Shannon in the News
Shannon Briggs
Cover Story: Crosstown Concourse's Underground ...

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.

Cover Story: Crosstown Concourse's Underground Economy (Part 2)
Shannon in the News
Shannon Briggs
Getting Started: Business advice for founders

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."

Getting Started: Business advice for founders

3 Favorite Memphis Coffee Bars

3 Favorite Memphis Coffee Bars

Who doesn’t love a good coffee bar? My gal Tyler + I live for a warm cup of joe. Living in a larger city, there seems to be one on every corner! If you are a super coffee fan, you know the feeling of walking out of a joint with bitter coffee. What a let down! It is so important to locate your favorites + play them on repeat.

Last Word: Bike Second Line Protest, Loeb's Portrait and SCS Budget Notes

Last Word: Bike Second Line Protest, Loeb's Portrait and SCS Budget Notes

“Get on your bikes and ride.” The local bike share program begins Wednesday at 60 different Explore Bike Share stations at different points around town. The bike rental program is considered a milestone in the city’s bicycle culture. And like all milestones there has to be a ceremony. This effort to make it easier to mix bikes into your daily journeys will kick off Wednesday morning in Court Square at 9:30 a.m.

Rolling by the River

Rolling by the River

After nearly two years of planning, preparation and hard work, Explore Bike Share in Memphis has finally rolled out. Despite the early morning heat and humidity, several hundred onlookers and volunteers assembled Downtown in Court Square Wednesday, May 23, to celebrate the official launch of the 600-bike fleet.

It's May: Cue the 'Cue for Memphis

It's May: Cue the 'Cue for Memphis

In Memphis, we see a lot of ourselves in our barbecue.

Tough cuts, mellowed low and slow in environs some find harsh and repellant. Slow smoke and heat grinds rock to diamond, from the profane to the divine, with the freedom to move across the spectrum as we choose.

The Memphis Weekender: May 18 - May 20

With all the great things going on in the 901 these days, have you ever been overwhelmed with choices? Well, you’re in luck! Every week we curate The Weekender, a post filled with a handy schedule to help you hit some of our best bets for an amazing weekend.

Neighborhood Watch: Cooper-Young

Neighborhood Watch: Cooper-Young

Back in the 1960s, a teenaged Priscilla Presley would travel the six miles north from Graceland to Atkins Beauty and Barber Shop, located at the intersection of Cooper Street and Young Avenue in Memphis, where she would sit in a glass-bricked booth and get her beehive teased and coned. Today, you can sit in the same booth. And while beehives are off the menu, they do a killer coconut cream pie

The Memphis Weekender: May 4-6

With all the great things going on in the 901 these days, have you ever been overwhelmed with choices? Well, you’re in luck! Every week we curate The Weekender, a post filled with a handy schedule to help you hit some of our best bets for an amazing weekend.

Ways to Celebrate Mother's Day in Memphis 2018

Moms are awesome. They’ve been with us since the beginning and are our biggest supporters no matter what. They put in a ton of work to raise and provide for us, so take some time this Mother’s Day to treat the lovely moms in your life!

24 Memphis Events & Happenings: May 2018

24 Memphis Events & Happenings: May 2018

Welcome to May, Memphis! This month is packed with unforgettable local festivals, performances, runs, parties, shopping and so much more. We can’t wait to spend our days basking in the sunshine and celebrating with the whole family. Here are our top picks for events and happenings in Memphis this May!

The Q Standard

The Q Standard

SOMETHING MESSY, NOT TO BE MESSED WITH. In past columns I’ve chastised my fellow boomers who not only wish for times gone by; they live there. Gathered around lunch tables, they complain about things like technology – passing around pictures of their grandkids on smartphones and getting up and down from that table on knees and hips supplied by that technology.

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