REI’s new Memphis store is promoting local outdoor recreation areas in addition to the sales of its own camping and outdoor gear.

The consumer co-op not only is donating $20,000 total to the Wolf River, Overton Park and Shelby Farms Park conservancies for trail restoration and other improvements, but is leading its nearly 50 employees to engage with and volunteer in the parks.

2. Bike Share, Greenway and Bike Lane Efforts Point Toward Common Goal - Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Four years after it made its tentative debut with the opening of the Overton Park Bike Gate, the Hampline, across East Parkway from the eastern end of Overton Park, is about to become permanent.

“The Hampline that exists today is about to be changed,” city bikeway and pedestrian program manager Nicholas Oyler said on WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines.”

3. Last Word: Draft Done, New Beale Moves and New Elvis - Friday, June 22, 2018

Well, this is off to a rocky start. Jaren Jackson Jr. indicated he didn’t want to come to Memphis until minutes before the Grizz used their number 4 pick in Thursday evening’s NBA draft to select him and reverse years of bad history in draft selections. That was a lot to ask for in the pick of the youngest player in the draft at 18 years of age. But that’s what drafts in the NFL and NBA have come to be about – big moments, declaring victory and celebrating all before anything pans out.

4. Greenway’s Mud Island Segment Opens - Tuesday, October 24, 2017

When Henry Turley was developing Harbor Town and building homes and apartments on Mud Island, he remembers marketing the view of the Wolf River.

5. Mud Island Segment of Greenway Opens - Saturday, October 21, 2017

With a ribbon of shoestrings, leaders of the Wolf River Conservancy formally opened Saturday, Oct. 21, the westernmost park of the Wolf River Greenway – a 115-acre site with a 1.2 mile long trail loop on the north end of Mud Island.

6. Confluence Park Opening Marks Transformation - Monday, October 9, 2017

The name of the westernmost point of the Wolf River Greenway is still a working title. But the 115 acres on the north end of Mud Island has emerged from decades of overgrowth, used tires other materials dumped there to become an actual park.

7. Prosecutor: Police Justified in Shooting of Arkansas Teen - Friday, August 11, 2017

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A black teenager pointed a BB gun that looked like a handgun at police before he was fatally shot by officers outside an emergency youth center in eastern Arkansas, a prosecutor said in announcing no charges would be filed against the officers.

8. Summer in the City - Saturday, July 15, 2017

Saturday night on Beale Street is more than a catch phrase for businesses there.

It is chapters in old, out-of-print books like Lt. George W. Lee’s “Where The Blues Began” that you can only see in the Memphis-Shelby County Room of the Central Library. You can’t check the book out because of its rarity and age. But you can also find references to the lore of Saturday nights on Beale Street on plaques in the entertainment district that current patrons walk past without even noticing.

9. Bartlett Opens Greenway; Ghost River Natural Area Grows - Friday, April 21, 2017

The city of Bartlett has 29 parks, and every one of them has a walking trail. But the path that formally opens to the public Friday, April 21, at a trailhead at Santa Valley Road and U.S. 64 is Bartlett’s first venture in a full-fledged greenway.

10. Wolf River Conservancy Tree Planting is Feb. 25 - Wednesday, February 22, 2017

The Wolf River Conservancy will be holding its 12th annual tree planting on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to noon at Shelby Farms Park. The planting is the largest volunteer event for the conservancy with an anticipated 400-plus volunteers participating.

11. Green Spaces Valuable Assets for Memphis, Citizens - Thursday, October 13, 2016

Shelby Farms Park’s biggest project – Heart of the Park – is open. The Wolf River Greenway is on track for completion no later than 2020. Overton Park has come through the greensward controversy and is moving ahead with park enhancements.

12. Green Renaissance - Saturday, October 8, 2016

As director of Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, Jen Andrews has been on the front lines of what can fairly be called a green revival in Memphis. And she is amazed at how much change has occurred over the last decade, a rebirth that spans not just across the miles but now seems embedded in the city’s psyche.

13. A Greener Memphis Requires More Connectivity - Wednesday, October 5, 2016

It sounds simple enough, the idea that, as Wolf River Conservancy executive director Keith Cole puts it, “One of the basic premises of connectivity is you never want to build a bridge to nowhere.”

14. Events - Tuesday, February 23, 2016

B.I.G. for Memphis, a business interest group that connects Memphis Police colonels and business leaders, will meet Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 9:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Phelps Security, 4932 Park Ave. Mike Brady and Keith Tucker of Cyber Solutions Group Inc. will discuss cybersecurity in the workplace. Email bigformemphis@phelpssecurity.com to RSVP.

15. Events - Monday, February 22, 2016

SRVS will host a free dance and movement class for the general public, including people with disabilities, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 10 a.m. to noon at the J.K. Lewis Senior Center, 1188 North Parkway. Participants must be 18 or older. Email astrid.french@srvs.org to register.

16. Urban Treasure - Saturday, February 13, 2016

They were at the 2007 National Recreation and Park Association conference in Indianapolis and they had been dutifully attending the seminars and taking notes. But one day this two-woman contingent from Memphis and the newly formed Shelby Farms Park Conservancy skipped out of the afternoon workshops.

17. Events - Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Central Defense Staffing will host a recruitment event Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 6084 Apple Tree Drive, suite 10. CDS is seeking to fill positions for all shifts at various accounts in Memphis and North Mississippi. Applicants must bring two forms of ID and be able to pass drug screening and background checks. Visit centraldefensestaffing.com or call 901-473-6385, ext. 400.

18. Events - Monday, February 8, 2016

The Orpheum Theatre will present 2014 Tony Award winner “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” Tuesday, Feb. 9, through Feb. 14 at the theater, 203 S. Main St. Buy tickets at orpheum-memphis.com.

19. Events - Saturday, February 6, 2016

University of Memphis Hooks Institute will host “Stokely: A Life” author Peniel E. Joseph for a lecture, lunch and book signing Thursday, Feb. 11, at 11 a.m. in the University Center River Room, 499 University St. Joseph’s biography of Stokely Carmichael won the 2014 Benjamin L. Hooks Institute National Book Award. Visit memphis.edu/benhooks for details.

20. CFGM Grants $220K To Group of 17 Nonprofits - Friday, December 18, 2015

The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis has announced its latest round of grants, some $220,000 in “capacity building” funds for area nonprofits.

“These grants are for mature nonprofits,” said Ashley Harper, director of grants and initiatives for the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. “This is not startup funding. We feel like with our limited budget, this is a good niche for us.”

21. Wolf River Conservancy Donates Documents - Saturday, November 7, 2015

The Wolf River Conservancy is donating a collection of digitalized historical documents to the Memphis Public Library & Information Center.

The documents will be added to the existing Wolf River Conservancy Collection housed in the Memphis and Shelby County Room, located on the fourth floor of the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave.

22. Wolf River Conservancy Donates Documents to Library - Monday, November 2, 2015

The Wolf River Conservancy is donating a collection of digitalized historical documents to the Memphis Public Library & Information Center.

The documents will be added to the existing Wolf River Conservancy Collection housed in the Memphis and Shelby County Room, located on the fourth floor of the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave.

23. Raleigh’s Kennedy Park is ‘the Heart’ of Wolf River Greenway - Friday, October 2, 2015

Charles Flink, the design consultant for the Wolf River Greenway, calls it “a season of construction” – seven segments of the 20-mile Wolf River Greenway in Shelby County are wrapping up their design work and set to begin a three-year construction phase.

24. Wolf River Conservancy Earns Accreditation - Saturday, August 15, 2015

The Wolf River Conservancy has “earned a mark of distinction” from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission.

The commission accredited the organization after a two-year, three-month evaluation process. It ensured that the conservation work is permanent, upholds the public trust and meets efficiency standards.

25. Wolf River Conservancy Earns Accreditation - Monday, August 10, 2015

The Wolf River Conservancy has “earned a mark of distinction” from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission.

The commission accredited the organization after a two-year, three-month evaluation process. It ensured that the conservation work is permanent, upholds the public trust and meets efficiency standards.

26. Wolf River Greenway Planning Pushes Route Further North - Thursday, June 4, 2015

Now that you know the Greenline, here comes the Greenway.

After almost a year of behind-the-scenes planning, coordination and fundraising, the Wolf River Conservancy is about to go public with plans to add another 18 miles to the existing 2.6 miles of the Wolf River Greenway in Shelby County.

27. Corporate Contribution - Monday, April 22, 2013

On a beautiful spring morning last week more than 100 local FedEx employees came together along the banks of the Wolf River to do a beautiful thing.

It was the 40th anniversary of FedEx, whose employees volunteered with the Wolf River Conservancy to pull up invasive privet, plant wildflowers and trees, paint sewer vents and build nesting boxes for indigenous birds.

28. Events - Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Kiwanis Club of Memphis will meet Wednesday, May 16, from noon to 1 p.m. at The Peabody hotel, 149 Union Ave. Rabbi Micah Greenstein of Temple Israel will speak. Cost for lunch is $25 for nonmembers.

29. Events - Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The Better Business Bureau breakfast series will continue with a seminar on fraud risks facing small businesses Tuesday, May 15, from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the BBB, 3693 Tyndale Drive. Cost is free for BBB members and $10 for nonmembers. R.S.V.P. to Cheryl Stewart at cstewart@bbbmidsouth.org or 757-8603.

30. White Joins BankTennessee As Mortgage Specialist - Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Judy Sulton White has joined BankTennessee as a mortgage loan specialist. White has worked in the mortgage industry for 30 years and will focus on new-home financing options, mortgage refinances and custom construction loans.

31. Cole Takes Reins Of Wolf River Conservancy - Friday, April 22, 2011

Many Memphians might know that the Wolf River Conservancy is a nonprofit and land trust committed to conserving and protecting the Wolf River corridor as a natural sustainable resource.

What many do not know, however, is that, as of 2010, 10,000 adults and children were enrolled in educational and recreational programs either conducted or facilitated by the conservancy itself.

32. Keith Cole New Exec. Director At Wolf River Conservancy - Monday, April 11, 2011

The Wolf River Conservancy board of directors recently voted unanimously to hire Keith Cole as executive director.

Cole began his new position April 4, bringing a background of successful strategic and tactical planning, human resource management, team building and leadership, as well as marketing and public relations.

33. Tennessee Native Earl Keister Joins Thompson & Co. - Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Earl Keister has joined Thompson & Co. as creative director.

Hometown: Knoxville

Education: University of Tennessee, Portfolio Center

Work Experience: Fifteen years in the advertising field. I’m like Johnny Cash: I’ve been everywhere.

34. Summit Will Help Business Owners Prepare for Disaster - Monday, August 30, 2010

Small businesses are especially vulnerable when disaster strikes, whether it’s a flood, earthquake, tornado, fire or even terrorist activity.

An estimated 25 percent of businesses do not reopen following a major disaster, according to the Institute for Business and Home Safety, which means small-business owners need to make emergency preparedness a priority.

35. 2010 - Monday, January 4, 2010

Is it over yet? That may be the most frequently asked question in the New Year. “It” is the worst national economic recession since the Great Depression.

Accurately reading the indicators will not be easy. Some will predict the recession is about to end, just as new indicators point to continuing economic agony for thousands of Memphians.

36. Archived Article: Inv Briefs - Monday, January 29, 1996
01/29 Inv briefs The Mid-South Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners will hold its monthly luncheon meeting on Feb. 7 at 11:45 a.m. at the Racquet Club. Robert M. Crowe, a financial consultant, writer and educator, will speak on t...