Andy Meek

Andy Meek is a native Memphian whose work during a nearly two-decade career in journalism has appeared in outlets like The Guardian, The Washington Post and Fast Company. Contact Andy.

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Entrepreneurship

Talking business: Local event planner shares her story and those of women like her in a new podcast

Andy MeekTuesday, October 9, 2018

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Transportation

Innovate Memphis pushes to revamp Memphis bus system from the ground up

Andy MeekWednesday, October 3, 2018

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A view from 2017 of a boarded-up house on Bellevue Boulevard in the Klondike neighborhood. (Andrea Morales)

Eonomic Development

Armed with data, partners find a new strategy to tackle blighted properties

Andy MeekWednesday, September 12, 2018

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Katie Cooper, a founding member of The Hive Collective, works in the group's new Downtown space, which provides a coworking outlet for digital creatives. (Noah Glenn)

Entrepreneurship

Growing the hive: Downtown coworking space provides a home for digital creatives

Andy MeekWednesday, August 15, 2018

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Employee Scott Graves shelves books at Novel bookstore in East Memphis. (Brandon Dill/High Ground News)

Entrepreneurship

Reflections on one year since the opening of Novel, Memphis’ largest independent bookstore

Andy MeekWednesday, August 15, 2018

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Anasa Troutman has been tapped as the first executive director of Clayborn Temple, a job she started July 2 and which involves helping craft a new future for the iconic civil rights-era church building. (Darius Williams)

Community Development

Clayborn Temple’s first executive director shares her vision for the civil rights landmark

Andy MeekTuesday, August 7, 2018

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A Bluff City Virtual Reality employee uses reality augmentation equipment at the Cordova location. (Ziggy Mack)

Technology and Innovation

Virtual reality arcade opens in Cordova as Memphis embraces new tech

Andy MeekWednesday, July 25, 2018

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In July, the FedEx Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis will host a weekend gathering designed to promote women in tech. (Submitted)

Community Development

Breaking the code: FedEx Institute of Technology to host first all-women hackathon

Andy MeekWednesday, July 18, 2018

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Dr. Christopher Herbert (with microphone), managing director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard. To the left is David Bowers, vice president and mid-Atlantic market leader at Enterprise Community Partners Inc. The pair joined other ex

Community Development

Experts: On 50th anniversary of Fair Housing Act, much work remains to be done in Memphis

Andy MeekWednesday, July 18, 2018

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A rendering of the Pinch District's potential redevelopment. (LRK)

Eonomic Development

A pinch of transformation: Institutions work together to reimagine the historic Pinch District

Andy MeekWednesday, July 11, 2018

Memphis hospitals building a more diverse workforce

Andy MeekWednesday, June 27, 2018

Innovation & Job News

Stephanie Cummings, Please Assist Me CEO and co-founder, center, along with two Please Assist Me assistants, help users with tasks they might be too busy for like cleaning the house or doing laundry, as part of a newly launched startup accelerator.

Technology and Innovation

Newly launched startup accelerator expands innovation economy in Memphis

Andy MeekThursday, June 7, 2018

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Dennis Whitehead Darling is the inaugural fellow of the McCleave Project, an initiative of the opera company to bring a focus on diversity and inclusion to the genre.

Arts and Culture

Opera Memphis awards first McCleave Fellowship to local director

Andy MeekThursday, June 7, 2018

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Kevin Cubbins and Pat Worley of Beale Street Caravan.

Arts and Culture

Podcasting gives Memphians a new vehicle for storytelling

Andy MeekWednesday, May 23, 2018

Across Our Network

Is this Detroit's most outrageous fall dessert? Shake bar goes over the top
Source: Model D
Helping out, getting help after Helene, Milton deliver double blow to Tampa Bay
Source: 83Degrees
Medicaid funding could expand and sustain Michigan's produce prescription programs
Source: Rapid Growth
Accessible by design: What it means to design inclusive attractions for all
Source: Input Fort Wayne
Bridging the gap between farms and food producers
Source: Rural Innovation Exchange
An adventurous, low-frequency life: Creating straw bale home and farm from scratch at Solfed Farms
Source: Southwest Michigan's Second Wave
A look behind the curtain at MIFA: 4,500 meals per week doesn't just happen
Source: High Ground
Maplewood Park revitalization creates a community hub for a Downtown Bay City neighborhood
Source: Route Bay City
Tampa Bay's resilient arts community presses on after one-two-three punch
Source: 83Degrees
U-M Arts Initiative funds and connects arts programs inside and outside university
Source: Concentrate