EDGE Board Member Receives Murray State Distinguished Alumni Award

April 2, 2018 | News

EDGE Board Member, Dr. Florence Jones was selected by the Murray State Alumni Association as one of the 2018 recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. Established in 1962, the Distinguished Alumni Award is presented annually to alumni who have made meaningful...

Earn While You Learn Readies Students for Manufacturing Careers

April 2, 2018 | News

GMACWorkforce is pleased to announce that 100% of the trainees participating in the inaugural Earn While You Learn skills training program graduated and received opportunities to interview for permanent positions at area manufacturing facilities. Earn While You Learn...

Medical Device Manufacturer Invests in Memphis

April 2, 2018 | News

While Memphis is knowns for its strengths in distribution and logistics, for the past twenty years Shelby County has emerged as the second largest county in the U.S. for medical device manufacturing. And since 1999, the Memphis medical device manufacturing industry...

Lula’s Sweet Treats Brings Joy to Frayser

March 2, 2018 | News

Gwendolyn Louise Smith, dba Lula’s Frozen Treats, was awarded an $18,000 Inner City Economic Development (ICED) Loan to help remodel the interior, add a patio, and install ADA-compatible restrooms at 1750 Frayser Boulevard. Total project costs are estimated to be...

Ebrofrost North America, Inc. Expands Planned Project

March 2, 2018 | News

After previous approval by the EDGE Board in April 2017 for a JOBS PILOT, Ebrofrost North America, Inc.’s PILOT agreement was amended to include an increase of Net New Jobs with a higher annual salary component, an increase in occupied building percentage, and an...

GMACWorkforce: “EARN WHILE YOU LEARN”

March 2, 2018 | News

Across the next decade, it is estimated that nearly 3.5 million U.S. manufacturing jobs will be needed with 2 million of those jobs expected to go unfilled due to manufacturers’ inability to find talent with the required skills, according to the Fabricators &...

SBA Looking for Emerging Leaders

March 2, 2018 | News

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched recruitment for its 2018 Emerging Leaders executive-level training initiative. The SBA Emerging Leaders Initiative is a federal training initiative that specifically focuses on executives of businesses poised for...

EDGE 2017 Activity Recap

January 26, 2018 | News

With 18 PILOT project approvals, nine Inner City Economic Development Loans, three bond issues, and nearly $683 million of projected capital investment, 2017 was an outstanding year for EDGE.  In 2017, with a record number of PILOT approvals, EDGE encouraged more than...

EDGE Welcomes New Staff Member

January 26, 2018 | News

EDGE staff welcomed Ms. Tracy Buckley as the organization’s Manager of Economic Development Programs.  Ms. Buckley will manage project compliance and the back office responsibilities associated with EDGE’s PILOT, TIF, and ICED Loan programs. Ms. Buckley also...

Federal Tax Reform impacts Community Development

January 26, 2018 | News

The signing into law of H.R. 1, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, not only made widespread changes to the Internal Revenue Code but also affected community development tax credits in the process.  Michael Novagradac, CPA explores the impact in his insightful article...