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MATA ANNOUNCES NEW SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES

5:23 pm CST - The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) will implement temporary social distancing measures on its fleet of fixed-route, paratransit vehicles and Trolley cars. Read more >>

Mayor JIm Strickland expands list..

Memphis, Tenn. (March 20, 2020)- In an effort to quantify impact on local businesses, the Greater Memphis Chamber has launched a COVID-19 Greater Memphis Business Impact Survey. The first survey was distributed to Chamber member businesses on March 19.

“The only thing I said I’d never do was banking because my mother was a banker, one of the very first women to be made a bank officer in her company,” Susan Stephenson once told a reporter.

Chairman Circle Investors not only work to make sure that Memphis has a thriving economy, they also benefit from building strong business networks with one another.

Day One of the inaugural UpSkill 901 Workforce Summit brought together participants from across the Memphis workforce ecosystem in a day-long kickoff event featuring speakers and panelists with expertise in various sectors of the workforce and talent development..

The Greater Memphis Chamber and partners are celebrating National Manufacturing Day on Friday, October 4th, with over 500 Shelby County School students for tours at 23 Memphis area manufacturing companies and those who serve manufacturing companies.

The Chamber's Economic Development team hosted the second Blue Carpet Tour of 2019 last week. The Chamber team welcomed four consultants to Memphis for a two-day sales pitch on why the Bluff City is the right place for business relocation and expansion. 

The week of August 12th was another busy one for the Greater Memphis Chamber. We visited kicked off our Taking it to the Street initiative in Orange Mound, celebrated ten outstanding young professionals in our city at the Young Memphis Awards, held our first Women's..