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COVID-19 has made it especially challenging to maintain personal relationships with customers in the banking industry. Bankers are used to having a great deal of face-to-face contact with customers. In fact, Paragon Bank was built on providing “high touch” personalized..

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of things about how businesses run, one of them being where work gets done. With more people working remotely, we are all spending more time communicating electronically, both through instant messaging services like Zoom and..

As a sub-group of The Greater Memphis Chamber’s We Build 901 Collaborative, Women Build 901 Too! has recently received national recognition by the U.S. Chamber Foundation Center for Education and Workforce as a benchmark program that’s building pathways for women in..

Memphis, Tenn. (September 16, 2020) - The Greater Memphis Chamber has announced a new economic development partnership with the University of Memphis dedicated to the growth of the Memphis economy. Ted Townsend will serve as Chief Economic Development Officer and will..

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – (September 8, 2020) Chamber Benefits, Inc., a subsidiary of The Greater Memphis Chamber today announced a new partnership with ReCOVer Health to provide a comprehensive suite of services to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 for industries with an..

September 4, 2020 - To build an understanding of current labor market trends and conditions that are impacting the Memphis Metro area, the Chamber will release an update to our economic recovery in two-week intervals. With the release of the July 2020 unemployment..

The Greater Memphis Workforce Development Board was awarded a grant via the CARES Act. This grant will allow Greater Memphis to provide additional training dollars to employers of Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton Counties effected by COVID-19. The funding is..

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Bank of America recognized the extraordinary potential of two college freshmen, Hannah Blackwell and Akaash Seemakurty, by selecting them as 2020 Student Leaders (#BofAStudentLeaders). These two recent Shelby County Schools graduates completed the..

Alex Teague went directly into the construction industry after attending Howard Payne University. He has spent more than 30 years in the industry and now serves as Division Vice President for Yates Construction. He has built over six million square feet for Yates with..

Chamber Benefits, Inc. (CBI), a subsidiary of The Greater Memphis Chamber, is pleased to inform you of the 5 products that will help your business during these times. CBI was created to grow membership by providing high quality and affordable solutions for local..