Longtime nonprofit administrator Diane Duke recently took the helm of Friends for Life as its new executive director. In her new role, the Los Angeles native leads and oversees an organization that’s helping those affected by HIV/AIDS through the provision of education, housing, food, transportation and healthy life skills training.

2. Partners Bring Outdoor Classroom Design Challenge to Memphis Catholic - Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Video game industry revenue is up. The time children spend outdoors is down. Young people’s recognition of corporate logos is up. Their ability to identify native species is down.

If that sounds like the groundwork for a nonprofit called Come Alive Outside, that’s because it is.

3. Brown Joins Michael Hatcher & Associates - Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Lana L. Brown has joined Michael Hatcher & Associates Inc. as controller. In her new role, Brown is responsible for the accounting operations of the company, which includes financial reporting, cash management, risk management and maintaining a good system of accounting policies.

4. Technology Keeps Hatcher’s Landscape Business Booming - Monday, May 12, 2014

Whether it was pagers, two-way radios, fax machines or the Internet, Michael Hatcher has always been quick to embrace technological advances as a way to help grow his small business, the landscaping firm Michael Hatcher & Associates Inc.

5. Espitia Joins Michael Hatcher as Chief Financial Officer - Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Ed Espitia has joined Michael Hatcher & Associates Inc. as chief financial officer. Espitia comes to the Memphis-based landscape services firm after serving since 2010 as finance manager for Schulz Xtruded Products, a Germany-based pipe maker with operations in North Mississippi.

6. New Business Avenues - Thursday, November 15, 2012

Kent and Loda Hatcher of Germantown are corporate refugees. Three-and-a-half years ago, they decided to put aside their careers in project engineering and customer service and journey into what they considered uncharted territory.

7. Jackson Lewis Law Firm Honored for Diversity - Thursday, September 13, 2012

Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest workplace law firms and which opened a Memphis office four years ago, has achieved a prominent national recognition for its diversity efforts.

8. Michael Hatcher & Assoc. Adapts to Shifting Customer Demands - Monday, April 23, 2012

The average person probably wouldn’t associate the word “trendy” with landscaping, but Michael Hatcher certainly does.

9. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, June 2, 2004
MEMPHIS FOOD BANK APPOINTS ASST

The Food Bank Appoints Assistant Director

Estella Mayhue-Greer was appointed assistant director of the Memphis Food Bank. Greer has been with The Food Bank for eight years. She previously served as agency relati...

10. Archived Article: Marketplace - Monday, June 30, 2003
New crop of enthusiasts changing the landscape

New crop of enthusiasts changing the landscape

By ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

When Peggy Mullins husband, Mark, retired from the work force last year, space to move around in the flowerbed of...

11. Archived Article: Comm Focus - Friday, March 21, 2003
Cautious optimism greets Collierville mall plan

Cautious optimism greets Collierville mall plan

By STACEY WIEDOWER

The Daily News

After eight years of watching the town grow from a sleepy, isolated bedroom community to a thriving, self-s...

12. Archived Article: Nfib (lead) - Friday, December 7, 2001
Small business owners updated on legislative concerns

Small business owners get legislative update

By SUE PEASE

The Daily News

Concerns about issues from taxes to federal regulation of lawn care chemicals were on the minds of attendees a...

13. Archived Article: Marketplace - Monday, May 3, 1999
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Creating curb appeal Homeowners roll up their sleeves and dig into planting season By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Many people begin concentrating on their yards about this time of year, and experts say the possibilities are a...