For local minority- and women-owned business owners like Will Graham, becoming a member of the Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum (MMBCC) has been a critical piece of her company’s growth. She joined the MMBCC to help connect her medical device special processing business with local medical device manufacturers, suppliers and other medical professionals.

2. Tobi Merschat Sources Sustainable Corporate Culture - Friday, November 10, 2017

It started with pecan pie. Actually, it started a few steps pre-pie. Growing up in Columbia, South Carolina, the yard of Tobi Merschat’s family home was thick with pecan trees, and in the fall, the whole family would gather pecans, shell them and then bake their shared labor into pie. From hard work emerged delicious reward – a model of sustainability.

3. Evergreen Packaging Expands in East Memphis - Saturday, August 27, 2016

Evergreen Packaging has renewed and expanded its lease at the 5350 Poplar Ave. office building in East Memphis.

4. Evergreen Packaging Expands in East Memphis - Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Evergreen Packaging has renewed and expanded its lease at the 5350 Poplar Ave. office building in East Memphis. The 40,000-square-foot location will be the global headquarters for Evergreen, a spinoff of International Paper’s paper packaging division located in Memphis since 2007. Evergreen recently merged with Indianapolis-based Closure Systems International and York, Pa.-based Graham Packaging Co., creating a combined company with $5.5 billion in annual revenue.

5. $5.5 Billion Company Stakes Headquarters in Memphis - Friday, May 6, 2016

Three packaging companies are combining to create a $5.5 billion conglomerate that will locate its headquarters in Memphis.

Evergreen Packaging's consolidated global headquarters will create 70 jobs with an average salary of $176,283 and nearly $1 million in capital investment.

6. Evergreen Packaging, Hollywood Feed Make Big HQ Moves - Friday, March 18, 2016

At its March 16 meeting, the Memphis-Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine Board approved tax incentives for two companies, creating 101 jobs and $8.1 million in local tax revenue.

A payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentive went to Evergreen Packaging Inc., making Memphis the site of a global headquarters for a company with $5 billion in annual revenue.

7. Memphis Creatives Walk Through Recent Branding Projects - Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Ben Fant and Andrew Holliday are principals at two Memphis creative firms that each undertook similar projects recently – crafting brand messaging for clients in the restaurant industry.

8. IDB Approves Kirby Parkway PILOT - Thursday, September 16, 2010

The Memphis-Shelby County Industrial Development Board has approved an eight-year, $3 million tax break for the Nashville developers of a long-term acute-care hospital and outpatient center on Kirby Parkway north of Bill Morris Parkway.

9. IDB to Consider Hospital PILOT - Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Developers of a long-term acute-care hospital and outpatient center in East Memphis are seeking a 15-year, $3 million PILOT (payment-in-lieu-of-taxes).

The tax break proposal from Health Care Realty of Memphis LLC for the $16.2 million project is on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting of the Memphis-Shelby County Industrial Development Board. The board meets at 3 p.m. at City Hall, 125 N. Main St.