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Greater Memphis Chamber Unveils Prosper Memphis 2030 Plan

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The Greater Memphis Chamber is looking ahead, and it envisions a bright future. At its Mid-Year Chairman’s Forum Monday, the organization unveiled Prosper 2030, a strategic growth plan that aims to make the Memphis region more prosperous and inclusive.

The plan looks to leverage Memphis’ status as one of the largest minority-majority cities in the country to attract businesses that place an emphasis on diversity in their workforces. Specifically, Prosper 2030 will promote the city’s diversity and upskill its workforce to attract high-growth advanced industries like automotive or medical device manufacturing, which rely on workers with talents in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

“Equity is at the very center of this plan to create a more prosperous, more inclusive Memphis,” said Ted Townsend, chief economic development officer of the Greater Memphis Chamber. “As last year showed, we’re already in the economic development playoffs, but we want the championships. By the end of 2030, we want to be able to point at our regional scoreboard and do the Ja Morant victory dance.”

The Chamber is centering its plan around three key priorities.

Inclusive jobs: A prosperous Memphis is an inclusive Memphis. Goal: Create 50,000 high-quality jobs, with half of those jobs going to minorities.

Diverse industries: A healthy economy has a healthy mix of businesses. The Chamber plans to add to the goal: Add 700 new firms in advanced industries.

Future-ready talent: 20,000 STEM graduates per year, with 45 percent of those degrees going to Black students.

Currently, per the Chamber, Memphis is working on a total of 55 economic development recruitment projects, which represent almost 15,000 new jobs with salaries averaging more than $58,000, and capital investments of more than $10.6 billion. And 80 percent of those projects are in advanced manufacturing.

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Greater Memphis Chamber Releases Record-High April Jobs Report

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Memphis received a boost with the latest round of new jobs data for metropolitan areas nationwide.

According to a report by the Greater Memphis Chamber’s Center for Economic Competitiveness, April saw the Greater Memphis region reach a record-high level of 661,400 jobs. The numbers continue an upward trend from March of this year, when the region recovered all the jobs that were lost during the Covid-19 pandemic.

National job growth continued to rise slowly in April at 0.3 percent. Greater Memphis’ job growth continued on par with the national average in April 2022 seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll estimates. And between March and April 2022, local seasonally adjusted estimates rose by 2,300 jobs (0.35 percent).

(Credit: Greater Memphis Chamber/Source: St. Louis Federal Reserve, numbers are preliminary and seasonally adjusted)

Select peer metro areas have also seen a full recovery to March 2020 employment figures. And per the April 2022 report, Greater Memphis’ growth percent relative to March 2020 (+1.05 percent) surpasses that of Birmingham Metro (+0.15 percent), Louisville Metro (+0.31 percent), and Oklahoma City Metro (+0.67 percent).

(Credit: Greater Memphis Chamber/Source: St. Louis Federal Reserve, numbers are preliminary and seasonally adjusted)

Locally, the construction sector has seen the largest growth, of 7.59 percent over March 2020. Hospitality and leisure industries are still playing catch up, but have improved to just -1.97 percent short of March 2020 levels, with much of the summer season still to come. Per the report, education and health have been inert, with an average of 5 percent less employment than March 2020.

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Chamber Presses for Third Bridge with “America’s River Crossing” Campaign

Memphis business leaders hope to re-ignite the urgency for a new bridge — a third bridge — across the Mississippi River in a project they’re calling America’s River Crossing. 

The Greater Memphis Chamber hosted a call with business leaders, politicians, and transportation leaders from Tennessee and Arkansas Wednesday to make their case for the need of a new bridge. The crossing at Memphis is now served by two bridges, the Hernando De Soto Bridge on the north and the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge on the south. The importance of the crossing (and the need for a new bridge) was demonstrated last year, the group said, when the Hernando De Soto Bridge was closed for months after a crack in the structure was discovered. 

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The “new” bridge closure pushed all I-40 traffic (estimated to be around 40,000 vehicles daily) to the 73-year-old Memphis-Arkansas Bridge. Transportation experts on the call Wednesday said that bridge is structurally sound and the added traffic did not shorten its life. But the closure did snarl traffic for miles creating hours-long delays in road routes that once took minutes. 

“We found out last year that within days of the closure, the movement of people was impacted across the United States and within a week, movement of freight was impacted across the world,” said James Collins, a member of the Chamber’s transportation committee and a principal at Kimley-Horn, a Memphis planning and design firm. “So, this is a definitely a project of national significance.”

West Memphis Mayor Marco McClendon said the closure clogged his city with 18-wheelers using neighborhood streets to bypass traffic. Children couldn’t play in their yards. Road-rage shootings stressed an already stressed police force. Curbs, gutters, and more were damaged and destroyed. But, he said, “God covered West Memphis.”

“If that didn’t do anything else, it underscored how critical the need for a third bridge is to our nation’s supply chain, critical military, and the ability of tourists to move north to south and east to west in our area,” McClendon said. “I’m glad we have learned that a year ago but I look forward to continuing with the progress to ensure our bridges stay functional and keeping the sound of a third bridge into the ears of those who make the decisions.”  

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That sound rang loudly for weeks last summer as crews worked to repair the bridge. Opinion pieces were published in the daily newspapers and the issue was debated at length on social media, although much of the volume turned down as the bridge re-opened. 

The idea sounded far-fetched to some. But the idea has been studied before, many times before. Collins cited the 2006 Mississippi River crossing feasibility and location study. A 2009 regional infrastructure plan by the Chamber included a third bridge in its recommendations. The Southern Gateway plan once again looked at a new bridge here in 2010 but the plan was put on hold indefinitely in 2014. 

Those studies sited a new bridge at the Mississippi/Tennessee border, and at the Pidgeon Industrial Park, at the north loop of I-240. Another study suggested simply replacing the I-55 bridge with a new one. 

Credit: Greater Memphis Chamber

“People have short memories and the bridge closing is in the rear-view mirror, no pun intended” said Bill Dunavant, CEO of Dunavant Enterprises, a cotton merchant with divisions dedicated to logistics and development. “But when you look at a crisis, it creates an opportunity.”

That opportunity is that third bridge, he said. While the bridge project would likely take years to begin (after environmental studies, finding a new location, designing the new bridge, and getting a host of federal approvals), the time to begin funding the project is now, the group said. 

“This is a bridge of national significance and one of the most critical crossings in America, as it relates to freight transportation and logistics at the city that is the most critical in the hemisphere or the world for transportation — America’s River Crossing,” said Bobby White, the chamber’s chief public policy officer. “We want to demonstrate the support of the business community in this effort — not to say one [bridge site] or the other — but for our need for starting this project and moving it forward.”

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Ernest Strickland to Head Black Business Association

Ernest Strickland photo by Mark Yates Photography

Ernest Strickland has been named president and CEO of the Black Business Association of Memphis (BBA), and brings with him this message: “If we get this right, Memphis is a different city — a competitive city.”

He’s been serving with the Greater Memphis Chamber’s senior leadership team, most recently as senior vice president of workforce development. In his new position, which he assumes on Thursday, April 1st, Strickland will oversee the 47-year-old nonprofit that has a mission of empowering entrepreneurship and improving business and growth opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses. 

Strickland succeeds Mark Yates, who remains as chairman of the BBA Board of Directors and is now regional VP of West Region for TVA.

“With his understanding of economic development, particularly in a city that is majority minority, Ernest brings the experience and understanding of what minority-owned businesses need to thrive in our city,” Yates said in a statement. “He will ultimately take BBA to the next level.”

Throughout his 15-year career at the Chamber, Strickland held various roles, from business development in membership to vice president of international business development before leading the workforce development team.

“The time is right because there is a heightened awareness and intentionality around the value of creating wealth in the African-American community,” said Strickland. “When Memphis is able to speak to wealth creation, in addition to addressing poverty, we will shift the conversation and ultimately shift the outcomes.”

Strickland says his vision for BBA is to focus on three key areas: talent, acquisition, and talent acquisition. “At the heart of business is its people, its talent.  We hope to provide next level leadership training for African-American professionals — taking managers, entrepreneurs, and business owners through coursework that will be able to take them to the next level in their careers and business,” he said. “Through acquisition, we will look for opportunities for black businesses to grow and expand by acquiring established companies. Finally, through talent acquisition, as we develop next level leadership training we will amass a diverse list of candidates for hiring opportunities.”

Prior to joining the Chamber, Strickland, a Memphis native, owned and operated Investors First Realty, a brokerage a residential real estate investment firm. He graduated from University of Memphis, and got his MBA from Bethel University. He serves on the Greater Memphis Workforce Board, New Memphis Board of Trustees, and Whole Child Strategies Board of Directors.

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‘Protest to Progress’ Plan Hoped to Align Activist and Business Goals

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Protesters and police officers face off during the 2016 Hernando de Soto Bridge protest

A new plan from the Greater Memphis Chamber aims to align community goals from activists with business goals of local business leaders to move from “Protest to Progress.”

The plan was presented to the Memphis City Council’s Economic Development, Technology and Tourism Committee Tuesday, February 2nd. The overarching goal for the plan is for a more positive Black economic impact in Memphis.

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Memphis activists, clergy members, and business leaders were convened 10 days after the city’s first protest of the public killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last summer. Chamber president and CEO Beverly Robertson told council members the original meeting gathered about 50 people and was a “powerful listening session” and that “this has never been done before.”
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Robertson

Activists included in the discussions included members of Black Lives Matter, the Coalition of Concerned Citizens, Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH), and more. It included various clergy members from across Memphis and representatives from businesses like FedEx, Triumph Bank, November 6 Investments, and more.

“It’s important to hear the voices of activists because they are rarely heard in situations and circumstances where there can be mutual respect,” Robertson said. “I also realized that because we are charged with economic development, it is hard to attract new investment and higher-wage jobs to drive growth in cities that are rebuilding from riots and burning.

“It took us 10 years to fully recover form the past downturn of 2008. How long would it takes us to rebuild from something like burning, and looting, and breaking windows.”

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Members of the business community were quiet during the first meeting, Robertson said. But they and clergy members spoke at the second. At the third meeting of the groups, they began identifying specific issues and building frameworks for solutions. The groups focused on neighborhood investment, increased spending with minority businesses, transportation, Black entrepreneurship, living wage considerations, and Black representation on corporate and community boards.

Each of these topics were tackled by working groups. Those groups then devised strategies for improvement on each. For example, a new document from banks could show where money is being invested in Memphis, a benchmark that could show where further investment is needed. Lobbying for more funding for the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) could help ease access to better-paying jobs. A Black business incubator could help Black business start-ups access capital they need to get off the ground.

Survey results from the Chamber showed a striking imbalance for Black representation on the boards for local companies. More than 82 percent of those surveyed said they now had no minority representatives on their boards. Of those companies, more than 84 percent said there were no existing barriers to consider more minority candidates.

Activists said they wanted a minimum wage standard of at least $15 per hour. A Chamber survey that included 33 companies said 64 percent of them were already paying that minimum wage. Robertson explained that many factors — like job type, benefits structure, and job geography — determine minimum wage standards and they are different across industries.

Robertson said many businesses and agencies across Memphis have committed to paying a $15-per-hour minimum wage, including FedEx, the University of Memphis, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp., and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare.

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The minimum wage in Memphis remains at $7.25 per hour. Data presented by the Chamber, though, showed that a living wage in Memphis for one adult with one child is $22.81; the poverty wage for that person is $8.13 per hour, just slightly above the minimum.

This drew the ire of council member Martavius Jones, who has recently been calling for reforms of tax incentives to job-creating companies in Memphis and Shelby County. He pointed council members to data that showed the living wage for one adult with two children was $26.66 per hour.

“We are incentivizing poverty … poverty rates when we are talking about wages that are barely above poverty rates when we’re … providing incentives for businesses [that provide jobs that pay] $12 and $15 per hour,” Jones said.

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Council member Chase Carlisle, whose family has won more than $65 million in tax breaks to develop the ongoing One Beale project Downtown, warned against mandating higher-paying jobs from companies when they seek tax breaks. He said to get jobs that pay more than $15 per hour from companies, “it will take more incentives for them, not less” and asking for more would be to “tell those businesses, ‘thanks but no thanks’ and risk it.”

Robertson told council members that the Protest to Progress plan is being implemented now.

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Week That Was: Lawsuit, COVID-19 Numbers, and MATA

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This map shows new coronavirus cases by ZIP code reported over the last 10 days.

Vanderbilt Downgrades Numbers

Vanderbilt University researchers have downgraded COVID-19 numbers across the state in a new report that shows an improving situation here but does not account for the reopening of the state’s economy.

Three weeks ago, researchers with the school said the state’s virus situation remained “fragile and uncertain.” That report looked ahead at when (or if) the state would need to, once again, close its economy if spikes in the virus returned and hospitals got swamped.

The new report does not contain the words fragile or uncertain. Instead, it shows just how much the data and its model have changed since the first report in early April.

For one, the April report predicted the transmission rate (the number of people infected by one person) would reduce to 1.0 by mid-May. That number was reached — statewide, anyway — by mid-April. Current transmission rates in Memphis and Nashville hover around 1.0, according to the paper. All of this changed their predictions altogether.

MLK50 Sues the City

Wendi Thomas

The editor of local news organization MLK50: Justice Through Journalism is suing the city of Memphis for refusing to include her on its media advisory lists.

The complaint was filed in federal court Wednesday by attorneys for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the press on behalf of Wendi Thomas, editor, publisher, and founder of MLK50.

The lawsuit alleges that the city, along with Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and chief communications officer Ursula Madden, violated the U.S. and Tennessee constitutions by repeatedly denying Thomas’ requests to add her email address to the media advisory list.


MATA CEO Talks Money

The city’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal 

year allocates $10 million less to the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) than this year’s.

In Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s proposed budget, which he presented to the Memphis City Council earlier this month, MATA would get a little under $19.2 million in fiscal year 2021, down from this year’s amount of $29.2 million.

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However, Gary Rosenfeld, CEO of MATA, said he does not anticipate this affecting the agency’s ability to provide services over the next year, largely due to a substantial stimulus package from the federal government.

Under the federal CARES Act, MATA is slated to receive approximately $35.7 million in aid. Rosenfeld said the guidelines for spending CARES Act funds for transit is fairly liberal.

“This money is available and we will charge whatever we can legitimately charge to these accounts,” he said. “We should not see any type of degradation of service because of the city’s financial situation. We should be okay as long as we move cautiously and make sure every expenditure we want to use the stimulus package for is legitimate based on the rules and regulations.”

Graceland to Reopen

Graceland is reopening on Thursday, May 21st, and you won’t have to fight the crowds.

Like other attractions that are easing back into operation, there are changes that focus on social distancing, capacity, and health and safety guidelines. Mansion tours are being reduced to 25 percent capacity and restaurants will be at 50 percent capacity with outdoor patio seating available. The Elvis Presley’s Memphis exhibition complex will also limit the number of visitors.

Other changes include having Graceland employees wearing masks and guests being encouraged to wear masks. There will be temperature checks for guests and employees, enhanced cleaning and sanitization procedures, social distancing markers, hand sanitization stations, and touchless payment options.

The Horseshoe Casino, Tunica

Horseshoe Tunica to Resume Gaming

Horseshoe Tunica will resume gaming operations at 8 a.m. Thursday, May 21st. The casino will operate at 50 percent capacity in accordance with the Phase One Casino Reopening Guidelines issued by the Mississippi Gaming Commission.

Slot machine banks will be arranged to allow for social distancing, and table games will be offered with limited seating. Poker, the Sportsbook, Village Square Buffet, the Laurel Lounge, and the WSOP bar will remain closed until further notice. They are expected to reopen in phases according to public health authorities and consumer demand. A full list of the amenities that will be available is at Horseshoe Tunica’s website here.

Clock Tower Comes Down

The massive clock tower that straddled the trolley tracks on Civic Center Plaza is gone. It was demolished this week by crews making way for new developments Downtown.

This is the briefest of descriptions for the demolition given by officials in the city of Memphis website:

“Beginning Friday, May 8th, at 7 a.m., and lasting until Thursday, May 21st, Main Street between Poplar Avenue and Adams Avenue will be closed to traffic. The section of Main Street around the area of the [Memphis Area Transit Authority — MATA] clock tower will be fenced off to allow public works in association with MATA to demolish the structure.”

The tower had to go, specifically, to make way for the development of the Loews Hotel (below), which is to be built on Civic Center Plaza.

Vehicle traffic will run on Main Street right where the clock tower stood earlier this week, according to Robert Knecht, director of the city’s public works department, which is overseeing the Main Street project. You can sort of get the gist of the thing in this image:

Pepper Rodgers Passes Away
Pepper Rodgers, who was head coach of the Memphis Showboats of the USFL in the mid-1980s, has died at age 88. A former football player, Rodgers also was head coach of the Canadian Football League’s expansion Memphis Mad Dogs in the mid-1990s.

He and his wife, Livingston, lived in Reston, Virginia.

Born in Atlanta, Rodgers was a quarterback and kicker for Georgia Tech. He was later the head coach at Kansas, UCLA, and Georgia Tech.

He’s the author of the 1985 novel, Fourth and Long Gone, and his autobiography, Pepper, which he wrote with Al Thorny.

Longtime friend Steve Ehrhart, AutoZone Liberty Bowl executive director, says, “He was one of the most creative and clever and ingenious people — not just a football coach. He was a very bright and intelligent guy. He always shook up the coaching world wherever he was.”

People Are Walking, Biking More

The number of people biking and walking here is higher than usual, according to new data from the city.

The city’s Bikeway and Pedestrian Program looked at data from nine automatic bicycle and pedestrian counters installed at different spots around the city that revealed a surge in activity, largely corresponding to the city’s Safer-At-Home order issued in late March.

The counters located in parks, along trails, and on city streets detect passing bikes and pedestrians to provide a total count of both modes or a combined count.

Survey Reveals Business Needs, Concerns

Businesses here are concerned about revenue, cash flow, and employee well-being, according to an ongoing survey conducted by the Greater Memphis Chamber.

The Chamber surveyed 600 businesses across the city to assess the impact that the COVID-19 outbreak is having on business and their arising needs.

The results include responses from surveys given between March 19th and 23rd, and then again between April 22nd and 27th.

There are 20 industries represented in the surveys, including manufacturing, real estate, restaurants, and entertainment. Of the 600 respondents, 55 percent indicated they were women-or-minority-owned businesses. Nearly three quarters of respondents estimated that their business is down year over year for February through April compared to the same time period last year, while 25 percent indicated business was about the same during those months. For the majority of affected businesses, or 20 percent, business is down between 11 and 20 percent.

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Survey Reveals Needs, Impact of COVID-19 on Local Businesses


Businesses here are concerned about revenue, cash flow, and employee well being, according to an ongoing survey conducted by the Greater Memphis Chamber.

The Chamber surveyed 600 businesses across the city to assess the impact that the COVID-19 outbreak is having on business and their arising needs.

The results include responses from surveys given between March 19th and 23rd, and then again between April 22nd and 27th.

There are 20 industries represented in the surveys including manufacturing, real estate, restaurants, and entertainment. Of the 600 respondents, 55 percent indicated they were women-or-minority-owned businesses.

Nearly three quarters of respondents estimated that their business is down year over year for February through April compared to the same time period last year, while 25 percent indicated business was about the same during those months. For the majority of affected businesses, or 20 percent, business is down between 11 and 20 percent.

The survey showed that 30 percent of businesses haven’t laid any employees off due to the coronavirus. Of those that did lay off employees, close to 80 percent said they laid off less than 10 employees.


When asked about their most press concerns, 24 percent of respondents said revenue/cash flow, followed by 18.7 percent who indicated employee well-being, and 15.7 percent who answered payroll expenses.

Close to a quarter of respondents said short-term capital is the most-needed resource right now.

For 40 percent of the businesses, some aid is on the way, as they indicated they have been approved for either an Small Business Administration Economic Disaster Loan or the Payroll Protection Program.

Here are some of the other findings from the survey:

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Greater Memphis Chamber Compiles List of 100 Area Job Openings

The number of unemployment claims filed across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic increased to 30.3 million this week.

Preliminary numbers show the country’s unemployment rate for March was 4.4 percent, a .9 percent increase from the previous month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In Memphis, the unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in March, slightly down from February’s rate of 4.4 percent.


To help connect Memphians with employment opportunities, the Greater Memphis Chamber has released a list of immediate job openings in the Memphis area. From full-time, to part-time, to temporary positions, the list includes positions from 90 different businesses and organizations around the city.

See the full list below.

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Smith+Nephew

B. Entertainment

  • Positions: Call Center Reps
  • Full- and part-time with flexibility
  • Pay varies
  • Apply: Call Paul Baca at 901-654-3568 and leave a message about the Call Center positions to set up an interview

 

MAUSER Packaging Solutions

 

AutoZone

  • Positions: Distribution Center Order Puller
  • Full-time
  • Pay: Starting salary $12.60
  • Work schedules: Sunday-Wednesday- noon-10:30 p.m. or Wednesday-Saturday – 6 a.m.-4:30 p.m. or noon-10:30 p.m.
  • Apply: Marcus Thompson: marcus.thompson@ajcmemphis.com

 

McKesson

Contact Mareon.Williams@McKesson.com

 

Ceva Logistics

 

Bulldog Transmission

  • Positions: Shop Manager, Mechanic
  • Full-time
  • Pay varies
  • Apply: dawndelapp@icloud.com or please apply in person between 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

 

Hyosung HICO Memphis TN

Hearthside Food Solutions

  • Positions: Shift Manager, Cycle Counter, Spotter – 1st & 2nd Shift, Production Supervisor – 2nd Shift, Warehouse Manager, Machine Operator II -3rd Shift, Material Handler -1st Shift
  • Full-time
  • Pay varies
  • Apply: https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/RTI.home

FedEx Supply Chain

  • Positions: Operations Supervisor- 2nd shift
  • Full-time
  • Pay varies

Apply: https://careers.fedex.com/supplychain/jobs/28665?lang=en-us&Codes=IndSp

 

JACOB Tubing

  • Position: Receiving Supervisor
  • Pay: $14.00 HR – $15.60 HR
  • Position: Welder
  • Pay: $12.00 HR – $15.60 HR
  • Apply: https://www.jobs4tn.gov/  or call 901.365.3205

 

Saint Francis Hospital

 

American Home Shield

 

WM Barr

  • Positions: Forklift Operator (Production), Machine Operator I, Machine Operator II, Production Team Member
  • Full-time
  • Pay varies
  • Apply: Cassius.Morton@ajcmemphis.com

Two Men and A Truck Memphis

Shelby County Schools – Central Office

 

Amazon

 

Promise Development Corporation

  • Position(s):  Property Manager, Assistant Property Manager, Maintenance Technician,

Landscape Worker

  • Full-time
  • Pay varies
  • Apply: Mary Ward  mward@pdevcorp.com  (property managers and maintenance tech)

      Todd Bridgeforth  tbridgeforth@pdevcorp.com (landscape worker)

 

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

  • Position(s): Operations Supervisor – Sanitas (Memphis)

Nortek Security and Control

 

Phelps Security Inc.

 

Atlantic Track

  • Positions:  Assembler, Mechanical Maintenance Technician, Quality Technician (Day Shift)
  • Full-time
  • Pay varies
  • Apply: Aarons@atlantictrack.com
  • Submit resume with references

 

Amazon

 

Mahaffey Tent

  • Positions: National Field Installer/Technician, Installation/Maintenance/Repair

 

FedEx Supply Chain

  • Positions: Financial Analyst II, Job # 29407

      Operations Supervisor- 2nd shift, Job #28655

 

DarSalud Care/LifeDOC

 

Teleflex

 

Hill Services

 

Corelle Brand

    • Positions: Forklift Operator 1st Shift (7:00 AM -3:30 PM)

      Forklift Operator 2nd Shift (3:00 PM – 11:30 PM)

 

Church Alive Non-Profit Health Outreach and Family Support Agency

  

Rose Senior Living Heritage at Irene Woods

 

 

Aerotek

    • Material Handler
    • Full-time
    • Salary: $14.30
    • 3rd shift available 10 p.m.- 2 a.m.
    • Apply: tpross@aerotek.com or call Shawna Pross 901.462.2316

Regional One Health

    • Positions: RN – Trauma Acute (ICU Stepdown), IT – Integration Architect, Environmental Services,Food Services Asst I and II, Advanced EMT for ER & BURN, Medical technologist- Blood Bank
    • Full-time and part-time
    • Various shifts
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: www.regionalhealth.org/careers

Gateway Group Personal (Millington Area)

 

Randstad

InDev

  • Positions: Direct Support Professional
  • Full-time
  • Pay: $9.35 per hour
  • Apply: www.indevcare.com  or call (901) 468-4335


Forget Me Not Care Home

 

Trane

  • Position: Maintenance Technician
  • Permanent – Full-time
  • Pay: Based on Experience
  • 2nd Shift
  • Apply: www.jobs4th.gov
  • Position: Maintenance Technician II
  • Permanent – Full-time
  • Shift: Flexible
  • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov

FedEx Express (400 Positions)

  • Package Handlers
  • Permanent – Part-Time
  • 13.26 per hour
  • Various shifts
  • Apply: mlaytchan@fedex.com

Resource Management Group 

PAE

  • Electronic Engineers, Security Analysis, HVAC & Electrical, Administrative Clerks, Lab Technician, Aircraft Maintenance, Logistics, Construction Surveillance Technicians

Extended Stay America

  • Positions

(2) General Manager Positions

  • ESA Memphis Airport
  • ESA Memphis Cordova

(20) Housekeepers

  • ESA Memphis Apple Tree
  • ESA Memphis Cordova
  • ESA Memphis Mt. Moriah
  • ESA Memphis Quail Hollow
  • ESA Memphis Popular
  • ESA Memphis Wolfchase Galleria

(15) Front Desk Associates

  • ESA Memphis Apple Tree
  • ESA Memphis Cordova
  • ESA Memphis Mt. Moriah
  • ESA Memphis Quail Hollow
  • ESA Memphis Popular
  • ESA Memphis Wolfchase Galleria

(4) Overnight Associates

  • ESA Memphis Cordova
  • ESA Memphis Mt. Moriah
  • ESA Memphis Wolfchase Galleria
  • Part-time and Full-time
  • Pay Varies

DHL Supply Chain (5155 Lamar Avenue Memphis, TN 38118)

 

Resource Management Group

 

FedEx Ground

MINACT, INC., Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center

  • Positions: Supervisor of Recreation, Recreation Specialists, Residential Advisor, Computer Service Technician Instructor

 

Green Dot Public Schools Tennessee

Conduent

  • Crumpy’s (Opening a new store and need staff immediately)

 

Peopleready

  • Electricians, HVAC Sheetmetal Mechanics, Glaziers, Plumbers, Carpenters
  • Full-time
  • Various shifts
  • Pay varies
  • Apply: mary.hines@ajcmemphis.com

 

Lowes

  • Sales Specialist Appliances, Sales Specialist Cabinets
  • Full-time and Part-time
  • Various shifts
  • Pay varies
  • Memphis Area and Olive Branch
  • Apply: https://jobs.lowes.com/

 

McKesson Corporation

 

Teleflex

  • Material Handlers, Transportation Manager, Distribution Operations Analyst
  • Full-time
  • Various shifts
  • Pay varies
  • Apply: https://careers.teleflex.com/  

Youth Villages

LSI Staffing

  • Immediate Openings
  • Distribution/Packaging

Memphis Recovery Center

Meritan (30 Positions)

  • LPNs (5),  RNs (3-5), Homemakers (10), Billing Clerk (1), Bookkeeper (1), Foster Care Assistant Manager (1 – Memphis), Personal Care Assistants (10 – 15 DeSoto County, MS), CNAs (5),  Homemakers (10), Homemakers Case Manager (1)
  • Pay varies
  • Various shifts
  • Apply: https://meritan.org/careers
  • $1,000 SIGN-ON BONUS for LPNs, RNs, and Homemakers

FedEx Express

Facilities Performance Group (various positions available)

    • Custodians (Temporary Crisis Pay $14.00 HR)
    • Industrial Cleaners (Temporary Crisis Pay $13.50 HR)
    • Gate Sweepers, (Temporary Crisis Pay $14.00).
    • Full-time and part-time
    • Apply: fpgjobs@fpg-llc.com

CTD Staffing

    • Software Engineer (3 openings) – Salary $101,300-112,600/yr.
    • Medical Coder : Billing (1) – $15 HR
    • Full-time
    • Apply: courtney@ctdstaffing.com

MCR Safety

Bryce Corporation

Sherwin Williams

DHL Supply Chain ( 5155 Lamar Avenue Memphis, TN 38118)

    •   Position: Material Handlers (300 Job Openings)
    •   Job Type: Full-time
    •   Pay Rate: $14.50 per hour
    •  Apply: www.workfordhl.com

PSF Web

    • Warehouse Operative
    • 200 job openings
    • $10.00 + per hour
    • Various shifts
    • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov

Kroger

Amazon

  • Warehouse Team and Shoppers
  • 200+ job opening
  • $17.00 per hour
  • Various shifts
  • Memphis and Byhalia
  • Apply: www.amazondelivers.jobs

FedEx Ground

AeroTek

    • Wheel Vehicle/Diesel Mechanic
    • Full-time
    • $20-$30 per hour
    • 2-3 years experience
    • Military a plus
    • Apply: Andrew Pannel apannel@aerotek.com

 

Lehman Roberts

    • Traffic Control, Crew Laborers, Skill Laborers, Equipment Operators (CDL required)
    • Full-time
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov

 

Y&W Technologies

 

Pandrol

    • Positions: Manufacturing Laborer, Material Handlers (folk lift exp.), Maintenance Mechanic, Quality Control Inspector, Plastics Operator, Shift Inspectors
    • Full-time
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov



Autozone

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    • Full-time and part-time
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov



Agape

    • Positions: Team Work Connectors
    • Whitehaven, Frayser and Hickory Hill Locations
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov

Corelle Brand

    • Positions: Fork Lift Operator
    • Full-time
    • $14.32 per hour
    • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov

Ledbetter

    • Positions: General Laborer, Forklift Operator
    • Full-time
    • $12.00-$13.00 per hour
    • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov

 

Hill Services

Millennium Search

    • Positions: Lift Operator, Material Handler, General Warehouse Associates
    • Full-time
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov

 

Hamilton-Ryder

    • Positions: Production Operator I, Forklift Operator, Picker/Packer, Material Handler
    • Full-time
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov

 

ADB Companies

    • Positions: Laborer I, Laborer Handler II, Drill Foreman, Drill Locator, Mini Excavator Operator, OSP Inspector, OSP Project Manager
    • Full-time
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: www.adbccompanies.com/join-our-team

 

Big River Engineering & Manufacturing

    • Positions: CNC Machining Center (Mill) Operator, CNC Machining Center (Wire EDM) Operator
    • Full-time
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov

 

EVERSANA Life Science Services

    • Positions: Inventory Control Associate, Global Transportation Analyst,  Material Handler
    • Full-time
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: www.jobs4tn.gov

Walmart

    • Positions: Store Associates, Stocker, Freight Handlers, Cart Attendent
    • Full-time and part-time
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: careers.walmart.com/

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

    • Positions: Bedside Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, Radiology Techs, Financial Counselors
    • Full-time and part-time
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: www.methodisthealth.org/careers/

Lowe’s

    • Seasonal Cashiers, Sales Associates, Overnight Stockers
    • Part-time
    • Pay varies
    • Apply: jobs.lowes.com/

Insomnia Cookies

National Guard

    • 17-34 years of age
    • $20,000 bonuses, 100% college tuition free, healthcare, much more
    • Apply: Call 901-481-5037

G4S

    • Positions: Armed Customer Protection Officer, Unarmed Upscale Security Officer, Shuttle Driver, Bank Protection Officer, Healthcare Upscale Security Officer
    • Full-time
    • Apply: https://careers.g4s.com/en

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Categories
News The Fly-By

TDOT Delays I-55 Bridge Project

CREDIT: Brandon Dill

Turns out, we can drive I-55, at least for another year.

Last week the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) hit pause on a plan to build a new interchange for Interstate-55 at E. H. Crump and Riverside. That $60 million plan would have closed the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge for nine months, beginning in 2017.

Opposition to the bridge closure mounted quickly after news of the plan broke in the Flyer in late May. By the beginning of July, TDOT Commissioner John Schroer remained resolute in his decision to implement the plan. When asked if anything would change his mind, Schroer told the Flyer that, “It’s not a case of changing my mind. It’s about making the right decisions, and, in this case, we made the right decisions.”

Brandon Dill

Less than a month later, TDOT announced it would idle the project for one year as it studied the project’s impact on the regional economy and the communities surrounding the proposed construction.

TDOT will take the year to compare two plans. One is the plan on the table, with a three-year construction period and a nine-month closure of the bridge. The other has a six-year construction period and would close only some traffic lanes across the bridge, but there would be no full closure.

“Over the past several weeks, we have heard from residents, business owners, elected officials, and other stakeholders in Memphis and in Arkansas, and we understand there is a significant level of concern over a full closure of the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge,” Schroer said in a news release Friday. “We want to take the opportunity to address those concerns before moving forward with construction.”

The loudest, most formal opposition to the plan came from Arkansas state Senator Keith Ingram of West Memphis. Ingram launched a petition at change.org to fight the bridge closure, saying it would “devastate” local economies and “cripple” emergency services.

Ingram said he and a group of state and local officials had a “good and meaningful” meeting with Schroer two weeks ago. He said delaying the project is a “good first step” in the process to build a new interchange.

“I think sometimes, and I’m not saying it’s the case here, but sometimes in Little Rock, or Nashville, or Jackson, Mississippi, it’s easy to make some of these decisions until you really see first-hand and understand the daily disruption and the regional impact that closing this bridge would have for all of us,” Ingram said.

The Greater Memphis Chamber also opposed closing the bridge, fearing the move could have a multi-billion-dollar negative effect on the regional economy.

“We appreciate TDOT’s leadership on this issue and support their plan to delay the project for a year to complete additional analysis of the impact and to work with Arkansas and regional businesses on any alternatives to a complete closure of the bridge during construction,” said Dexter Muller, the Chamber’s senior advisor.

The plan delay was good news for West Memphian Jim Russell. He’s retired and travels to Memphis for medical visits and to volunteer at the Memphis Botanic Garden.

“I was planning on not going to Memphis at all anymore, except for some doctors’ appointments I couldn’t change,” Russell said. “I was going to cut out the Botanic Gardens completely, but now I won’t have to do that.”