Momentum Blog | Movingmemphisforward

On Tuesday, June 23,  join the Greater Memphis Chamber Chairman Willie Gregory for the Chamber’s first virtual Mid-Year Chairman’s Forum. Chairman Gregory will give a brief update on the activity the Chamber has engaged in during the first half of the year. Following..

Welcome to Skills Match

SkillsMatch is a powerful way to explore personalized recommendations for work, based on the skills that you have and the skills that you want to learn. Leveraging the in-demand skills across job categories can help make you more competitive and..

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis regional economist Charles S. Gascon made it clear to a crowd of nearly 300 business leaders that while the Memphis economy is growing, we still have a lot of work to do to accelerate our region’s economic future. The Greater Memphis..

On Wednesday, June 5^th, Sephora closed its stores nationwide to provide diversity training for all 16,000 of the company’s employees. The temporary closure and training protocol were implemented after singer SZA publicly shared an experience in which she reported being..

Growing Digital & Print Production Company Expands in Memphis with 300 New Jobs

After many months of discussion and planning, print and digital production company Mimeo announced today that the company has selected Memphis to expand their sales force and production..

Last week, the Greater Memphis Chamber took Atlanta by storm for a three-day Memphis-centric recruiting effort to showcase opportunities and sell students, site selectors and business leaders on all Memphis has to offer.

Economic Development is a Team Effort

When I took this job at the Greater Memphis Chamber, I made it the Chamber’s top priority to make Memphis an economic powerhouse. What does that mean?

The conversation around economic development is not new. People have been working on this in Memphis for decades – but the national conversation got a lot louder when Amazon sent out an open call for cities to compete for their newest North American headquarters last..