As a lifelong Memphian and successful entrepreneur, Carolyn Hardy is all about finding new ways to grow the city.

2. Making Best Better - Thursday, November 9, 2017

More than a decade ago, Carolyn Hardy was a vice president with the Coors Brewing Co. in Memphis when she attended the Leadership Development Intensive (LDI), a personal leadership training ground stretched across 3 1/2 days.

3. Roger Ailes, Media Guru and Political Strategist, Dies at 77 - Friday, May 19, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) – Roger Ailes, the communications maestro who transformed television news and America's political conversation by creating and ruling Fox News Channel for two decades before being ousted last year for alleged sexual harassment, died Thursday, according to his wife, Elizabeth Ailes. He was 77.

4. ‘MemphisWorks’ Jobs, Training App Launches - Wednesday, December 7, 2016

A new “MemphisWorks” app unveiled Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the Greater Memphis Chamber’s Annual Chairman’s Luncheon is a comprehensive jobs and training effort that took nine months to get in one digital place, with help from an anonymous donor.

5. May 20-26: This Week in Memphis History - Saturday, May 21, 2016

2006: Shelby County’s reliance on manufacturing jobs is dropping, according to state labor figures, which show that 14 manufacturing companies have closed or cut back their workforces in Shelby County since January 2003. The closings and cutbacks account for the loss of 1,240 jobs.
The losses include 98 jobs at Coors Brewing Co., 5151 East Raines Road; 112 workers at Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co., 1551 Thomas St.; and 327 employees at Great Dane LP at 1095 Harbor Ave.

6. Hardy’s Advice For Women in Business - Monday, February 22, 2016

Carolyn Hardy has been places a woman hadn’t been before in the Memphis business world.

Throughout her career at J.M. Smucker Co., Honeywell-POMS Corp., Coors Brewing Co. and her own ventures with Hardy Bottling Co. and Henderson Transloading, Hardy has made it a point to be confident with herself and make everyone else comfortable with having a woman at the boardroom table. Under her new role as chairman of the Greater Memphis Chamber, she’s advocating for greater inclusion of minority- and women-owned businesses in the private sector.

7. Trailblazer - Saturday, February 20, 2016

Carolyn Chism Hardy is a trailblazer, a success story, an advocate for the poor and middle class, and now she’s one of the most influential people in the private sector.

8. Beer Merger Will Not Bring Budweiser, Miller Under Same Roof - Thursday, November 12, 2015

LONDON (AP) — The world's two biggest beer makers will join forces to create a company that produces almost a third of the world's beer. But in the U.S., the deal will not bring arch rivals Budweiser and Miller under the same roof.

9. Carolyn Hardy: Productivity Increase Brings Higher Wages - Friday, September 18, 2015

Carolyn Hardy is familiar with the local debate about $10 an hour jobs pursued in economic development campaigns.

10. Craft Brew Alliance Comes to Blues City Brewery - Friday, August 14, 2015

This year, some 100,000 barrels of Craft Brew Alliance products will be produced at the Blues City Brewery in South Memphis in the second year of a five-year agreement between CBA and Blues City’s parent company, City Brewing Co., out of Lacrosse, Wis.

11. This Week in Memphis History: February 13-19 - Saturday, February 14, 2015

2005: Molson Coors Brewing Co. announced it would close its Memphis brewery in Hickory Hill in 2007 as a result of the Canadian company’s merger with Adolph Coors Co. of Colorado. At the time, the brewery and bottling plant employed 410 people. The phase-out was to begin in the second half of 2005. Today the brewery is known as Blues City Brewery, a part of City Brewing of Latrobe, Wis., producing beers and other beverages under numerous brand names.

12. Editorial: Jobs Growth Has Multilayered Solution - Saturday, October 11, 2014

The basic goal of bringing jobs to Memphis isn’t as simple as it sounds.

It’s about keeping jobs in Memphis and Memphians in those jobs.

We’ve known that since the recent days of the Electrolux plant announcement and Blues City Brewing starting up in the old Schlitz/Coors/Stroh’s brewery.

13. Here’s to Memphis Made - Friday, December 13, 2013

THIS SEASON, RAISE A GLASS TO US. “Have a beer. When you can find something we can all agree on, something we can all be proud of, something unifying, you should drink to it. Seriously. Drink to it.”

14. Hardy Pushes Intermodal Sites for New Jobs - Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Carolyn Hardy admits she pushed hard to get the intermodal container yard that opened this week in Hickory Hill completed faster than the two years many contractors told her it would take.

15. Chism Hardy Moves Deeper Into Logistics - Monday, January 28, 2013

The certified public accountant who bought the old Coors Belle brewery in Hickory Hill seven years ago and turned it into Hardy Bottling Co. has taken the supply chain lessons from the business into the logistics industry.

16. Shipyard, Mike’s Hard Lemonade Added to Local Brewing Scene - Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Blues City Brewery is now producing two malt beverages for well-known national brand names – Shipyard and Mike’s Hard Lemonade.

The brewery at 5151 E. Raines Road, owned by City Brewing Co. LLC, makes and bottles numerous brand name beverages – alcoholic and non-alcoholic – but doesn’t disclose those names.

17. Hardy’s Perseverance Runs in The Family - Monday, July 25, 2011

Carolyn Chism Hardy initially thought owning her own business would be as a business consultant. She was a certified public accountant with a comfortable position and a specialty in cost efficiency at the Memphis Coors brewery in 2006 when Molson-Coors Brewing Co. put the Memphis plant up for sale.

18. Plant Follows Blueprint for Project Success - Tuesday, May 10, 2011

First come the months and years of deal-making and finger-crossing. After that, the big announcement.

Next up after all that hard work in the world of economic development is something now evident throughout Memphis: forward momentum on several big projects that promise to bring hundreds of jobs, a boost to the manufacturing base and a jolt to the local economy.

19. City Brewing Acquires Former Coors Brewery - Wednesday, May 4, 2011

City Brewing Co. of La Crosse, Wis., has completed its $30 million acquisition of a former Coors brewery in Memphis.

20. Brewery Traveled Long, Winding Road - Friday, April 1, 2011

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. made it clear this week that his latest economic development announcement wasn’t like the others he’s made in the last four months.

The move of City Brewing Co. into the Hardy Bottling Co. in Hickory Hill starting this summer isn’t a company starting from the ground up in Memphis or an existing company expanding in Memphis.

21. Road to Blues City Brewery Rough - Thursday, March 31, 2011

The plan by City Brewing Co. of La Crosse, Wis., to buy the 40-year-old Memphis beer brewery that is now Hardy Bottling Co. didn’t begin this year.

22. Buyer Set To Acquire Hardy Bottling Plant - Wednesday, March 30, 2011

City Brewing Co. LLC, which has production facilities in La Crosse, Wis., and Latrobe, Pa., is planning to buy the assets of Hardy Bottling Co. in Memphis for $30 million and to invest additional money in the facility over the next five years.

23. Buyer Poised to Acquire Plant From Hardy Bottling - Tuesday, March 29, 2011

City Brewing Co. LLC, which has production facilities in La Crosse, Wis., and Latrobe, Pa., is planning to buy the assets of Hardy Bottling Co. in Memphis for $30 million and to invest additional money in the facility over the next five years.

24. Stephen Hegdale Named General Manager at BarDett - Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Stephen Hegdale has been named general manger of BarDett, dba A.S. Barboro, a Memphis-based distributor of Miller and Coors beer with ties to Nashville’s Det Distributing Co.

25. YING-Cha-Ching - Friday, November 5, 2010

Finally, beer worthy of the water.

Whatever you may be feeling in the aftermath of the election, whether you were throwing the mud or covered in it, for the charter or against it, lied to or preached to, there is one thing every voter can do today … black or white, left or right … that will help the whole community.

26. Yuengling Eyes Memphis for Expansion - Friday, October 15, 2010

A major U.S. brewer is on the verge of making Memphis a key production and distribution center for its increasingly popular line of beers.

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc., the Pottsville, Pa.-based brewer of Yuengling beer, has signed a letter of intent to buy the Hardy Bottling Co. at 5151 E. Raines Road.

27. ALL BUSINESS: Strong Dollar Hurts U.S. Exports - Monday, February 15, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Ben Bernanke and Tim Geithner keep saying that they support a strong dollar. Now that we have it, they should eat their words.

The dollar has surged to an 8-month high against the euro, and is also rising against other major currencies. If it keeps strengthening, that could damage the already fragile U.S. economic recovery.

28. Big Demand Drives Ghost River Brewing To Expand - Friday, June 26, 2009

Less than a year after handcrafting its first batch of beer, Memphis-based Ghost River Brewing is expanding.

The company today takes delivery of a new 900-gallon fermenter, increasing the company’s brewing capacity 33 percent from 2,500 kegs per year to more than 3,300, said Ghost River co-owner Chuck Skypeck.

29. Naked Lion Owner Hopes to Go National - Thursday, January 3, 2008

When Molson Coors Brewing Co. decided to close its Memphis facility in 2006, some employees were left to make life-altering decisions.

For former Coors international brewmaster Tony Vieira, the decision was whether to pick up his family and move to another city or remain in Memphis.

30. St. Jude Nets $1.7 MillionIn Halloween Campaign - Thursday, December 6, 2007
     National partners from the 16th annual Halloween Promotion benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital presented more than $1.7 million of the projected $4.8 million donation to the hospital Wednesday to help in the

31. New Festival To Replace, Build On Arts in the Park - Friday, October 19, 2007

Mid-Southerners next week will have the opportunity to take part in the first RiverArtsFest, an event put together by some of the former organizers of the now-defunct Arts in the Park annual event.

32. Coors Brewing Disputes Tax Assessments - Monday, September 17, 2007

Commenting on the sale of Coors Brewing Co.'s Memphis plant to an employee-led group of investors in 2006, company president and CEO Leo Kiely reportedly called the transaction the most important milestone in a companywide cost-savings effort.

33. Events - Monday, January 8, 2007

The Memphis chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) holds a membership breakfast meeting Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Carolyn Hardy, president and CEO of Chism Hardy Enterprises LLC, is the guest speaker. She will discuss her career successes as the first black vice president for the Memphis Coors Brewing Co. and the future of her newly formed corporation. Cost is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Call 844-3738 or visit www.nawbomemphis.org for reservations.

34. Events - Friday, January 5, 2007

The Memphis chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) holds a membership breakfast meeting Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Carolyn Hardy, president and CEO of Chism Hardy Enterprises LLC, is the guest speaker. She will discuss her career successes as the first black vice president for the Memphis Coors Brewing Co. and the future of her newly formed corporation. Admission is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Call 844-3738 or visit www.nawbomemphis.org for reservations.

35. Events - Thursday, January 4, 2007

The Memphis chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) holds a membership breakfast meeting Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Carolyn Hardy, president and CEO of Chism Hardy Enterprises LLC, is the guest speaker. She will discuss her career successes as the first black vice president for the Memphis Coors Brewing Co. and the future of her newly formed corporation. Admission is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Call 844-3738 or visit www.nawbomemphis.org for reservations.

36. Events - Tuesday, January 2, 2007

The Juvenile Court ad hoc committee meets Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the fourth floor conference room of the Shelby County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St. Call 545-4301 for more information.

37. Events - Wednesday, December 27, 2006

The Memphis Symphony Orchestra (MSO) and soprano Joanna Mongiardo present a romantic waltz Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 255 N. Main St. Ballroom dancers from the Gallery Ballroom will demonstrate the waltz before the concert and join guests afterward to show them how to waltz. The musical program was designed with the Old World romance of New Year's in mind. The work of composers Johann Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gioacchino Antonio Rossini will be featured. Tickets cost $60. Call the MSO box office at 537-2525 or visit the office at 585 S. Mendenhall Rd. for tickets.

38. Events - Wednesday, December 20, 2006

The Center City Development board of directors meets Thursday at noon in the CCC conference room, 114 N. Main St. Call 575-0540 for details.

The Peabody Hotel hosts a Christmas Day Brunch Monday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom, 149 Union Ave. Admission is $39.95 for adults and $15.95 for children. Call 529-3668 for reservations.

39. Events - Tuesday, December 19, 2006

The Memphis office of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center hosts "Business Start-Up" Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon at Renaissance Business Center, 555 Beale St. The free seminar will outline the first steps in starting a business. For information, call Yolanda Handy at 333-5085.

40. Coors Caps Deal With Hardy Bottling - Tuesday, September 19, 2006

5151 E. Raines Road
Memphis, TN 38118
Sale Amount: $6 million

Sale Date: Aug. 31, 2006

Buyer: Chism Hardy Enterprises LLC

41. Memphis BreweryComes Under New Ownership - Friday, September 8, 2006
     More than a year after Molson Coors Brewing Co. announced plans to close its Memphis brewery, the plant at 5151 E. Raines Road now has come under new ownership.
     Chism Hardy Enterprises

42. Coors SuitorsNot Giving Up Yet - Friday, September 1, 2006
     With the deadline of the expected closure of the Coors-Memphis Brewery looming, Chism Hardy Enterprises LLC is working to close a deal to buy the plant.
     "It's still not finalized yet,"

43. Chism Hardy Seeks PILOT for Coors Plant - Wednesday, August 16, 2006
     The group of investors who in June first expressed interest in buying the local Molson Coors Brewing Co. plant plans to appear before the Shelby County Industrial Development Board today to request a payment-in-lieu-of-t

44. It's Not Over Yet:Coors Finds Another Potential Buyer - Thursday, June 29, 2006
    Coors-Memphis has signed a letter of intent with Memphis investment group Chism Hardy Enterprises LLC for the purchase of the Coors equipment and plant at 5151 E. Raines Road.
    Molson Coors announce

45. Walking the (Assembly) Line - Monday, May 22, 2006

Shelby County's reliance on manufacturing jobs to employ its citizens has decreased over the past few years, but this is just part of a larger trend happening in West Tennessee and across the country.

46. Coors Profits Get Big Chill - Friday, February 10, 2006
Molson Coors Brewing Co. has reported lower fourth quarter and 2005 yearly consolidated net sales, sales volume and income from continuing operations. The company reported net sales of $1.38 billion and sales volume of 10.3 million barrels from opera

47. Job Growth Offsets Cuts in Local Market - Thursday, December 22, 2005

With the most recent state and county unemployment rates hovering at nearly 6 percent - about 1 percent ahead of the national average - local companies and workers are experiencing tumultuous times that might not even out for years, experts said.

48. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Monday, February 14, 2005
Brookmeade Property

Brookmeade Property

Financed for $1.6 Million

Chamberlain & McCreery Inc. has financed 42.6 acres near Guffin and Old Brownsville roads in Brookmeade for $1.6 million, according to The Daily News Public Records Datab...

49. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Friday, July 23, 2004
Quail Ridge Apartments

Quail Ridge Apartments

Sell for $16.6 Million

Belvedere Apartments Inc. has purchased Quail Ridge Apartments at 4200 Trenton Drive in Bartlett for $16.6 million, according to The Daily News Public Records Database, ww...

50. Archived Article: Events - Friday, May 14, 2004
The Mid America Earthquake Center and the University of Memphis Earthquake workshops for the media takes place from 9:30 a

The performance and review committee of the Memphis-Shelby County Industrial Development Board meets at 7:15 a.m. today in ...

51. Archived Article: Mmbc (lead) - Tuesday, September 5, 2000
Chamber and MMBC combine shows Business Showcase 2000 unites Chamber, MMBC By Sue Pease The Daily News Memphis business people have a chance to participate in a unique event this month as the Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce and the Mid-South Minori...

52. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, December 6, 1999
Calendar: Calendar: Monday, Dec. 6 Consumer Debt Counseling Service will conduct "B.Y.O.B.," a free seminar on "building your own budget and the basics of money management, from 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at 2158 Union Avenue, Suite 400. Partic...

53. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Flynn Named Vice President of Ruth Ann Marshall has been appointed North American Region president for MasterCard International. Marshall formerly was executive vice president at Concord EFS Inc. Stephen J. Flynn has been named vice president of res...

54. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, January 27, 1999
Albert Cantu Appointed Terminix Jeff Sanford was named president and chief executive officer of the Center City Commission. He has served in the position on an interim basis since June. Since 1988, he has been president of Jeff Sanford Co. He is a g...

55. Archived Article: Comm Briefs - Thursday, January 21, 1999
The Chocolate Fantasy is back from 11 a The Chocolate Fantasy is back from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 29 at Oak Court Mall. For a $12 donation, chocolate lovers can sample candy, ice cream, coffee, cookies, brownies, pies and cakes. The Chocolate Fantas...

56. Archived Article: Memphis Invests - Monday, December 21, 1998
By LAURIE JOHNSON Record $1.4 billion invested in Memphis in 1998 By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Private companies invested a record $1.4 billion to relocate and expand in Memphis and Shelby County in 1998, according to figures released by the Mem...

57. Archived Article: Marketplace - Monday, May 4, 1998
By DIANNA DEAREN Puffing to productivity Big companies provide fitness centers for employees benefit and their own By DIANNA DEAREN The Daily News Push-ups and crunches at work? It is becoming more common as large companies recognize the benefits in...

58. Archived Article: Marketplace Chg - Monday, May 5, 1997
Beer town Beer town Memphians soon will have more options for beer with new concepts Downtown By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News Whether lager, pale ale or stout, Memphians soon will have a greater choice of all kinds of beer with the opening this ...

59. Archived Article: Beer Info - Monday, May 5, 1997
Chattanooga Chattanooga ï Big River Grille and Brewing Works Brew pub ï Eastern Rivers Brewing Co. Contract brewing company Clarksville ï Black Horse Brewery/ Franklin Street Pub Corp. Brew pub Germantown ï Boscoís Pizza K...