Campaign season for local, state and federal offices on the 2018 ballot has started.

On Wednesday, Sept. 27, Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Jr. kicked off his bid for the Shelby County Commission at the offices of an East Memphis law firm. Meanwhile, Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir rallied supporters in advance of formally kicking off his bid for Shelby County Mayor at a Thursday, Sept. 28, announcement.

2. Ford Opens Commission Bid as Lenoir Prepares Formal Start of Mayoral Bid - Thursday, September 28, 2017

Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Jr. kicked off his bid Wednesday, Sept. 27, for the Shelby County Commission on the 2018 ballot at the offices of an East Memphis law firm as Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir rallied supporters in advance of formally kicking off his bid for Shelby County Mayor at a Thursday announcement.

3. Design Board OKs Allworld’s Plan To Renovate Downtown Building - Friday, April 7, 2017

Downtown Memphis is going through a renaissance, and Allworld Project Management has made it very clear it wants to be front and center for it.

The locally owned firm’s plans to restore the previously vacant-two story building near the corner of Jefferson Avenue and B.B. King Boulevard earned approval from the Downtown Commission’s Design Review Board Wednesday, April 5.

4. Allworld Renovating Vacant Downtown Building for HQ - Friday, March 17, 2017

Allworld Project Management has been approved for an $80,000 Exterior Improvement Grant by the Center City Development Corp. to begin renovations on its new corporate headquarters in Downtown Memphis.

5. Chamber’s MWBE Loan Program Helps Companies Secure ISO Certification - Wednesday, March 15, 2017

A cohort of minority-owned businesses have used a new Greater Memphis Chamber loan program to complete ISO 9001 certification, which opens them up to new federal contracting opportunities where the certification is required.

6. Last Word: Wessman Trouble, Selling 495 Union and An Underground Film Icon - Friday, February 17, 2017

When Wessman Development came to town last year with the idea of a boutique hotel, the Palm Springs, California company was part of the flood of smaller hotel projects Memphis was seeing and is still seeing. Then the company added another hotel and just this month the redevelopment of a building on Madison west of Second Street as apartments with retail on the ground floor. In a very short period of time, Wessman has had a lot of plans for Memphis.

7. Strickland Names 6 Chiefs to Report Directly To Mayor - Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Memphis Mayor-elect Jim Strickland rounded out his team of top advisers and division directors with six appointees who will report directly to him – a structural change to how previous mayoral administrations have worked.

8. Strickland: Police Director Armstrong Stays, For Now - Saturday, November 28, 2015

The city of Memphis eventually will have a new Memphis Police Department director, but, for now, current director Toney Armstrong will continue to hold the job.

Mayor-elect Jim Strickland announced Friday, Nov. 20, that Armstrong will remain in the job while he searches for a replacement.

9. Strickland: Police Director Armstrong Stays, For Now - Monday, November 23, 2015

The city of Memphis eventually will have a new Memphis Police Department director, but, for now, current director Toney Armstrong will continue to hold the job.

Mayor-elect Jim Strickland announced Friday, Nov. 20, that Armstrong will remain in the job while he searches for a replacement.

10. Strickland: Police Director Armstrong Stays, For Now - Saturday, November 21, 2015

The city of Memphis eventually will have a new Memphis Police Department director, but, for now, current director Toney Armstrong will continue to hold the job.

Mayor-elect Jim Strickland announced Friday, Nov. 20, that Armstrong will remain in the job while he searches for a replacement.

11. Allworld Project Management Grows Staff With Tech Focus - Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Tiger Lane. Crosstown Concourse. The Shelby Farms “Heart of the Park” expansion. The Main to Main Multi-Modal Connector Project across the Harahan Bridge. Some of the city’s biggest development projects lead to Allworld Project Management, a 5-year-old firm that’s taking the project management industry to new, tech-focused territory.

12. Chamber Announces 2015 Young Memphians - Saturday, August 29, 2015

The Greater Memphis Chamber has selected its class of 2015 Young Memphians.

To qualify, the young professionals had to be chamber members under the age of 40. Nominations were received through the chamber’s website, social media outlets and email.

13. Chamber Announces 2015 Young Memphians - Tuesday, August 25, 2015

The Greater Memphis Chamber has selected its class of 2015 Young Memphians.

To qualify, the young professionals had to be chamber members under the age of 40. Nominations were received through the chamber’s website, social media outlets and email.

14. Events - Thursday, August 16, 2012

Memphis Breakfast Rotary Club will meet Thursday, Aug. 16, at 7 a.m. at The Racquet Club of Memphis, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell will speak. Contact Mark Edwards at medwards@bankofbartlett.com.

15. Hooper Takes Peete's Council Seat - At Least for Now - Thursday, June 21, 2007

The newest member of the Memphis City Council has had plenty of experience handling politicians. Henry Hooper is a retired Secret Service agent assigned to protect four U.S. presidents during his tenure.

16. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, July 18, 2002
Memphis voters get to see new redistricting plan

Memphis voters get to see new redistricting plan

By MARY DANDO

The Daily News

Memphis residents will be able to decide for themselves whether the redrawn districting plan for city council ...

17. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, December 8, 1997
Dec Dec. 8 Women of Achievement will host its annual forum, Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Then and Now, at the Community Foundation, 1900 Union Ave., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The panel will include Frances Dancy Hooks, a 1997 Women of Achievement...

18. Archived Article: City Council - Wednesday, November 13, 1996
notes 11-12 city council.gs Council approves convention center planning, delays $49.5 million By GABRIELLE C.L. SONGE The Daily News A City Council budget committee approved on Tuesday the transfer of $500,000 to begin the planning process for a new...