An estimated 3,000 people visit Crosstown Concourse each day, most of them working for or a customer, client or patient of one of the building’s tenants. There are also more than 260 apartments on the property as well as a high school that just opened its doors for its first class of 125 freshmen.
In addition to all the people who visit Crosstown daily since it opened in August 2017, there is also a steady stream of people showing up to do freelance assignments or to work remotely from their employer’s or home office.
Shannon Little left her job in marketing with the Huey's restaurant chain in Memphis to start her own solo marketing and social media venture. Such ventures at first glance might seem like a dime a dozen, leaving her with a task that had to be addressed before meeting with her first client.
She now handles marketing and social media efforts for several small businesses and is able to juggle all the tasks that go with that because she took the time to form a plan for herself at the very beginning.
"Define your target audience, your offerings and what value those offerings can bring to that audience," Little said, "My business became stronger, and my processes more streamlined, when I was able to define those terms."
At the beginning of each week, we kick it off with women from around the Memphis community and the South as part of our StyleBlueprint FACES series. We can learn so much from these empowered, incredible women, so we are revisiting all the best pieces of advice our 2018 FACES shared. Take on the new year feeling encouraged and inspired!
Much of the conversation about improvements in South Memphis centers on building better spaces for residents to learn, work and play. But, there are also investments being made to provide safe, accessible means for residents to travel. Since 2017, the Memphis Big Jump Project has been developing ways to improve mobility options and foster safer streets in the ZIP codes 38103, 38106, 38109 and 38126.
It’s one of those crazy busy fall weekends in Memphis – fests, markets, events, music, and more. Here are the five things you won’t want to miss, plus a few extras. Check out the Listen Up!guide to live music in October, too.
It is that time again for the fourth annual Revolutions Bicycle Co-Op Tour De Brewer #4, a guided tour of breweries on bicycles. I advise that you start today preparing and getting your mind together for this tour because this isn’t just any old tour. There aren’t many tours that will enable you to get a taste (or two) of four Memphis bred breweries and a free slice of pizza from Fuel Café, while enjoying the beautiful scenery of our lovely city.
The South is filled with so many incredible women who inspire their communities and beyond. We are honored to be able to feature them in each of our StyleBlueprint markets each week and help their stories reach even further. Today, we’re spotlighting these wonderful women, whose backgrounds run the gamut — from an incredibly strong mother to a children’s shop owner, university president, co-chair of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s and more. Get to know these amazing Southern FACES!
Throw on your jeans and a light jacket, breathe in that crisp air, admire the reds and golds of the changing leaves, and buy yourself a super-sized calendar, because there’s A LOT happening in the Bluff City this fall and you want to be ready to roll.
Make plans to watch movies under the stars in Overton Square, jam to live bands on the Levitt Shell lawn, dance in the streets in Soulsville, and cheer on the Grizzlies at FedExForum.
