SCS), prior to SCS she served as Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Education for the State of Tennessee. In…

  • EDGE & Greater Memphis Chamber Named Top 25 Economic Development Partnership in the Nation

    Memphis, TN (May 3, 2021) For the second year in a row, the economic development efforts of EDGE and the Greater Memphis Chamber have been recognized as a one of the nation’s top 25 economic development partnerships receiving the prestigious Mac Conway Award for Excellence in Economic Development.

  • YPC Host First Virtual Professional Development Workshop

    In March, the Greater Memphis Chamber’s Young Professionals Council (YPC) held its first virtual professional development event that was fully attend by some of Memphis’s emerging leaders. YPC Professional Development Co-Chairs Jeremy Calhoun and Leslie Finch teamed up to plan an Enneagram workshop where members had the opportunity to take the Enneagram test free of…

  • Ernest Strickland Named President & CEO of Black Business Association

    The Black Business Association of Memphis (BBA) named Ernest Strickland as its new President and Chief Executive Officer.  Strickland joins the organization after serving as Senior Vice President of Workforce Development for the Greater Memphis Chamber.  In his new role, Strickland will oversee the 47-year-old organization that empowers entrepreneurship and improvement of business and growth…

  • ATEC Announces Memphis Distribution Facility

    CARLSBAD, Calif., March 23, 2021 – Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATEC), a provider of innovative solutions dedicated to revolutionizing the approach to spine surgery, announced today an agreement to lease a 75,000 square foot facility in Memphis, Tennessee, which will house ATEC’s primary distribution operations.

  • Mullen Announces Memphis to Become US Manufacturing Hub for Electronic Vehicles

    BREA, Calif., March 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via InvestorWire – Mullen Technologies Inc. (“Mullen” or the “Company”), an emerging electric vehicle (“EV”) manufacturer, which previously announced a definitive agreement to merge with Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) in a stock-for-stock reverse merger in which Mullen’s stockholders will receive a majority of the outstanding stock in the post-merger company, announces its…

  • City of Memphis Partners with Operation Hope to Help Launch 1 Million Black Businesses by 2030

    MEMPHIS, February 18, 2021 – Mayor Jim Strickland and the City of Memphis joins forces with Operation HOPE in support of its 1 Million Black Business and Entrepreneur Initiative (1MBB) aimed at launching 1 Million Black Owned Businesses nationwide by 2030. Mayor Strickland announced his commitment to the initiative at the Virtual HOPE Global Forum…

  • Robertson Announces New Partnership with SHRM-Memphis

    First Priority, Getting Women Who Have Been Out of the Workforce to Return February 9, 2021 – Greater Memphis Chamber President & CEO, Beverly Robertson, announced today that the Chamber has formed a new partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)-Memphis Chapter.  While the partnership will focus on bringing new hiring and training…

  • Chamber Announces Young Professionals Council 2021 Board

    The Greater Memphis Chamber is proud to announce its Young Professionals Council (YPC) 2021 executive board. The board is composed of 12 emerging leaders from various industries who are driven to engage young professionals in the Greater Memphis region with opportunities to connect and learn from local leaders as well as build relationships with likeminded…

  • Southwest Tennessee Community College launches new faculty externship

    Southwest Tennessee Community College rolled out its Faculty Externship Program last summer and is set for a second round. The innovative initiative aimed at closing the gap between real-world application and classroom instruction placed Southwest faculty in area business environments where they engaged in knowledge sharing. “It’s a mutually beneficial partnership that enables our faculty…

  • Agtech Raises the Bar for Sustainability Standards

     

  • Greater Memphis Chamber Announces Young Memphis Class of 2020

  • Greater Memphis Chamber Hosts Triple Ribbon Ceremonies

    On Friday, October 16th, the Greater Memphis Chamber hosted three ribbon cutting ceremonies for the following new Chamber investors: Rockin’ Nutrition, Your CBD Store – Cordova and Pretty Girls Get Waxed.  All businesses are located in the Trinity Commons shopping center at 680-714 N Germantown Pkwy, Cordova, TN 38015.

  • 2019 UpSkill901 Summit & Career Fair

  • University of Memphis Awarded $1 Million Grant for Automation and Robotics Training Center

    Memphis, TN – The University of Memphis Herff College of Engineering has been awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to establish the Mid-South Advanced Automation and Robotics Center (AARC), an automation and robotics training center of excellence.  

  • Chamber’s Women Build 901 Workforce Initiative Recognized as a National Benchmark Program

    As a sub-group of The Greater Memphis Chamber’s We Build 901 Collaborative, Women Build 901 Too! has recently received national recognition by the U.S. Chamber Foundation Center for Education and Workforce as a benchmark program that’s building pathways for women in construction. The program was formed to attract job seekers to the trade in efforts…

  • Chamber Announces Ted Townsend as Chief Economic Development Officer

    Memphis, Tenn. (September 16, 2020) – The Greater Memphis Chamber has announced a new economic development partnership with the University of Memphis dedicated to the growth of the Memphis economy. Ted Townsend will serve as Chief Economic Development Officer and will focus on this partnership full time.

  • Chamber Announces New Partnership Offering Comprehensive COVID-19 Services

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. – (September 8, 2020) Chamber Benefits, Inc., a subsidiary of The Greater Memphis Chamber today announced a new partnership with ReCOVer Health to provide a comprehensive suite of services to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 for industries with an increased risk of transmitting the virus.

  • Greater Memphis Workforce Development Board Accepting Applications for New COVID-19 Relief Grant

    The Greater Memphis Workforce Development Board was awarded a grant via the CARES Act. This grant will allow Greater Memphis to provide additional training dollars to employers of Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton Counties effected by COVID-19.  The funding is only available for training taking place between September 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.  

  • Bank of America Connects Memphis-Area Youth to Workforce Success

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Bank of America recognized the extraordinary potential of two college freshmen, Hannah Blackwell and Akaash Seemakurty, by selecting them as 2020 Student Leaders (#BofAStudentLeaders). These two recent Shelby County Schools graduates completed the bank’s summer program, an experience full of leadership opportunities, civic engagement, and workforce skills-building. Both students expressed how well…

  • Chamber Benefits Inc Introduces New Products to Help Your Business

    Chamber Benefits, Inc. (CBI), a subsidiary of The Greater Memphis Chamber, is pleased to inform you of the 5 products that will help your business during these times. CBI was created to grow membership by providing high quality and affordable solutions for local businesses, while providing an additional revenue source for the work of the…

  • Chamber Benefits, Inc. gives Chamber members access to affordable insurance, PPE products

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. – (August 13, 2020) Chamber Benefits, Inc., a subsidiary of The Greater Memphis Chamber today announced a new worker’s compensation insurance product in partnership with Salus Insurance to help local businesses manage the costs of their workers comp insurance.

  • Chamber Convenes Local Leaders to Launch Census Initiative

    Memphis, Tenn. – The Greater Memphis Chamber is proud to announce the launch of a new effort to increase the 2020 Census response rate in the Greater Memphis region. The census initiative is led by a group of public and private sector leaders who are eager to create a path forward to building an inclusive…

  • Chamber Launches Strategies on Equity Webinar Series

    The Greater Memphis Chamber is excited to announce the launch of a new webinar series dedicated to equipping business owners and leaders with strategies on implementing more equitable processes and opportunities within their companies. Sponsored by Independent Bank, the weekly webinar sessions are complimentary for both Chamber members and non-members.

  • Memphis selected to join Brookings Inclusive Economic Indicators Lab

    Lab will help Greater Memphis Chamber, Innovate Memphis and BLDG Memphis advance locally-relevant metrics of economic inclusion to advance and grow opportunity

  • SBA Reopens Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance Program

    WASHINGTON – To further meet the needs of U.S. small businesses and non-profits, the U.S. Small Business Administration reopened the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance program portal to all eligible applicants experiencing economic impacts due to COVID-19 today.

  • City of Memphis Curfew Details for Businesses

    Curfew Details Begins June 1, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. through June 2, 2020 and continues nightly from 10:00 p.m. thru 6:00 a.m. until June 8, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. 

  • Chamber Releases New Estimates of COVID-19 Business Impact as of April 27

    Memphis, Tenn. (May 11, 2020)- The Greater Memphis Chamber today released the latest numbers from its ongoing COVID-19 Greater Memphis Business Impact Survey.

  • Greater Memphis Chamber, EDGE Recognized for Excellence in Economic Development

    Site Selection Magazine Names Memphis Economic Development Agencies Top 20 in Nation

  • Chamber Young Professionals Council Launch New Webinar Series

    The Greater Memphis Chamber Young Professionals Council (YPC) sponsored by Cadence Bank launched a new webinar series named “Navigating the New Norm” to provide young professionals with valuable information and guidance on how to adjust to the environment due to COVID-19.

  • SBA Accepting New Applicants for PPP Loans

    The Small Business Administration has resume accepting applications for PPP loans as of Monday, April 27 at 10:30 AM EST. Borrowers that have already applied will be back in contention and should be processed expeditiously. See below to learn more.

  • Greater Memphis Chamber offering new digital Lunch in the Know Series

    Free series provides coaching and insights in building resilient businesses in the COVID-19 era

  • Chamber Member Lenders Offering Payroll Protection Program

    On Friday, April 3, the U.S. Department of Treasury launched the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). These loans will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have an existing relationship with a lender, it is advised that you reach out to them to begin the process.  This list is updated frequently. If you are…

  • Federal Reserve launches Main Street Lending Program providing up to $2.3 trillion in loans

    The Federal Reserve on Thursday took additional actions to provide up to $2.3 trillion in loans to support the economy. This funding will assist households and employers of all sizes and bolster the ability of state and local governments to deliver critical services during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Washington Prime Group Open for Small Business Initiative

    COLUMBUS, OH – April 6, 2020 – Washington Prime Group Inc. (NYSE: WPG) today announced that the Company has partnered with the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship and members of the University of Chicago faculty to launch the Open for Small Business initiative. Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler, Freakonomics author Steven Levitt and Institute Director…