Emphasis: Architects & Engineers with Fewer Mega-Projects Like Nike (Left) Happening Around Town, Engineering Firms Are Finding the Need to Work on Smaller Projects

October 11-17, 2013, Vol. 6, Issue 42 Emphasis: Architects & Engineers With fewer mega-projects like Nike (left) happening around town, engineering firms are finding the need to work on smaller projects. • P. 1 6

Shelby • Fayette • Tipton • Madison ‘Culinary Adventure’ Food crawls on rise as Memphians seek new dining experiences P. 14

Dishcrawlers dig in for a meal at Automatic Slim’s. Food crawls and other eating events are rising quickly in Memphis, which is moving way beyond barbecue.

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The Brews No solace in Brothers moral victory Kellan and Davin The Tigers and Vols Bartosch get crafty played well last week with Wiseacre but came up short. Brewing Co. • P. 7 What's next? • P. 1 2

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MAAR Reports Home The Memphis News | almanac percent in September compared with a Sales Flat in September year ago. Memphis-area home sales for Sep- Analysts expected a 2.3 percent rise, October 11-October 17, 2013 tember rose 1 percent from a year ago, according to Thomson Reuters. This week in Memphis history: but sharply declined from August, accord- Revenue in stores open at least one ing to the Memphis Area Association of year is considered an important measure- Realtors. ment of a retailer’s performance because >> 1943: On the front page of The Daily News, Memphis and Shelby County MAAR reported 1,309 sales were it strips out the effects of opening new Schools got a $138,780 federal grant to handle the shift of population from recorded in the Memphis area in Septem- stores. rural areas and small towns to areas of the county where war plants were ber, up from 1,296 in September 2012. But Total sales for the month rose 4 per- located. The grant brought total funding for the Shelby County Board of sales fell 23 percent from August, when cent to $177.3 million from $170.9 million Education to more than $1 million. 1,702 sales were recorded, according to last year. MAAR. Year to date, revenue in stores open at >> 1923: The Grand Opera House at Main and Beale, built in 1890, was de- Through September, average sales least one year rose 0.8 percent, while total stroyed in a fire that started after a vaudeville show headlined by Blossom price rose 10.2 percent to $142,738. Inven- sales rose 1 percent to $1.301 billion. Seeley. It stood where the Orpheum Theatre is today. tory was up 1.2 percent, with 6,678 units Fred’s CEO Bruce Efird said the sales listed for sale. were on the high end of the company’s >> 1913: The Tennessee legislature passed two “force” bills designed to en- Sales volume through the first nine projected range, due to better general force the prohibition law that was to have taken effect starting the previous months of the year increased 21.1 percent merchandise and pharmacy sales. to $1.78 billion. Fred’s shares have traded in a range of July. One prohibited the transportation of liquor from one county to another “It is encouraging to see pricing up $12.30 to $17.71 over the past year. in the state. The second was a “nuisance act” which allowed for a court so much from this time a year ago. That’s injunction to close any place that sold liquor, was a gambling house or was good for sellers,” said MAAR president a brothel. The bills were proposed by Gov. Ben Hooper and opposed by in- Beale Voted ‘Most Regina Hubbard. “But interest rates are terests in Memphis who filed suit to delay enforcement of these provisions still pretty good for buyers, so the market Iconic American Street’ as well and opposed prohibition in general. is staying in balance.” When it comes to the character and Source: “Mr. Crump of Memphis” by William D. Miller MAAR records sales in Shelby, Fayette distinctiveness associated with a city’s and Tipton counties. most famous streets, there’s a certain Meanwhile, the last batch of Goldcrest beer street in the heart of Downtown Memphis was made at the Tennessee Brewery in Mem- Fred’s September that stands above the competition. phis the day before the passage of the force That’s according to voters who picked bills. More than 500 workers were laid off. Sales Figure Rises Beale Street as the winner of a 10Best and Source: “Finest Beer You Ever Tasted” Fred’s Inc., the operator of a chain of USA Today contest to find the “Iconic by Kenn Flemmons nearly 700 discount stores in the south- American Street.” eastern U.S., said Thursday, Oct. 10, that 10Best describes itself as providing an important sales measurement rose 2.8 travel content about attractions, things to

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Cash Saver Renovations do and restaurants for destinations in the Longer-term rates have also stayed L Brands, the parent of Victoria’s U.S. and abroad. Continue Without Bakery low because of the partial government Secret, and Costco Wholesale Corp. were Beale had some stiff competition, Renovations under way at the Cash shutdown and a lack of government eco- among the chains that reported results beating out other famed streets like The Saver grocery at 1620 Madison Ave. no nomic data. that missed Wall Street estimates, while Strip in Las Vegas and New Orleans’ Bour- longer include space for chef Jason Doty The shutdown that began this month Stein Mart Inc. posted results that beat bon Street. to open his planned Crust & Crumb Bak- has spurred investors to sell stocks and analysts’ expectations. ery there. buy Treasury bonds. Mortgage rates tend Only a sliver of retail chains re- Decadent Avenue To Taylor James, the Cash Saver beer to follow the yield on the 10-year Trea- port monthly sales figures, and the list manager, said the project was not mov- sury note. The 10-year note traded at 2.67 doesn’t include Wal-Mart Stores, Macy’s Open Memphis Showroom ing forward because of personal issues percent Wednesday, up from 2.63 percent Inc. and many other large chains. But it Decadent Avenue, an e-commerce involving Doty, and the business tweeted last week but down from 2.71 percent on offers some clues into consumer spend- home furnishings retailer, will open this week: “Based on information made Sept. 23. ing heading into the holiday shopping its first North American Showroom in available to us today, our remodel plans The shutdown could also slow the season. Memphis and help a worthy cause while at Cash Saver Madison no longer includes housing recovery, if it lasts for more than doing it. space for Crust & Crumb Bakery.” a few weeks. Decadent Avenue will open its 25,000-square-foot showroom at 888 S. 30-Year Mortgage Rate Retailers Report Modest White Station Rd. in East Memphis Nov. 1 PUBLIC at 10 am. Averages 4.23 Percent September Sales Gains To commemorate the opening, the Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages Several retailers reported modest AUCTION store will donate a portion of the week- were little changed this week, staying near sales gains for September as shoppers end’s sales proceeds to Le Bonheur Chil- their lowest levels in three months. who were worried about a partial govern- TUESDAY, OCTOBER dren’s Hospital. 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Audio Video Artistry Arkansas Lawmakers control provider, which is part of The below Wall Street’s average expectations. To Hold Grand Opening ServiceMaster Co., has opened this year. Endorse Voter ID Rules Family Dollar Stores Inc. earned Memphis-based Audio Video Artistry The other is in Tampa, Fla. Arkansas lawmakers have endorsed $102.2 million, or 88 cents per share, for is holding a grand opening event Oct. The new Glendale center is 32,800 the rules enforcing a new state law that the period ended Aug. 31. That compares 25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to celebrate square feet, and the Tampa center is will require voters to show photo identifi- with $80.9 million, or 69 cents per share, the opening of its new design studio in 25,000 square feet. cation when they cast a ballot. in the prior-year period. Cordova. The event, which the company A subcommittee of the Legislative Excluding an accounting adjustment, is calling the 7th Inning Soiree, will invite Panel Rejects Complaint Council on Wednesday reviewed the rules earnings were 86 cents per share. This current and prospective clients, media the state Board of Election Commission- beat the 83 cents per share that analysts and industry professionals to experience Against Gov. Haslam ers approved for enforcing the voter ID polled by FactSet expected. the company’s state-of-the-art design The Tennessee Registry of Election Fi- law. The Republican-controlled Legis- Revenue for the Matthews, N.C.-based studio up close. nance has dismissed a complaint against lature enacted the law earlier this year company rose 6 percent to $2.5 billion That Friday evening event also falls on Gov. Bill Haslam for failing to disclose when it overrode a veto by Democratic from $2.36 billion. Sales of consumables an off night of the 2013 World Series, and how much he paid an outside adviser. Gov. Mike Beebe. climbed 8.3 percent, helped by higher as a nod to the company’s clients who use The panel voted 3-1 on Wednesday to The rules approved in August closely sales of refrigerated and frozen food, its services to create their dream, in-home throw out the complaint filed by former mirror those outlined in the law, which health aids and tobacco. sports-watching experience, the evening state Democratic Party Chairman Chip takes effect in January. Opponents of the Wall Street forecast $2.56 billion in will cater to the high-end sports fan. Forrester. law have said they plan to sue in state revenue. Partnering with Joe’s Wines and Tom Ingram was Haslam’s top cam- court to block its enforcement. Revenue at stores open at least a year, Liquors and with Slider Inn, the com- paign adviser in his successful 2010 bid While Arkansas poll workers already a key indicator of a retailer’s health, was pany will offer guests an exclusive for governor. must ask for identification by law, voters flat. This metric excludes results from pairing menu with chef-inspired sliders The governor in the years following don’t have to show it to cast a ballot. stores recently opened or closed. The and hand-chosen high-gravity brews. A his election paid Ingram out of his own company has more than 7,900 stores in selection of baseball-themed entertain- pocket for political and policy advice. He Tennessee Rep. Curtiss 46 states. ment, including classic movies like “Bull has since placed Ingram on his re-elec- Not Seeking Re-Election Durham” and “Field of Dreams,” also will tion campaign payroll. East High STEM Academy be displayed on next-generation technol- The panel rejected Forrester’s argu- State Rep. Charles Curtiss says he will ogy designed to showcase the company’s ment that Ingram’s political advice was not seek re-election. Gets $3.4 Million Grant audio and video abilities. inherently related to his re-election effort, The 66-year-old Sparta Democrat The Shelby County Schools Virtual which should have been disclosed. didn’t give a specific reason for his deci- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering Terminix to Open Ingram is also a contract lobbyist sion but said Wednesday he wanted to and Mathematics) Academy at East High and a spokesman for the Haslam family- give candidates considering running for School has been awarded a $1.3 million Arizona Center owned Pilot Flying J truckstop chain’s his District 43 seat plenty of time to plan. grant from the National Science Founda- Memphis-based Terminix is opening a response to an FBI investigation into Curtiss was elected in 1994 and will tion. customer care center in Glendale, Ariz. trucking customers being shorted diesel have served 20 years when his current The grant highlights the collabora- It is the second such center the pest- fuel rebates. term ends. tion between the school system and the House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh University of Memphis, and will be used says Curtiss will be missed. to expand their partnership. It is specifi- The Ripley Democrat, who was cally for the pre-engineering strategies elected at the same time as Curtiss, called project for high school students who use Do more than work in Memphis. him a leader on workers’ compensation, the academy. insurance and utility matters, who is “al- The academy, started during the Work for it. ways looking out for the regular working tenure of Memphis City Schools super- people.” intendent Kriner Cash, is open to high school students from the entire school Family Dollar Quarterly district. The students remain at their current schools but attend lab sessions at Profit Rises 26 Percent the academy one day a week to complete Family Dollar said Wednesday that its STEM coursework during each of the four net income rose 26 percent in the fourth years they are in high school. quarter as sales improved despite flat customer traffic. Universal Asset Mgmt. 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and commercial aviation aftermarket that the private sector is moving forward tion at the University of Memphis, said at Foundation’s EarthScope Program. component sales, has a new owner. while policymakers spin their wheels, least 200 earthquakes occur in the seismic The company announced this week it referring to the U.S. government partial zone every year, but most are very small. MTSU Offers New has been bought by UAM Holdings Inc., a shutdown that continued dragging on as He said there is a 7 to 10 percent chance corporation wholly owned and operated the week began. of a magnitude 7.5 or larger quake in the Education Doctorate by Keri Wright, who will be the new presi- “Economists talk about the impor- zone in the next half-century, and a 25 to Middle Tennessee State University is dent and CEO. Wright has essentially been tance of ‘confidence’ in the federal gov- 40 percent chance of a magnitude 6 quake offering a new education doctorate that is running the company for the past several ernment as though business leaders have or larger in the same period. the first of its kind in the state. years in her role as chief operating officer, had any since 2010,” Vogel wrote. “The “So there’s a good chance we could The Doctor of Education in Assess- according to company founder and CEO private sector eventually works around have a damaging quake in the next 50 ment, Learning and Pre-K-12 School Steve Manley, who also has announced issues created by government activism, years,” Langston said. Improvement will help educators analyze his retirement. government stalemates, or government The USGS scientists used data from student-learning data to pinpoint areas The company said the transaction mistakes. Businesses don’t win by waiting USArray, a network of 400 seismometers of success and areas that need improve- will enable Universal Asset Management on government leadership. … Markets that is part of the National Science ment. to build upon its customer focus, drive price the economy and leave govern- continued organic growth and pursue ments on the sideline if that’s where aviation asset acquisition opportunities. politicians choose to sit.” Dependable. Archer-Malmo on List Eighty3 Launches Compassionate. Of Top PR Places to Work Artists Spotlight Experienced. Memphis-based marketing commu- Downtown Memphis’ eighty3 restau- nications agency archer-malmo has been rant has launched a new collaborative included on PR News’ fifth annual “Top with local artists called Memphis Artists Places to Work in PR” list. Spotlight. The purpose is to provide a The survey recognizes public relations new venue for artists to showcase and sell organizations with the best work envi- their work. Memphis Artists Spotlight will ronment and culture. The Memphis firm feature a new artist each quarter by dis- Maintain your loved was chosen based on criteria that include playing pieces on a prominent wall inside ones routine in opportunity for growth, unique or note- the restaurant, and information about the familiar surroundings worthy benefits and the organization’s in- artist and pricing for each piece will be with peace of mind. ternal culture. The awarded organizations provided to guests who are interested in were selected by a panel of PR executives, the art. as well as by the staff of PR News. The first artist of the new initiative (901) 737-3990 is Sue Layman Lightman. She has been www.eaglemedicalstaffing.com Walker Associates Names painting for more than 18 years and Head of Nashville Branch opened her gallery Downtown in 2006. Memphis-based marketing and com- John P. Freeman Teacher munications firm Walker Associates has added Cecilia Walker as a new account Honored by State executive. Melissa Collins, a second-grade The daughter of CEO and president teacher at John P. Freeman Optional Ceil Walker, she enters the company as School, has been honored by the Tennes- head of its Nashville branch. She previ- see Department of Education as teacher ously worked in the marketing depart- of the year for the West Tennessee grand ment at Memphis-based investment firm division. Duncan-Williams Inc., and she’s also State education officials named one worked as a ghost writer and editor for teacher for each of the state’s three grand “The Beat Goes On,” a manuscript writ- divisions, and the awards were presented ten by Sun Studios session drummer and at a banquet last week in Nashville. Grammy Award winner J.M. Van Eaton. Technology Helps Map Olive Branch Factory New Madrid Fault To Close, Laying Off 100 New research by the U.S. Geologi- Closure Systems International Inc. will cal Society suggests that while the New shutter its Olive Branch factory in Decem- Madrid Seismic Zone hasn’t produced a ber, laying off 100 people. major earthquake in more than 200 years, Human Resources director Jeanette the risk remains. Vaughn said Monday the factory will close The Southeast Missourian reports that Dec. 9. scientists used new technology to develop Officials at the DeSoto County plant high-resolution imagery of the seismic are referring further comment to the zone centered around New Madrid, Mo. company’s headquarters near Indianapo- The imagery allows for more detailed lis, which is not immediately responding. mapping, showing weak rocks in the zone The company makes bottle tops at the that are found at deeper depths in the plant, which has operated since 1985. It Earth’s mantle compared to surrounding had about 150 employees in 2007. areas. Findings were published recently The factory was initially opened by in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters Alcoa Inc., but that company sold the unit journal. in 2008 to New Zealand’s Rank Group for The seismic zone produced massive $2.7 billion. earthquakes, including three greater than magnitude 7, in 1811 and 1812. The Analyst: Markets Leave quakes were so strong that the Missis- sippi River reportedly flowed backward Government on Sidelines and church bells rang as far away as New Jim Vogel, executive vice president England. with FTN Financial Capital Markets, Charles Langston, director of the Cen- wrote in a note to clients this weekend ter for Earthquake Research and Informa- 6 October 11-17, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

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President & CEO bill dries Peter Schutt Senior Reporter Flinn, Whalum Government, Education, Manufacturing, Agribusiness General Manager Emeritus 528-5277 | [email protected] Ed Rains Differ on Sales Tax Publisher Eric Barnes

Associate Publisher & Executive Editor James Overstreet Hike Ballot Question

Managing Editor andy meek Lance Allan Wiedower Senior Reporter Flinn said the $57M is tied up in a city of Memphis counterclaim that Banking/Financial Services/Accountants, Markets & Economy, Whalum continues to dispute exists. Flinn said the pre-K expansion Deputy Managing Editor Economic Development, Small Business Eric Smith 528-5279 | [email protected] made possible by the sales tax hike isn’t a school system program.

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Graphic Designer & Photo Editor Bill Dries money,” Flinn said. “The only way to pay Brad Johnson [email protected] for it is through this tax increase.” Whalum said he could support the Graphic Designer sales tax hike if all $47 million of the Yvette Touchet jennifer JOHNSON backer REPORTER o Memphis City Council member estimated revenue generated by the half- Shea Flinn, the only uncertainty percent increase went to a prekindergarten Senior Production Assistant Health Care/Biotech, Transportation/Distribution/Logistics, about the proposed citywide half- expansion. Sandy Youngblood Attorneys/Courts/Civil Litigation, Nonprofits T 528-8622 | [email protected] cent sales tax hike on the Nov. 21 ballot is The text of the question on the ballot Production Assistant the outcome of the vote. in Memphis on the Nov. 21 election day Laurie Beck To former Shelby County Schools reads that the revenue from the tax hike is board member Rev. Kenneth Whalum, held by the commission “until appropri- Public Notice Director nothing in the ballot question comes close ated, and then shall only be used to fund a DON FANCHER to assuring the money will cover prekin- prekindergarten program to be governed dergarten expansion costs the tax is sup- by the Pre-K Commission, with all excess Senior Account Executive posed to guarantee. funds paid to city government by June 30 JANICE JENKINS “It guarantees everyone who is not of each year to be used by city government AMOS MAKI currently already receiving (prekindergar- solely to reduce the ad valorem property Account Executive REPORTER LUCY BLACKMON ten),” Flinn said on the WKNO-TV program tax rate.” Commercial and Residential Real Estate, Architects/Engi- neers/Construction “Behind the Headlines.” “The only limit to “The reality was when we started, this Business Development Manager 521-2464 | [email protected] this is going to be the amount of money $23 million would have covered everyone,” Patricia mckinney collected. … We didn’t want to get into a Flinn said of the cost of a prekindergarten wheel tax situation.” expansion. “It has since gone up. … We ful- Director of Marketing & Advertising Whalum said that is precisely where ly expect the pre-K commission to expand DONNA WAGGENER the minds of voters will go – the county the program. It will use that money up very tax sold in the 1980s as funding for school quickly. But we had to tell the public where Marketing Manager construction and expansion that also the overage is going to go.” Leah Sansing went to road projects and that remains on Flinn said it is unlikely the council license tag renewal forms to this day. would lower the city property tax rate with Controller/Human Resources DON WADE PAM MALLETT SPORTS COLUMNIST Whalum’s first point made against the the overage from the first year of collection sales tax hike was a familiar one – the $57 of the sales tax hike. Whalum said the tax [email protected] Administrative Specialist million the city of Memphis owes Shelby is regressive and affects the “poorest of the MARSHA PAYNE County Schools from a Chancery Court poor to pay more in sales taxes to finally decision. come around and decrease property taxes, Circulation Coordinator “The average voter in Memphis is which poor people don’t pay.” KAYE KERR going to say, ‘Didn’t the court order you Flinn said because the poor often rent, to pay $57 million for my children? And they not only pay property taxes passed Pressman you didn’t pay it,’” he said. “So the aver- through on their monthly rent, they pay CEDRIC WALSH age voter is going to say, ‘Well, you already that pass-through at a higher rate because Andrew J. Breig of the higher percentage of the property Pressman PHOTOGRAPHER have $57 million. Why don’t you just use PETE MITCHELL the $57 million to provide pre-K?’ I’d be tax on commercial properties. Weekly features, spot news willing to go with that. It’s a matter of com- Dr. Hank Herrod of the Urban Child [email protected] Published by: mon sense.” Institute estimates 8,000 to 9,000 children THE DAILY NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Flinn said the $57 million is tied up who don’t currently have access to prekin- 193 Jefferson Avenue Memphis, TN 38103 To reach our editorial department, e-mail: in a city of Memphis counterclaim that dergarten could be eligible with the expan- [email protected] or call: 901-523-1561 P.O. Box 3663 Whalum continues to dispute exists. But sion. He said the debate on how to fund Memphis, TN 38173-0663 Tel: 901.523.1561 even without that ongoing dispute, Flinn such an expansion, apart from agreement Fax: 901.526.5813 argued the prekindergarten expansion on the need for the service, is spotlighting www.memphisdailynews.com made possible by the sales tax hike isn’t a the broader issue. The Daily News is a general interest newspaper covering business, law, The Daily News is supportive, including in some case school system program. It, as well as the “Ten or 15 years ago, we didn’t talk being on the boards of, the following organizations: government, and real estate and revenue from the sales tax hike, would about (kindergarten). We talked about el- development throughout the Memphis Literacy Mid-South, Grace St. Luke's Episcopal metropolitan area. School, Wolf River Conservancy, Ronald McDonald be administered by an early childhood or ementary school and high school. (Kinder- House, Great Outdoors University, Tennessee Wildlife The Daily News, the successor of the Daily Federation, Temple Israel, St. Jude's, St George's prekindergarten commission. garten) is in place now,” he said. “If we can Record, The Daily Court Reporter, and The Independent Schools, Shelby Residential & Vocational Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. re- get pre-K in place … we need to start doing Daily Court News, was founded in 1886. Svcs, Shelby Farms Park, Calvary & The Arts, Bridges, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis, Binghampton cently appointed the members to the com- some things that support those families AUDIT PENDING Development Corporation, U of M Journalism Dept., mission, and those nominees are awaiting from an educational enrichment perspec- Chickasaw Council Boy Scouts, Memphis Leadership Foundation, Junior Achievement, Overton Park approval by the city council. tive who don’t have the means internally to Conservancy, The Cotton Museum and WKNO. “The reality is it has to have a dedi- help their kids. That’s where you are going cated revenue stream. It can’t be one-time to get the biggest bang for your buck.” www.thememphisnews.com October 11-17, 2013 7

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Small Business Transportation Frontier Airlines To Fly Between Memphis, Denver Starting March 7 Denver-based Frontier Airlines returns to Memphis in March with four weekly nonstop flights

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(Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) ive years after Frontier Airlines’ exit from Brothers Davin Bartosch, left, and Kellan Bartosch chose the name “Wiseacre” – meaning smart Memphis International Airport, airline aleck – for their craft brewery because it’s what their grandmother used to call them. F executives announced Wednesday, Oct. 9, the discount carrier will return to town with four weekly nonstop flights between Memphis and Denver starting March 7. The Denver-based airline’s foray into Mem- phis started in 2007, at a time when Northwest Airlines had a hub at Memphis International Brews Brothers Airport. Northwest responded to Frontier’s Davin and Kellan Bartosch get crafty with Wiseacre Brewing presence by increasing flights and lower- ing airfares to markets Frontier served out of Memphis, and Frontier ended service here after 11 months. Erinn Figg The Frontier experience served as an exam- Special to The Memphis News ple for other discount and domestic air carriers that might have considered trying to compete with Northwest’s – and later Delta Air Lines’ he Merriam-Webster online the brewery and on Wiseacre’s website, to cash in on a trend. When we got into – high Memphis airfares. And the experience dictionary defines “wiseacre” as wiseacrebrew.com. it, no one cared about craft brewing,” remained a potent example of how rough life T “one who pretends to knowl- Davin Bartosch went to Siebel Insti- Davin said. “Now everyone’s like, ‘Oh, could be during and in the wake of the reces- edge or cleverness; a smart aleck” and tute of Technology, Doeman’s Academy you’re in this trend of craft brewing,’ sion for smaller air carriers trying to go against then asks readers to comment: “What and the World Brewing Academy to but we’ve been in it long before it was a dominant global carrier in a hub market. made you want to look up ‘wiseacre’?” study brewing before eventually be- a trend, and there are people who were Even after Northwest merged with Delta Air Among several answers is that of coming an award-winning head brewer in it long before us. We owe it to them Lines – and after Delta steadily cut local air ser- Brandt McMillan of Nashville: in Chicago. Kellan Bartosch worked to be respectful of what they’ve done vice and continued to raise airfares in Memphis “It's the name of a very profes- for a beer distributor and later moved before us.” – few other carriers were willing to try to exploit sionally run new brewery in Memphis, to Las Vegas to work for Sierra Nevada Kellan agreed, adding that they the situation, because of the Frontier example. Tenn., and I wanted to know more Brewing Co. mainly just want to share the joy of Frontier’s Wednesday announcement about the word.” The two eventually returned to beer. comes in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 3 Owners and brothers Davin and Memphis to put their knowledge and “We don’t want this to be an exclu- start of Southwest Airlines’ service at Memphis Kellan Bartosch say sentiment is be- experience to work for them. Davin had sive, condescending thing – it’s beer, International Airport and in the wake of Delta’s hind the name of Wiseacre Brewing Co., one major goal. it should be fun. We’ve done our best exit from Memphis International as a hub car- which opened Aug. 30 at 2783 Broad “When we started, I wanted to to learn as much as we can, and now rier starting this month. Ave. after being a dream-in-the-making make sure that I knew how to do this we’re going to make the things we love,” Greg Aretakis, vice president of network for a decade. Their grandmother fre- better than anybody that’s ever started he said. “That’s really important to us, and revenue, said the timing is no coincidence. quently used the word as a term of en- a brewery before,” he said, “And I because if you’re not passionate about “Frankly, Frontier at that time had to file dearment – or scolding, depending on wanted to know how to do everything what you’re doing, why are you doing bankruptcy to preserve its assets. At that time, the brothers’ shenanigans at the time. under this roof by myself.” it? And we want to be able to share Memphis was one of a number of cities that the And although the word is a syn- “Under this roof” refers to a 20 BBL that passion with people and make the company peeled back from as it was working onym for know-it-all, a look at the (barrel) JV Northwest Brewhouse – the experience approachable and fun, not its way through its bankruptcy,” Aretakis said, Memphis natives’ career paths shows best of the best in American-made stiff-arm people away.” referring to the impact of the recession on the that when it comes to beer, the broth- breweries, according to the broth- Wiseacre’s cash-free, credit card- airline industry as a whole after Frontier’s first ers really do know what they’re talking ers and other brewing aficionados only taproom is open from 4 p.m. to 8 arrival in Memphis. “I don’t think anything’s about. – housed in a 13,000-square-foot p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 1 p.m. changed in terms of how much we like this “We have different gifts,” Kellan warehouse. to 8 p.m. Saturdays. The early closing metro. … The story’s been out there for years. Bartosch said. “Davin started home- The first craft brewery in Memphis hour serves two purposes, Kellan said. Delta’s given up and they’ve pulled out service, brewing when he was 19 and I would and the first such brewery in Tennessee They want to the brewery to be about and this community needs service. It’s a big just sort of tag along. Finally I thought, to can its beers, Wiseacre serves two the beer, not becoming a weekend city with a history of traveling. They need real ‘This is a good way for us to enjoy our beers year-round: Ananda, an India scene. And at the moment, he and Da- airplanes.” lives and run a brewery someday, but Pale Ale, and Tiny Bomb, an American vin are the only people working there. Aretakis touted $69 fares for the Frontier we need to be very thorough.’ Davin Pilsner. They also offer seasonal beers, “We have to sleep sometime,” he service booked through Sunday, Oct. 12, and a continued to homebrew until we even- which they plan to switch out every few said, “and we have lives outside the Frontier fleet that doesn’t include regional jets. tually said, ‘All right – how do we really months. The brothers also wanted to brewery.” The Memphis service – on Tuesdays, Thurs- pursue this goal?’” avoid any perceptions that they were Wiseacre’s beers are distributed in days, Fridays and Sundays – will be on 138-seat Their pursuit of that goal is cre- jumping on a trend. more than a dozen locations through- Airbus 319 aircraft. Aretakis also pointed out atively depicted on a map on display in “I think a lot of folks now are trying out Memphis. Denver is a connection to other western cities. 8 October 11-17, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

Airport Center Signs Two New Tenants

Memphis International Airport Center field/Commercial Advisors represented Murchison of CBRE Memphis represented The company markets and distributes in Southeast Memphis has recently experi- the landlord in both transactions, while Ed the landlord. products for more than 235 manufacturers enced positive leasing activity. Larkin of Memphis Commercial and In- and offers around 2 million catalog Lansing Building Products, a major dustrial represented Lansing. Physiotherapy Associates Inc., items from 40 customer service supplier of building products such as Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial a national provider of outpatient centers in North America, Europe siding, windows, gutters, trims, rail- Advisors was awarded the leasing duties at physical therapy and rehabilita- the and Asia-Pacific region. ings, columns and stone, renewed its MIAC, a nine-building, 1.1 million-square- tion services, recently signed a Among Aviall’s services are 24,524-square-foot lease at 3510 Win- foot industrial portfolio, last year. new lease for 2,645 square fee at maintenance for aviation batter- chester Road. 2687 Poplar Ave. ies, wheels and brakes, hose Lansing, shaking off the effects of the In other leasing news, DeWell Lo- Aaron Petree represented assembly and paint mixing. economic downturn, is in growth mode. gistics, a leading third-party logistics landlord Loeb Properties, The company also offers The Richmond, Va.-based company firm, has signed a new lease in Southeast while Adam Breecheen of logistics services, including recently announced it was acquiring Memphis. Swearingen Realty Group Amos Maki order processing, stocking Florida-based ASI Building Products, a DeWell is leasing 26,030 square feet at represented the tenant. Inked and fulfillment and automat- transaction that is expected to close in 4995 Outland Center Drive. The com- ed inventory management. November. pany, which has 40 offices and more than Aviall Inc. has inked a new lease for Bobby Daush of CBRE Memphis repre- In addition to Lansing, Mid-South Ex- 1,000 staff members, has taken advantage 16,160 square feet at 3937 Hickory Hill sented the tenant, and Brad Murchison of press Delivery Inc. has signed a new lease of increasing Pacific trade, particularly Road in Southeast Memphis. CBRE Memphis represented the landlord. at MIAC. Mid-South Express Delivery is between the U.S. and China, to grow its Dallas-based Aviall, a subsidiary of leasing 12,920 square feet at 3644 Win- business. Boeing, is one of the world's largest pro- Send commercial lease announcements chester Road. Bobby Daush of CB Richard Ellis Mem- viders of new aviation parts and related to Amos Maki, who can be reached at 521- Patrick Walton of Cushman & Wake- phis represented the tenant, and Brad aftermarket operations. 2464 or [email protected].

REAL ESTATE RECAP year. Sycamore View and Bartlett roads. Nike in January paid $2.2 million The Shelby County Assessor of for about 200 acres of vacant land Property’s 2013 appraisal is $12.8 in Frayser from Belz Investco GP for million. Nike Files $4.3 Million the distribution center. Richard Hamlet, president and CEO Operating in the transaction as Nike of Global Ministries Fellowship, Permit for Frayser Facility TN Inc., the Beaverton, Ore.-based signed the trust deed as president of sports giant bought the land in two GMF-Preservation of Affordability parcels – a 162.5-acre tract and a Corp., the sole member entity of the Eric Smith 38.4-acre tract, both north of Nike’s borrower. [email protected] 1.1 million-square-foot facility in Global Ministries Fellowship sup- Belz Enterprises Inc.’s Northridge ports ministry programs on five Industrial Park. continents that build churches, edu- The board of the Memphis and cate children, combat hunger and Shelby County Economic Develop- perform other humanitarian deeds. ment Growth Engine approved last The organization also owns afford-

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Lender: P/R Mortgage & Investment Cora Properties LLC, which is af- Permit Cost: $4.3 million Corp. filiated with the previous owner- Project Cost: $301 million Details: The owner of the 440-unit ship group, filed the deed of trust, Permit Date: Applied September 2013 River Trace Apartment Homes, assignment of leases and security Completion: TBA at 2165 E. River Trace Drive near agreement Oct. 1 through HIF Lend- Owner: Nike Inc. Bartlett, has filed a $16.9 million ers LLC. Jason W. Coutts signed the Tenant: Nike Inc. loan on the property. trust deed as manager of Blue Salt Architect: N/A GMF-River Trace LLC – an affiliate LLC, the managing entity of the Contractor: Wynright Corp. of the locally owned, faith-based borrower. Details: Nike Inc. has filed a $4.3 million building permit with the city-county Of- nonprofit organization Global Min- Built in 1966, the 257,838-square- fice of Construction Code Enforcement for work on its North Memphis distribution istries Fellowship – filed the deed of foot, Class D multifamily complex center at 3100 New Frayser Blvd. trust Sept. 1 through P/R Mortgage sits on 18.7 acres on the south side of Elk Grove, Ill.-based Wynright Corp. applied for the permit, which didn’t include a & Investment Corp. Ketchum Road near its intersection description for the work being done. Built in 1981, the Class C multifam- with Airways Boulevard. The south One of many permits filed for the $301 million project, it follows a $4.4 million ily property contains 38 buildings side of the property abuts Interstate mechanical permit for work by S.A. Comunale Co. Inc. and a $3 million permit for on 45.8 acres on the north side of 240. The Assessor of Property’s 2013 the installation of “industrial steel storage racks” by Wynright, both filed earlier this Raleigh-LaGrange Road between appraisal is $1.6 million. www.thememphisnews.com October 11-17, 2013 9 Money&Markets Extra Most investors expected the Federal acceleration in growth. So it’s hard to see when the Fed meets. If that’s where you I think that’s about right. People need Reserve to announce a slowdown in its why the Fed needs to taper now when are, you’ve got to be very careful. to be careful about trying to look at the stimulus for the economy at its policy unemployment is still high, and inflation It means that some of the trades we economy to judge the stock market. Why the Fed meeting last month. Interest rates is going the wrong direction. I think the thought you’d have to unwind earlier – like The stock market does a better job of climbed in anticipation, and stock prices Fed has good justification for not tapering utility stocks or certain kinds of bonds – predicting the economy than the economy Insider wavered, but the Fed jolted the market now, but it did catch the market off guard. you’ve got a little more runway, more time. does of predicting the stock market. didn’t blink Q&A when it announced it was holding steady Housing is what got us into the crisis, But I think the signals are clear: When the on its bond-buying program. Rex Macey and you’ve seen mortgage rates increase Fed does start removing the punch bowl, How about Europe? Title: explains why the Fed did what it did, and since they made the announcement about that could be a time of concern. It seems to be working through its prob- Chief Investment what it changes. tapering. That probably spooked the Fed lems. We think they’re set up for positive Officer at Wilmington too. In a sense, they almost got the effect Japanese stocks have been some of surprises better than the U.S. The U.S. is Trust Investment Advisors Were you surprised that the Federal of tapering just by jawboning and talking the year’s best. Do you think that run viewed as having solved its problems: the Reserve didn’t slow its bond-buying about it, and they didn’t feel the need to can continue? Fed has done the right things, we’ve got program? actually act. That market has recovered quite a bit, this low-cost energy and a manufacturing Yes and no. When you look at the data, quickly. I think we need to see if the renaissance. There’s a slightly more the Fed has been saying it will be data Does it change anything for you, in underlying economy is improving as the attractive story in Europe, for the price. dependent. Inflation has been going terms of your investment decisions? stock market suggests. But it is more risk. down, and any chart that we look at Clearly, short-term investors have to be Rex Macey shows the economy is growing, but very sensitive to Fed policies and actions. So wait a year or two for the economic Interviewed by Stanley Choe. growing modestly. We’re not seeing an We’ve seen how abrupt markets move numbers to catch up? Answers edited for content and clarity. AP

BEHIND THE BRAND HAIN CELESTIAL (HAIN)

Organic Stretching the dollar Natural Organic growth Dollar stores have expanded at a indicator of a retailer’s health, was flat. rapid clip over the last five years. This metric excludes results from A Healthy Way They’ve thrived throughout stores recently opened or of Life. ™ the recession and its closed. aftermath as budget- Concerns about the conscious customers were partial government shutdown drawn to their wide variety of and political gridlock in name-brand products, from Washington have compounded A growing appetite for natural and organic toothpaste to frozen food. the challenges retailers face in products has been a boon for Hain Celestial. But one of the largest chains, trying to encourage spending as The company, founded in 1993 and based in Family Dollar Stores, reported results the holiday season approaches. “We Lake Success, N.Y., owns brands such as Celestial that disappointed investors Wednesday. maintain our cautious view on Seasonings, Earth’s Best and Arrowhead Mills. Consumer demand for products made without pesticides, as well as foods Although the discounter posted a 26 percent discretionary sales at the dollar stores and discount- that don’t contain gluten or genetically modified ingredients, has helped increase in earnings for the June-August period, ers,” wrote Citi Research financial analyst Deborah move the natural foods industry into the mainstream. That has benefited revenue at stores open at least a year, a key Weinswig in a recent note to clients. Hain. One example: Wal-Mart Stores has added Hain’s Ella’s baby food pouches and snacks to its stores nationwide. GETTING BIGGER: Hain has been expanding via acquisitions over the (DG) (DLTR) (FDO) past year. It has bought Hartley’s jams, Sun-Pat peanut butter, Gale’s honey and Robertson’s marmalade in the United Kingdom; BluePrint, Thursday’s close $57.54 Thursday’s close $58.23 Thursday’s close $69.60 which sells cold-pressed juices in the U.S.; and the Ella’s organic baby food brand now found in Wal-Mart. Market value $18.6 b Market value $12.9 b Market value $8.0 b Store count 2013* 10,866 Store count 2013* 4,852^ Store count 2013* 7,801 BRITISH INVASION: Hain sees an change since 2008** 30% change since 2008** 35% change since 2008** 19% opportunity to win over British tea lovers to its Celestial Seasonings brand. Total return YTD 30.5% Total return YTD 43.6% Total return YTD 11.1%

5-YR N/A 5-YR 39.8% 5-YR 27.5% Thursday’s close: $76.37 (annualized) (annualized) (annualized) Price-earnings ratio : 31 Avg. broker rating Avg. broker rating Avg. broker rating (Based on past 12 months’ results) • For the fiscal year that ended SELL HOLD BUY SELL HOLD BUY SELL HOLD BUY in June, revenue increased 26 YTD price change percent to a record $1.73 billion. Number of analysts: 28 Number of analysts: 25 Number of analysts: 27 HAIN: 41% S&P 500: 18% • About 63 percent of Hain's ^also has stores in Canada Market value: $3.6 billion sales come from the U.S. Sources: FactSet; SEC filings *as of most recent Form 10-Q **since end of fiscal 2008 Trevor Delaney, Jenni Sohn • AP Source: FactSet Data through Oct. 10 Alex Veiga, Jenni Sohn • AP

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TigerLIFE Nonprofit Sector Leads To Better Lives Helping the

It is a well-worn adage that what gets you to the Homeless top is the people with whom you surround yourself. This Genesis House doubles capacity for veterans is true for individuals as well as for organizations, institu- Michael Waddell tions, and cities. Memphis is [email protected] no different in its collective DR. MARY C. McDONALD vision of being at the top of guest column those “Best of” lists. Based on current announcements, Memphis is faring well, and getting better. There is, however, one long-standing area of concern and focus. It has been a challenge in Memphis to ensure an educated work force for future growth, increased productivity, and as a means of attract- ing new business and industry to the city. Under- education is particularly true for those with learning We still have room disabilities, those with dreams of being part of that to grow in that workforce, but don’t have the skills or advanced particular facility degrees often needed for access. An educated work- without the need force is a worthy goal, and one that should include an education that lifts all citizens since workforce needs for any more capital are broad, and the skill sets varied. What can be done improvements.”“ to ensure productivity for all citizens? – Michael D. Allen In its typical “can-do” style, The University of CEO, Catholic Charities of West Tennessee Memphis has found a way to marshal its resources Vietnam veteran Charles Ricky Johnson is a resident at Genesis House, which has more and departments to institute a unique program than 30 beds and serves as a shelter for homeless men and women. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) called TigerLIFE (Learning Independence, Fostering Employment & Education). TigerLIFE is an interdisciplinary approach that provides a college experience, along with job training and workforce development, for students who are enesis House, a shelter for summer, the VA requested that Gen- House; Dozier House, for homeless educationally challenged, or experience a disability homeless men and women esis House double that number. men and women with substance that prevents them from attending a traditional col- G run by Catholic Charities “We have a great relationship abuse; and Sophia’s House, for lege program. of West Tennessee, is doubling its with the local VA, and we had some women and children fleeing do- Maurice Williams, associate director of the capacity for veterans suffering from unused space, so it was not a prob- mestic violence. University of Memphis Institute on Disabilities, who mental illness and addiction. The lem to add the additional beds,” “We closed both Dozier and So- was a guest on my weekly radio show, Seize the Day, home is expanding from five to 10 said Allen, who has worked with the phia’s within the last year, primarily said that “A magic happens when you get young folks the number of beds reserved for vet- agency since 2010. “And we actually due to a shifting of funding priori- from diverse backgrounds and varying abilities com- erans – good news for the organiza- still have room to grow in that parties at Housing and Urban Devel- ing together to exchange ideas and learn, most of all tion following the closure of two of ticular facility without the need for opment,” Allen said. “We lost our to learn that every human has value and abilities. We its other programs for the homeless any more capital improvements.” funding and were not able to keep are amassing the data to paint the picture of how this earlier this year because of a lack of The building was previously them open.” is successful.” new funding. used as a nursing home and is Dozier House closed at the These students now have the opportunity to join The number of homeless veter- licensed for 60 beds. Generally the end of June and Sophia’s House in that educated workforce that Memphis seeks to ex- ans in Memphis and Shelby County house’s 30-plus beds are about March, and Allen thinks it is unlikely pand, and make productive contributions to the com- is growing, said Michael D. Allen, 85 percent full. that either will reopen. munity, as well as the opportunity to experience the president and CEO of Catholic Genesis House employs three “We would need fairly signifi- global community life on a college campus. TigerLIFE Charities of West Tennessee. case managers and three therapists. cant dollars – more than an extra enjoys the support of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, U “Unfortunately, because of the Together, they offer a team-based, $1 million in private funding – and of M Interim President Brad Martin; Provost David two recent wars in Iraq and Afghani- comprehensive, holistic treatment I just don’t think that is likely,” said Rudd; College of Education Dean Donald Wagner; stan, there are just so many veterans approach that includes psycho- Allen, who feels the $450,000 annual and TigerLIFE Director Chrisann Schiro-Geist. coming back with mental health logical, vocational and educa- HUD funding for Genesis House is tional services. stable for the moment. The HUD Lottery Education Scholarships are now avail- issues due to their experiences in the theater of war, and often that “A case manager and therapist money makes up 70 percent of the able for students in this program. For these students, manifests itself in homelessness,” work as a team with every client house’s annual budget, with the workforce development within a college experience Allen said. “So the issue of veterans on life skills, making sure they are remaining 30 percent coming from is now accessible and affordable. Many young people who are homeless or at imminent accessing any benefits they might private donations from individuals start out with bold dreams. Some, like those with risk of homelessness is growing in be entitled to, and soft skills around and foundations. disabilities that often make a college experience im- our community.” employment in terms of things like Catholic Charities of West Ten- possible, didn’t even have the opportunity to be part Genesis House, at 300 N. Bel- interviewing skills, helping them nessee is the social services arm of of that productive, educated workforce, and live their levue Blvd., was founded in 1985 write a resume and connecting the Catholic Diocese of Memphis. dreams. Now, they not only are able to continue their and now has 39 beds for homeless them with potential employers,” It is one of the largest nonprofit, education, develop resiliency and talent, they can live men and women who have co- Allen said. multi-social service providers in boldly and dream boldly so that they too can be a occurring disorders consisting of On any given day, about one- the Mid-South, with special em- valuable part of the workforce in our community. a mental health diagnosis – such third of Genesis House residents phasis in homelessness, children’s TigerLIFE is one of those good things that sur- as depression, bipolar disorder or are also working. They are given programming, immigration ser- round Memphis and help to put it on top, and keep it schizophrenia – combined with sub- the tools necessary to find gainful vices, veteran’s services and emer- there. stance abuse. employment, permanent housing gency services. Contact Dr. Mary C. McDonald, a National Edu- The Veterans Administration and the ability to make healthier On Oct. 18, the organization cation Consultant, at 574-2956 or visit mcd-partners. approached Genesis House in the long-term choices. plans to launch a program funded com. summer of 2011 about adding five In the late 1980s and early 1990s, by the VA that will work exclu- beds for veterans awaiting place- Catholic Charities established sively with homeless veterans and ment into permanent housing; this three homeless programs: Genesis their families. www.thememphisnews.com October 11-17, 2013 11

Community Government MEMFix Goes South AG: Haslam Can Block party planned for history-rich Soulsville area Appoint Judges Without Finalists

Bill Dries Bill Dries borhood when you think of 150-year-old LeMoyne-Owen [email protected] [email protected] College. You think of Stax Museum, which is back up, and the Soulsville Foundation. You think of Elmwood Cemetery, f the neighborhoods in which the Mayor’s Innova- and you think about the churches. I think we have some of Gov. Bill Haslam can fill vacancies in state tion Delivery Team has been working to build retail those traditional kind of anchors in the neighborhood.” trial and appellate court positions without get- O and commercial trade, none has the amount of Previous MEMfix events have included one in April at ting a list of finalists from the Judicial Nominat- history, turmoil, potential and perception problems found Walker Avenue and Highland Street by the University of ing Commission, which went out of existence in the two blocks east and west of Mississippi Boule- Memphis, and one in November 2012 on the stretch of at the end of June. He got a legal opinion on the vard and Walker Avenue. Cleveland Avenue that runs by the Sears Crosstown building. complex scenario Wednesday, Oct. 9, from Ten- MEMFix is a one-day event that focuses attention not Like those neighborhoods, the Mississippi and Walker nessee Attorney General Robert Cooper. only on existing businesses; it also animates vacant store- area has its own institutions, ones that are more heavily The Tennessee Assembly adjourned its 2013 fronts and lots in the same area with “pop-up” businesses weighted toward a deeper history. session without both chambers approving a that move into the space for a day’s time. J.E. Walker, the founder of Universal Life Insurance, bill to renew the existence of the 17-member Throw in street entertainment, live music, a lot of bright the largest black-owned insurance company in the South, commission. The legislation was a casualty of colors and just about anything else to animate the area, and lived a few blocks south of the intersection. Walker built the an end-of-session disagreement between the you have a block party with a purpose. foundation for black-owned business and finance in Mem- Republican leaders of the House and Senate, in And it comes to Mississippi and Walker Saturday, Oct. 12, phis during the era of racial segregation by law. Blues music which one chamber voted down a bill favored from noon to 6 p.m. composer W.C. Handy also lived in the area during the time by the leadership of the other chamber. The purpose isn’t to make a retail sales goal for the he began writing down his arrangements of blues songs he Since then, several appeals court judges day, but to show merchants who don’t currently oper- heard in the Mississippi Delta. have announced they will not seek re-election ate in the area what the neighborhood could look like if in the state judicial retention elections next more businesses returned. It is also to show that people MEMFix continued on P27 August. Just before it went out of existence, will come to the area. the commission took applications and sent “There are a few thriving businesses up there. We’ve Haslam two sets of three finalists each. Haslam got a daycare that’s been up there for 20-plus years along has since made his selections based on those with the Four Way Grill,” said Jeffrey Higgs, president and lists, even though the vacancies don’t take ef- CEO of the LeMoyne-Owen College Community Develop- fect until the summer of 2014. ment Corp. “I think when they see some of just the minor But the commission didn’t have enough things that we are going to do for one day, I think they are time left to do the same for the vacancy created going to see that there is an opportunity for maybe a little with the resignation of Tennessee Supreme more retail. Maybe we can support another restaurant other Court Justice Janice Holder, of Memphis, at the than the Four Way Grill.” end of her current term, Aug. 31, 2014. The MEMFix event will include a pop-up restaurant and The opinion requested by Haslam cites a clothing store near an intersection Higgs sees as a gate- the “failsafe provision” the Legislature put in way into the Soulsville area, where the CDC he heads works the latest version of a state law governing the closely with the Soulsville Foundation and its affiliates: the judicial mechanism, which has existed in some Stax Museum of American Soul Music, the Soulsville Charter form since 1971. The failsafe says if the Judicial School and the Stax Music Academy. Nominating Commission does not send a list “What we want them to do is look at the area as a whole. of three nominees to the governor within two

… We’re hoping that people will explore a little bit and look (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) months of when the governor notifies the com- at the area as a whole,” Higgs said. “You’ve got some old Bacari Keaton paints the fence outside the Four Way mission in writing of the vacancy, the governor retail that’s still standing. You’ve got a pretty strong neigh- Restaurant at Mississippi Boulevard and Walker Avenue. can fill the vacancy on his own.

healthcare.gov to see if they qualify.”

Affordable Care’s Time Has Come Finally we wanted to know what role nonprofits can play in getting out information The Affordable Care Act is here! Knowing grams, physicals, screening for diabetes We wanted to know if purchasing insur- to people they serve. Dr. Davis’ words of that nonprofits play a key role in connect- and more at no out-of-pocket cost. Ad- ance would be different in states that are wisdom: “Nonprofits can definitely assist ing people to services, we asked a few ditionally, children who may have been implementing exchanges, and states that with providing information and educa- questions of Dr. Clarence Davis, medi- without health insurance can now stay are not. Dr. Davis set us straight, sharing, tion to their client base. If interested, they cal director, Government Business with on their parents plans until age 26. For “All states will have exchanges, whether can sign up to be Certified Application BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. people without health insurance, includ- run by their state government or Counselors or Champions of Coverage for ing those with pre-existing conditions, the the federal government. And the Affordable Care Act. Applica- We first wanted to know what the Afford- Marketplace may allow for more afford- the requirement for people tions for Certified Application able Care Act – or Obamacare – means able access to care with the help of federal to have coverage applies Counselors are available at to people who already have insurance cost savings.” equally in all states, http://marketplace.cms. and those who currently don’t. Clarence no matter which kind gov/help-us/cac-apply. shared with us, “For those that already We also wanted to know about the impor- of marketplace they html. And finally, the one have insurance through an employer, tance of Oct. 1. “On Oct. 1, a new health have. If individuals are place to learn more about nothing should change for you. When the insurance marketplace opened in every currently uninsured or MEL & Pearl shaw the Affordable Care Act is Affordable Care Act was signed into law, state, giving individuals a new way to shop have a limited benefit FUNdraising Good Times www.healthcare.gov.” it carried with it a promise of expanding for health insurance. All plans are required plan, the marketplace will access to quality, affordable health cover- to cover a set of benefits that includes allow them to review vari- age for millions of American families and hospital stays, prescriptions, maternity ous coverage options and make compari- Mel and Pearl Shaw are the authors small businesses. Some individuals have and newborn care, preventive and well- sons of plans before they make a decision. of “Prerequisites for Fundraising Suc- already begun to experience the benefits ness services, and other benefits that Financial assistance may be available for cess.” They position nonprofits for fun- of the Affordable Care Act with coverage have been deemed essential.” individuals depending upon their income draising success. Visit them at www. that includes preventive care like mammo- and household size. They can go to www. saadandshaw.com. 12 October 11-17, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

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College Football What Tigers, Vols Need Now Is Finishing Touch in Games

(Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports) The Memphis Tigers and Tennessee Volunteers showed plenty of moxie in close losses last weekend to heavily favored teams. Now the question is: Can they capitalize on their glimpses of hope with victories this coming Saturday.

lowed (319.8 per game) in an era in which schemes and rules all seem to tilt toward offenses. But as the old saying goes, you are what your record says you are. And the Tigers are 1-3, 0-1 in the American Athletic Conference. Tennessee is 3-3, 0-2 in the SEC. So Jones, in his first year at UT, is saying things like, “it’s another step, it’s another building block,” and “it’s a process” and “we have to learn how to finish.” So yeah, it’s easy to be skeptical if you want to be. Not so easy: figuring out how to balance the knowledge that you showed you could hang with a really good team while also accepting the fact you still took a loss. (AP Photo/Wade Payne) “Take a peek back there and remind yourself of things you don’t want to do,” UT running back Rajion Neal said of his No one would call the Memphis Tigers’ or Tennessee Volunteers’ seasons to date successful, but last weekend’s mindset. “But the biggest thing is don’t close losses to vastly superior opponents for each team proved they are on the right path. dwell on it.” Fuente, by the way, doesn’t believe that his team was surprised to be in a position to win the game. But he does wonder: Did Don Wade tive was not as UT lost in overtime, 34-31. be the winning touchdown. some of the players allow a dangerous Special to The Memphis News From afar, we might have laughed at Those are the gory details. More im- thought to creep forward, giving them- the mere suggestion the Tigers and Vols portant, the questions that follow: What selves a moment to ponder how good it hey weren’t supposed to be in the would have “success,” the quote marks comes next for these rebuilding programs? would feel to win the game? game. Not the Tennessee Volunteers necessary because we are still talking Were those almost, but-not-quite upset “You can’t do that,” Fuente said. “In the T at home against Georgia, not the about two losses. But it also says some- victories hopeful signs or further evidence last four minutes of the game you have to Memphis Tigers at home against Central thing that “heartbreaking” is the only fit- that in Memphis and in Knoxville losing do the same things you did (at the start) to Florida. ting description for each game’s outcome. winnable games is a hard habit to break? give yourself a chance.” But then that’s the view from the out- Odd as it is to say, the Tigers and Vols “We never gave up and we fought until And once the game is over, in that im- side, which is not always clearer than the simultaneously met with failure while the very last play,” Vols quarterback Justin mediate and painful aftermath when you view from the inside. overachieving. How did it happen? Worley said. “I think you have to look at know you can’t get back what might have “We told them, ‘don’t be surprised if we Tennessee running back Alden “Pig” that as an outsider and say, `this team is been? have success. Stay focused on the task at Howard appeared to score a go-ahead doing something.’” Tigers safety Anthony Watson did the hand until the game’s over.”’ touchdown in overtime as he hurled That’s a bold statement. But maybe only thing that made sense to him. He Those were Tigers coach Justin Fuente’s himself toward the pylon at the right front also a correct statement. For Tennessee went to work, studied film. words. His team stayed with a Central corner of Georgia’s end zone. The initial and for the Tigers. “Just wanted to evaluate the mistakes I Florida team that beat Penn State and call on the field was a touchdown. But the Which isn’t to say that players on either made and the defensive mistakes we made scared South Carolina. But the Tigers gave ball came out of Howard’s hand before he team are marking down what happened to see what we can do better,” he said. up two touchdowns in the span of nine reached his destination. The eye in the sky on Saturday as a “moral victory.” Tigers Doing better can happen as soon seconds and lost 24-17. (instant replay) did not blink and neither right tackle Nykiren Wellington said they as this Saturday, Oct. 12, at undefeated No doubt, Vols coach Butch Jones and did Georgia. can’t do that. Houston. That’s the next opportunity to get his staff had similar advice for their team The killer for Memphis came after UCF “Because it wasn’t a victory,” he said in a real W and, well, not have this conversa- before No. 6 Georgia came to Neyland had tied the game and then kicked off. logic impossible to deny. tion. Stadium. In fact, Jones even set up a more Marquis Warford returned the ball into a Does Memphis appear to be im- “Can’t mope on it,” Watson said. “Have reachable goal for his team: get to the buzz saw named William Stanback. War- proved from a year ago? Many signs say to move forward.” fourth quarter with a chance to win. That ford fumbled. Another UCF player picked the answer is yes, including the defense And be ready to make good on the next goal was met, though the ultimate objec- up the loose ball and scored what would being ranked 16th nationally in yards al- opportunity to finish. www.thememphisnews.com October 11-17, 2013 13

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Hogue Goes Distance for ‘Golf’ Contest

The swing and the sound really A little backstory: When Will was 10, to 420 yards. Players get credit for the haven’t changed that much. The swing his father Dave Hogue, had a member- roll, but the ball has to land in bounds THE PRESS BOX is still fast and violent. The sound upon ship at a local golf club. Will and his bud- and stay in bounds. Fairways are typi- DON WADE contact is a still a loud “ping!” that dies would spend summer days playing cally 40 to 60 yards wide. signals the ball is about to travel a long, the course. This year, he has a second-place movie, “hockey guys.” long way. “I hit my first 300-yard drive when I finish in a Greeneville, Tenn. event that Remember, it’s about fast hands and Will Hogue, 27, was a baseball player. was in the fifth grade,” Will said. earned him $6,000 and a third-place fast hips. Went from Houston High School to “He was a bean pole,” his dad said. “A finish in a Denver tournament that was Rock & roll music blares during the Austin Peay University as a slugging little squirt.” worth $2,500. So no, he hasn’t given competitions – no need for Hush, Y’all outfielder. If he made contact – if being He’s neither now, standing 6-3 and up his shirt-and-slacks day job, and his signs here – and players tee off at the the key word – the baseball was going 220 pounds. Will never became a golfer, backing comes from, as Dave Hogue same time. Fans even yell while players to fly. And what helped him then – fast per se – “I’ve seen the rest of my golf said with a laugh, “The Bank of Dad.” are striking the ball. hands and fast hips – is what helps him game and it’s not pretty” – and his dad Pulling out his phone, Will shows me “They encourage (fans) to be as loud now as a competitor on the Long Drivers didn’t encourage it because he wor- some drives from a recent tournament. as possible,” Will said. of America pro “golf” circuit. ried the golf swing would mess up Will’s He is dressed like a golfer and he does Will’s hope is that the exposure Long You’ll notice the word golf is in baseball swing. not run up on the ball and attack it like Drive is getting on the Golf Channel quotes. That’s because as it says on the Besides, when you’re 10 or 12 and Happy Gilmore. But when he ties into will elevate the sport and bring serious website, longdrivers.com, this is “Golf on out on the course with your friends one just right he lets out a yell and the sponsorship. On a personal level, he also the Edge.” it’s not about shooting a low score. It’s surrounding crowd of fans can be heard is seeking more sponsorship and he It is also for big money, at least for about leaning to flex your muscles. They hooting and hollering. understands the one thing he can do to a day. On Oct. 30 at Las Vegas Motor were playing Long Drivers of America “It’s golf meets Home Run Derby,” his get it. Speedway, Hogue and seven others, in- before it had a name. father said. “Win the Worlds,” he said. “That’s it. cluding two-time world champion Jamie “That was our thing,” Will said. “Get- “If golf is NASCAR, then we’re the No one cares about second-place.” Sadlowski, will compete in the RE/MAX ting up and down didn’t matter. It was drag racers,” Will added. World Long Drive Championship for a who could hit it the farthest. That’s still Although Long Drive has its share of Don Wade’s column appears weekly winner-take-all $250,000 prize, plus a what it is.” reformed “regular” golfers, Will said the in The Daily News and The Memphis championship belt and ring. The event Hogue played his first professional Long Drive fields are littered with other News. Listen to Wade on “Middays with will be televised live at 8 p.m. Memphis tournament about 18 months ago. A former baseball players and, in a nod Greg & Eli” every Tuesday at noon on time on the Golf Channel. good drive in competition will travel 380 to Adam Sandler’s character from the Sports 56 AM and 87.7 FM.

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Battledish patrons are served braised short ribs with grit cake and sauteed Brussels sprouts at Belle Diner, whose chef, David Johnson, won a gold award for the dish. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) J. (Memphis News/Andrew

owners behind the food, and ring to the interactivity between just going on an awesome food foodies and chefs they might not adventure,” Fuqua said. “The re- otherwise see up close. sponse to all of the different types The next stop on that taco of events – vegan crawl, taco crawl was Bluefin, where the crawl, soul food crawl – has been chef held the door open as par- tremendous, and I’m just excited ticipants entered. When the chef to continue organizing more emerged with his creation – a fun foodie events for Memphis double-decker Korean taco fea- ‘Culinary dishcrawlers.” turing smoked Korean pork belly Beyond the imminent Soul – he talked about making it, as Food Crawl, Fuqua has a Down- well as a little about growing up. town Slider Crawl coming up The next stop was the wine Nov. 6, an event for which four cellar at Flight, followed by a restaurants will put forward an stroll to McEwen’s. array of sliders for participants to Such events to whet the taste ’ enjoy. She’s also thinking about buds of local foodies are multi- Food crawls on rise as Memphians seek new dining experiences what she’s calling an under- plying. But they aren’t, it should adventure ground supper club – similar to a be noted, limited to the Dish- pop-up, where she’d get a space crawl banner. and a well-known chef to create a At the end of September, for meal in a secret location. example, the second annual Best Andy Meek add to the events she already has ing distance of each other. So for The events all are ginning up Memphis Burger Fest brought a [email protected] staged this year. the Soul Food Crawl, happening a camaraderie and direct interac- few thousand burger lovers and For such so-called food Oct. 23, a bus has been chartered tion among participants and the scent of meat to Minglewood crawls, participants assemble at to wheel participants from one chefs, such as the kind on display Hall. Event co-founder and direc- Kim Fuqua is always adding a predetermined location and location to the next. during the Downtown Taco Crawl tor Seth Agranov estimated that something new to the menu of shuffle between a group of par- For that event, participants Sept. 25. between 2,500 and 3,000 people events she’s planning for Mem- ticipating restaurants, sampling will hit up three eateries, learning For that event, 41 people met attended the festival Sept. 22. phis’ community of foodies who dishes along the way. There have a little about the history of Souls- up Downtown, kicking things off The event is a burger-eating are hungry for fresh dishes and been several already, such as a ville along the way. The starting at bleu restaurant and lounge and cooking competition in Kdrinks to sample. Cooper-Young Dishcrawl and a location, as usual with these inside the Westin Memphis Beale which participants get to sample Indeed, she’s on a mission: to Downtown Dishcrawl. crawls, is a secret until shortly Street Hotel. Bleu general man- different kinds of burgers from a create new experiences that bring In recent days, Fuqua said, before the event is held, keeping ager Lance Morton welcomed variety of cooks, enjoy live music foodies together for socializing, the last available tickets for a Soul up an air of mystery and fun. the dishcrawlers, and mixologists while they eat and support a exploring and eating. Food Crawl this month have sold And that event, like all the whipped up some special mar- cause at the same time. Fresh off this month’s Battle- out, signaling plenty of sustained others, comes under the “Dish- garitas as they awaited the first “When teams weren’t turning dish event Downtown, during interest in the series of crawls, crawl” umbrella. taco course. in competition burgers, they were which six chefs engaged in a though the soul food celebration “I feel like Memphians are Fuqua, armed with a mic, cooking samples to raise addi- cook-off and participants voted will unfold a little differently. loving the whole idea of Dish- sang a bit of “Proud Mary” while tional money for Mid-South Spay for their favorite entrees and Memphis’ best soul food crawl as much as I did when I first participants waited for their & Neuter Services,” Agranov said. cocktails, Fuqua – the Memphis restaurants, Fuqua explained, discovered it – exploring our own dishes. “Winning entries were turned in Dishcrawl ambassador – is al- tend to be a bit more spread out neighborhoods on foot, meeting “That’s the kind of stuff that by teams called Burgers Ellevan, ready looking ahead to launching geographically compared to the and socializing with like-minded I think turns people on about Pirates of the Grillabean, Burger- new food-based walking tours to Downtown eateries within walk- foodies, meeting the chefs and these events,” Fuqua said, refer- nado and The Burger Deacons. www.thememphisnews.com October 11-17, 2013 15

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A bartender pours Cranberry Lemongrass martinis at Automatic Slim’s, Automatic Slim’s entry in Oct. 5 Battledish was called the “4-Sauce Pan one of the restaurants included in the recent Battledish. Seared Sesame Encrusted Tuna with Spiced Rice and Wakame.”

Memphis is getting a growing number of events catering to the city’s foodies with dish crawls, chef battles and other eating extravaganzas popping up throughout the city. Plenty of other new food happenings are now in the works.

Dishcrawl was founded in 2010 by Tracy Lee of San Jose, Calif., and quickly spread elsewhere, including New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, Montreal and Toronto. I think Memphis was The Cooper-Young Dishcrawl in Febru- ary sold out almost immediately, neces- really wanting something sitating the addition of a second night, new like this.” which sold out too. A later Dishcrawl in Overton Square also sold out quickly, and – Kim Fuqua Battledish included chefs from Automatic Slim’s (pictured), Tamp & Tap, Memphis community manager, Dishcrawl a Downtown Dishcrawl in June sold out Rizzo’s Diner, Jerry Lee Lewis Cafe, Lunchbox Eats and Belle Diner. in 10 days. “ Fuqua said Dishcrawl generally sees The grand champion burger was a jalape- about 40 participants who go among no-and-cream-cheese-stuffed Juicy Lucy the various restaurants sampling dishes burger served up by the Burger Deacons. for a particular event. Dishcrawlers dine “Burger Fest was the perfect storm of a on a weeknight, when the hope is that (still) new festival, an inexpensive admis- restaurants aren’t as busy as they might sion cost and a promise of two passionate otherwise be, and participants only visit burger lovers to give the people what they a few restaurants within no more than 10 want: an afternoon of great food, cold beer minutes’ walking distance. and good music.” At each venue, the chef or owner intro- For Dishcrawl’s recent Battledish event, duces a special tasting creation and talks six Memphis chefs vied for titles such as about the food and the restaurant’s history. “most delicious” and “most creative” as In that way, Dishcrawl is a community- well as for best modern, best cocktail and focused event. “most authentic.” Fuqua said Dishcrawl is a great way A portion of the proceeds from Battle- for local foodies to try new dishes, meet dish benefit the Roots Memphis urban new people, and visit restaurants they learning farm. might not have chosen themselves. It also Among the event’s gold award winners, provides welcome exposure for restaurants READING chef David Johnson of Belle Dinner won that participate. IS SEXY. in the “most delicious” category with his Dishcrawl itself is established in more braised short rib with grit cake and sauteed than 100 cities in the U.S. and Canada. Brussels sprouts. Kendall Robertson of According to Dishcrawl founder Tracy Automatic Slim’s and his team of mixolo- Lee, expansion to new cities is partly the gists won in the cocktail category for their result of serendipity and partly the result of cranberry lemongrass martini, and in people simply wanting it in their area. the category of “most creative,” chef Sam Locally, the Dishcrawl list of events Miller of Tamp & Tap won for his Autumn keeps growing, Fuqua said, explaining that Napoleon of Horseradish Brioche French she has a constant stream of ideas. Toast, roasted butternut squash puree, “I think people are excited about quinoa, heirloom tomato relish, fried shii- what we’re going to do next,” she said. take and prosciutto with lime chimichurri. “It’s exciting me too. I think Memphis was GET A SHIRT. For “most authentic,” chef Kaia Brewer really wanting something new like this. of Lunchbox Eats won for her short rib “Memphis has a lot of offerings that chili. And for “best modern,” chef Daniel cater to tourists, which is awesome, but SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE. Cathren of Automatic Slim’s won for his Dishcrawl is about offering unique foodie four-sauce pan-seared sesame-encrusted events to the people who call Memphis tuna with spiced rice and wakame. home. My events are all about turning Among future events Fuqua is planning locals on to the locally owned restaurants is a cocktail wars event similar to Battle- they drive or walk past every day and 100% OF dish, except this one would pit mixologists allowing chefs to cut loose and show off PROCEEDS BENEFIT instead of chefs against each other. She’s some of the culinary creativity you might also thinking about a “bacon battle” – an not find on their everyday menus. I think LITERACY MID-SOUTH event where everything prepared would in Memphians are enjoying this new type of ALL SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THEBOOKWORMSTORE.COM some way feature or include bacon. culinary adventure.”

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emphasis: Architects & Engineers Hanging Around Engineering firms take on smaller projects to stay afloat

Amos Maki [email protected]

The Pickering Firm Inc. is the architect like those are happening in town, while one day and begin to explore it, only to “We have had a lot of that and that and engineer of record for Nike’s massive, other major projects have been put on hear a few days later that the project has trend is getting worse,” Gianotti said. 1.7 million-square-foot facility expansion hold due to economic concerns, leading been put on hold. “That’s a trend I don’t see going away in Frayser. large engineering firms to work on rela- “I’ve been doing this for 34 years and and the impact of that to me is definitely TThe $301 million project, now tively smaller projects. I’ve never really seen anything like it,” bad for the economy, the short-term and under construction, includes the ex- “We are coming down off some very Pohlman said. “Things are hot and all of long-term economy, of Memphis.” pansion of Nike’s existing 1.1 million- big jobs,” said Mike Pohlman, president a sudden they go cold. I can deal with Gianotti and Pohlman said they have square-foot distribution center and a and CEO of Pickering. “There really aren’t the good times and I can deal with the focused on increasing the volume of rela- new 120,000-square-foot Class A office the big jobs out there so we have to fill in bad times, but it is up and down daily tively smaller projects. building. some gaps. You just have to hang around. and weekly.” “The money doesn’t seem to be there The Nike project came after Picker- The key is to be able to hang around Frank Gianotti of the engineering and for the mega projects, but if you’ve got ing provided grading, drainage, utilities long enough.” consulting firm Tetra Tech Inc. said he has enough medium-size projects you’ll be and railroad design services for another Pohlman and other engineering watched as the number of large projects fine,” Gianotti said. huge project, Mitsubishi Electric Power professionals said uncertainty over the – such as planning and design work on Gianotti and David Bradford, senior Product Inc.’s 350,000-square-foot manu- economy is causing businesses and gov- Interstate 69 in West Tennessee, which principal with SSR Engineers, said the facturing facility. ernment divisions to shelve major proj- Tetra Tech was handling – have been majority of the work they are doing these But fewer and fewer mega-projects ects. The firms will hear about a project pulled back. days is on enhancements or modifica-

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Uncertainty over the economy is causing businesses and government divisions to shelve projects. The firms will hear about a project one day, only to hear a few days later that the project has been put on hold.

tions to existing structures. involves new store creations and “We’re seeing a lot of the remodeling efforts, including the same,” Bradford said. “Most of new Union Avenue store. the projects we’ve been going Pickering has been working after are the $3 million to $5 closely with Midtown stakehold- million projects.” ers on the store’s design, hosting Working on the smaller multiple public meetings and projects – whether it involves tweaking the 51,000-square- trusted clients or a rising new foot store’s layout and ap- trend – has its own reward. While pearance. some of the projects Pickering “It may not be the biggest and Tetra Tech are working on thing we’re working on but now may be smaller in size and it’s important,” Pohlman said. scale, they will have a large local “That’s a real interesting job and impact. it’s been well-received.” Gianotti and Tetra Tech have Pickering continues to work The Nike distribution center in Frayser is one of the few large engineering projects happening. To cope with fewer large-scale with longtime clients like Kroger, begun to hitch their wagon to jobs, firms are looking to relatively smaller ones to stay afloat while the economy continues to recover. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) FedEx and Wright Medical, the rapidly growing demand for among others. health-centered, quality of life “Our mainstays of the world, projects like bike and walk- at least they’re doing some- ing paths. Farms Park. in it,” Gianotti said. “I could of life, that’s been really positive thing,” Pohlman said. Tetra Tech was the prime Tetra Tech and local planners speak to a group a week about it, and I hope we see more of it. The work with Kroger, which design consultant for the Shelby are now designing the extension and I see the trend moving more For the small amount of money plans to invest tens of millions Farms Greenline, the wildly of the Greenline from Farm Road toward that kind of project. these things cost the end result of dollars at its Mid-South area popular trail that runs from Till- to the Cordova train station. “That kind of program, is huge and people just rave stores over the next few years, man Street in Midtown to Shelby “People are really interested focused on health and quality about it.”

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emphasis: Architects & Engineers Smith Finds Design Passion In Helping Communities

patriarch of “The Brady Bunch.” That drive took him out of Lebanon, the recession they were actually hiring,” “He was an architect and he had the with its population just more than 5,000, Smith said. “A lot of that has to do with the cool clothes and he had a great family,” and on to Kansas State University for a business model, because they are a full- Smith said. “He was smart and all these Bachelor of Architecture. Upon gradua- service firm and work on many different sorts of things, so that was a little bit tion, he took a job with HOK Sport and types of projects, it kept them very fluid.” of influence.” worked on ballparks for the Chicago White He touts the new image and brand of His main influence, however, was Sox (U.S. Cellular Field) and Baltimore A2H as being one of “designers and hav- a family friend who was an architect Orioles (Camden Yards). He then went ing a very strong architecture group,” he and who designed the Smiths’ home in back to school for his Master of Architec- said. “We have a lot of expertise inside our Lebanon, Mo. At the impressionable age ture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, particular group. We do aviation, higher of 13, Smith watched those architectural graduating in 1994. education, health care, industrial design, drawings go from concept to reality, and it He moved to Atlanta at the time when just to name a few.” is something that has stuck with him. that city was building up its Summer Health care and the changing look “It’s probably a little bit of everything, Olympics venues. and feel of such institutions is a particu- but that’s how I got excited about it,” “That’s where I really started working lar challenge that Smith revels in, and he he said. on higher education and health care proj- takes an almost holistic approach at design Now an architect with A2H, Smith is ects, working on hospitals,” he said. of such structures. Looking at a more working on a high school in Ripley, Tenn., He opened the Atlanta office of world- evidence-based design model, the future Federal Emergency Management Agency wide architecture firm HKS. is to forgo a typical institutional feel for a SMITH shelters in six elementary schools in DeSo- Smith came to Memphis in 2008 to more comforting and healing environment to County, and medical facilities through- work for TRO Jung Brannen, taking a lead- with big windows for more daylight, better out Memphis, including a clinic for the ership role to increase work in China. He amenities, attractive public spaces and a Richard J. Alley Baptist Medical Group at the site of the old spent a lot time traveling from one end of situation more hospitality-like to make a Special to The Memphis News post office on Union Avenue in Midtown. the country to the other, designing massive patient feel at ease. A2H works on a broad range of hospitals for its population and developing Smith looks at each project as unique, hen reflecting on why he chose projects, from fire stations to Downtown new health care environments. whether big or small, whether meant for to become an architect, Stewart renovations, but for Smith, his passion A2H began in 1986 as the engineering healing, learning or playing. Each is impor- W Smith tells a story of his father lies in those that help communities. It’s firm Mark Askew Consulting Engineers. tant to him because each is important to who could draw and had an industrial a philosophy of his, and one he shares It has evolved over more than 25 years, the client or community, as important as design background. with A2H. adding the two “H” letters – Ed Hargraves a family home built 40 years ago in a small Smith became intrigued with the draw- “What they really care about and strive and Pat Harcourt – and later, partner town in southern Missouri. ing and enjoyed the activity himself. But he for is creating an enhanced quality of life Logan Meeks. “I get my inspiration from the client,” also talks of a childlike draw to Mike Brady, for the client and communities,” he said. “They were in a transition, and through he said. “They inspire me ... .”

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emphasis: Architects & Engineers: SMALL-BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT The Lesson Of The Zax

As I sit down to write my article this week, all non-essential people working for the federal government are on furlough. All, W.H. Porter Consultants that is, except for the most non-essential of all government employees – our Washington politicians. When I was involved with Naval Aviation Treats Engineering Like Art and stationed at Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico, we routinely cranked up rickety old airplanes and flew them around between the is- Richard J. Alley lands stretching from the southern tip of Flor- Special to The Memphis News ida to the northern coast of South America. Since we didn’t know any better and were too ou might not recognize it as young and dumb to figure it out on our own, such, yet every day in Shelby we would land the plane and head straight to Y County thousands of people the nearest island bar, have a few drinks, have pass by, or over, the work of W.H. Porter a few more, maybe get a little bit of sleep and Consultants PLLC. get up early the next morning and repeat the The engineering consulting firm process. Rules, guidelines and enforcement has been in business since 1946 when governing such activities were, shall we say, William Porter, then with the Corps a bit more relaxed back then. It was similar of Engineers and having just returned to the “Mad Men” era, when drinking exces- from Italy after World War II, partnered sively at inappropriate times was considered with W.S. Pigott to found Pigott & Porter perfectly appropriate. Engineers. Pigott retired 20 years later Anyhow, looking back I wonder how we and Porter’s son, William “Butch” Porter, survived. In our young and seemingly bul- took over the business in 1980. letproof world, we even joked about flying The long history certainly speaks around with serious hangovers in airplanes to the quality work handled by Porter built by the lowest bidders. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) and his team of engineers, but it’s the Back to the non-essential government William Porter (left) with partner Matt Bingham in W.H. Porter's conference room. work itself that underscores the success. workers – here is another of our favorite Porter calls it a “boutique company” jokes. To fully appreciate this joke, you need that concentrates in civil engineering to know that anything in a military airplane and surveying specializing, in part, in River Boulevard project team was to de- don’t have any Indiana bats,” he said. that might move or fly about in the cabin transportation engineering for the Ten- sign and construct the roadway to limit “So that saved us about a year.” when we experienced turbulence was wired nessee Department of Transportation. the impacts to adjacent aquatic systems Services provided include drainage in place. For example, the electronic gear and wildlife habitat, as well as to pro- studies and improvement, land survey- The HOV lanes on Interstate 40 was a used for navigation and communication was 9.5-mile project with five interchanges. mote wildlife habitat connectivity.” ing and environmental services, as well placed in secure racks and wired in place with The I-240/I-40 flyover is impressive To hear Porter talk about the work as zoning and subdivision planning to thin pliable wires. We called this process safe- as well, rolling up from the asphalt like a done with its challenges and rewards is the private sector. The original planning ty wiring. When we encountered a useless tidal wave to move travelers seamlessly to hear someone at the top of his game for Southwind in 1984 is a job that is still or clueless person, we would in all directions. But it may be the more describe the creation of nothing less ongoing. They’ve worked on commer- joke that they could easily subdued, picturesque Wolf River Bou- than a work of art. “We worked on that a cial projects such as the first five Target be replaced by a micro- levard extension that Porter takes the long time, but we finally got a beautiful stores built in Memphis, and provided switch safety-wired in most pride in. His company furnishes road out there,” he said. layout work for Ridgeway High School, the off position. It was design services to local municipalities It’s a business of details and the Bartlett United Methodist Church and a fine example of Naval and this included the engineering and engineers must complete their due dili- Memphis International Airport. aviation humor and environmental work on that bucolic gence when they move into any area for Porter says that as the economy ranked among the road through Germantown. It was re- construction. On a recent job of a new slumped in 2008, financial institutions chris cRouch highest of insults cently designated a Certified Signature 1,000-foot bridge over the Loosahatchie were left holding a lot of property they SMART STUFF Sanctuary by Audubon International. River at Raleigh-Millington Road for didn’t know what to do with. W.H. Porter to the recipient. 4 WORK From Audubon International’s web- Memphis and Shelby County, they had worked with several of them exclusively. So, I don’t site: “The roadway is the first roadway to conduct studies on the endangered One had $80 million in bad loans and know where we will be terms of the gridlock in the world to earn certification in Indiana bat. Porter has gotten it down to $20 million. next week when this article is published. the prestigious Audubon International “We did find out a secret: if you don’t However, it appears at this point we could replace our entire legislative body, and perhaps Signature Program. The goal for the Wolf have any scaly-bark hickory trees, you w.h. porter continued on P27 much of the executive branch of our government, with a micro-switch safety-wired in the off position. I usually like to tell a little story in this column that outlines a specific problem and then offer a simple solution. However, I don't know what I would tell all these intransigent folks in D.C. I guess the only thing I can think of at this point is to suggest they read Dr. Seuss’ story about the Zax and what happens when a stubborn “north-going Zax” meets an equally stubborn “south-going Zax.” Since this is a publication focused on business issues and not government issues, that is my suggestion for the week. Find a copy of the book “The Sneetches and Other Stories” (or look it up online) and read about what happens when a couple of stubborn Zaxes meet. And then don’t allow that to happen in your business. 20 October 11-17, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

emphasis: Architects & Engineers LRK Turns 30 With Eye on Growing

Michael Waddell tects Inc. placemaking, when LRK worked with Like many companies, LRK experi- [email protected] Each brought their experience with Henry Turley on Harbor Town. enced rough waters when the recession hit different project types to the fledgling firm. The firm’s work on that project caught several years ago, even filing for Chapter 11 Looney had worked on residential and the eye of Disney, which contacted LRK bankruptcy protection in early 2010. Pre- LRK Inc. is celebrating its 30th anniver- small-scale commercial projects; Kiss had about working on their town outside of recession, the firm had nine offices and sary this year, and the full-service architec- handled governmental, institutional, cor- Walt Disney World, called Celebration. 250 employees, but those numbers were tural, planning, environmental and inte- porate and hotel projects; and Ricks had “Ultimately they asked us to open an slashed to four offices and 65 employees rior design firm is involved with a diverse been involved with health care, hospitality, office there in the late 1990s, and we’ve after work dried up. range of high-profile projects, both locally office and residential projects. been there ever since trying to help them “Many of our clients shrank the same and nationally, with the intent of creating “We started out really as an architec- finish it up,” Ricks said. “It’s a huge underway. Many of them had projects that they special places for clients and users. ture firm and we’ve expanded services and taking.” thought would crank back up, but then The firm’s founders are passion- project types over the years,” said Ricks. Since then, LRK has built an impressive they didn’t,” Ricks said. “We had to adapt ate about the power and importance of Within three years, the firm got into portfolio of work across the country, es- and rapidly contract. We are growing “placemaking,” a multifaceted approach to interiors work – primarily in the hospitality pecially in Florida and Texas, and the firm again, but we are being very cautious. We the planning, design and management of and corporate sectors – and that evolved now maintains offices in Baton Rouge, La.; are recruiting people regionally who are in- public spaces that capitalizes on a com- into community planning urban design Princeton, N.J.; and Celebration, Fla. terested in the type of projects we handle.” munity’s assets, ultimately creating public work and placemaking. Locally, LRK has also been involved LRK is working locally on the Sears spaces that promote health, happiness and “Over the years, we’ve become very with planning and/or design of the Ben- Crosstown and Hotel Chisca mixed-use well-being. passionate about how we create ‘place,’ jamin L. Hooks Central Library, AutoZone historic rehabilitation projects, and the “If you can get the mixture of uses just both to create value for our clients and also Park, FedExForum, AutoZone Inc.’s Soulsville Charter School. right within a given project, you can create to create positive places for the users of the Downtown headquarters, Lenox Corporate “We are also the lead planners for the some powerful synergy,” said LRK manag- spaces, whether they are buildings or out- Park, FedEx World Tech Center, the rede- Mid-South Regional Greenprint and are ing principal and co-founder Frank Ricks. door spaces or streetscapes,” Ricks said. velopment of the Stax Museum area, and looking at some new opportunities in Ricks met Carson Looney while at- “We had good fortune to get involved with Chickasaw Bluffs. Nashville,” Ricks said. tending the University of Memphis in the projects that allowed us to learn about the “In some cases, we go into existing en- Richard Kiss retired from LRK about early 1980s. Ricks met Richard Kiss shortly different facets that were much broader vironments that have been neglected and five years ago, and the 10 principals of the after and went to work at Taylor & Crump, than just architecture, and it really shaped breathe new life in them, like with Overton firm are now Ricks, Looney, Rob Norcross, where Kiss also worked. our firm in a way that we did not imagine.” Square and the ‘Heart of the Arts’ plan,” Rebecca Courtney, Victor Buchholz, Tony The trio began having conversations The firm’s work in its early years with Ricks said. “We get excited about rebuild- Pellicciotti, Mike Sullivan, Mark Jones, about starting their own firm, and then Hampton Inn and First Tennessee Bank ing neighborhoods and tapping into his- Elaine Covin and Jim Constantine. made it happen in December 1983 with helped the company grow, and the seed tory. Those projects are really special and LRK hopes to debut a new website the creation of Looney Ricks Kiss Archi- was planted in 1989 about the value of fun to work on.” within the next month.

Baptist Begins Complete Rehab Facility Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. is moving ahead with a new rehabilitation facility on South Germantown Road, Security Solutions aimed at helping meet increased demand from an aging population seeking to continue their independence after a devastating injury or illness. Baptist recently broke ground on the clinic, at 1240 S. German- town Road near the intersection of Wolf River Boulevard. It will replace Baptist’s Exeter Road facility. The approximate cost of the project is $33 million, and the potential move- in date is Oct. 1, 2014. The clinic will be leased to the rehab hospital under a long- term lease by Indianapolis-based commercial real developer Duke Realty Corp. I Commercial/Industrial Doors Earl Swensson Associates is the project architect, and Brasfield & Gorrie, with I Automated Gate Systems which Baptist has worked in the past, is I Access Control Systems the general contractor. The planned 60,000-square-foot I Camera Surveillance Systems facility will include 49 single-occupancy I Alarm Systems rooms and will contain specialized features such as a dedicated stroke unit, an activity of daily living space, a mobility courtyard and a therapy gym. The stroke unit will include large, private rooms; lift equipment as needed; an activity of 775-2143 daily living suite; and common areas for www.dillarddoor.com patients and families. The hospital gym will encompass lift equipment, a body weight-supported treadmill, Bioness, pri- Securing the Mid-South for over 60 years vate treatment areas, and a large outdoor mobility garden. www.thememphisnews.com October 11-17, 2013 21

emphasis: Architects & Engineers Conservancy Wants Serving clients in the construction and Guarantees On design industry Shelby Farms Road

Engineering to play key role in parkway’s future Evans Petreepc A T T O R N E Y S A T L A W

Bill Dries and the parkway is going to have to react [email protected] to the greenline,” Adams said. “The city Practice Group Leader and county have both expressed great commitment and interest in finding fund- Joseph T. Getz he Shelby Farms Park Conservancy ing for a grade-separated interchange so wants to see more work toward that the greenline would go over the new T agreements about a proposed parkway. They are looking at that.” Construction Attorneys Shelby Farms parkway, including no big- At the hearing, several dozen people rig truck traffic, that are its conditions for took three minutes each to comment on L. Clayton Culpepper III Elizabeth (Beth) Stengel agreeing to the long-discussed road. what remains a preliminary design while M. E. Buck Dougherty III John David Willet “We want to see to the greatest extent others commented in writing. possible everything we’ve asked for,” said Dennis Lynch of the Chickasaw Group Justin R. Giles, III John McQuiston II Laura Adams, executive director of the of the Sierra Club advocated for no park- conservancy, after a Tuesday, Sept. 24, way but instead a revised intersection of public hearing and update at Agricenter Walnut Grove Road and Farm Road. www.evanspetree.com International by the Tennessee Depart- “We’re going to be talking more with 901.525.6781 | 1000 Ridgeway Loop Rd. | Suite 200 | Memphis, TN 38120 ment of Transportation. “We’re satisfied the conservancy. We are also going to go to The transmission and receipt of the information in this advertisement is not intended to that we have reached agreements that the City Council and to the County Com- nor does it create an attorney-client relationship. could add benefits to the park and that we mission,” Lynch said of a project, the bulk would be protecting the environmental of which is funded with federal dollars but and recreational assets of the park if we which also includes a 20 percent share of could establish that all of those agree- city funding. ments would be met.” That was the political advice of former The state, city and county departments Memphis City Council member John Ver- involved in the project, which is an exten- gos, who as an attorney in the early 1970s sion of Kirby Parkway from the southwest spearheaded efforts to stop the sale for and Whitten Road from the north, want development of what was then farmland the conservancy to agree that the modified that was part of the old Shelby County Service and Good Work since 1946. parkway plan is a “de minimis” plan that Penal Farm. minimizes harm to the park enough to al- “A lot of people said we already made low it to go forward. this agreement and we don’t want to At this point, the conservancy has not change the agreement,” Lynch said. “But agreed. there are so many facts that have changed “They do not and that’s a board deci- and also facts that were known at that time sion that would go back to our full board of but not revealed to the public.” directors,” Adams said. But also speaking at the hearing were Engineering complexities are inher- several members of a Shelby Farms Park- ent with a large road project. The Syca- way advisory board that negotiated and more View extension to intersect with the backs the modified parkway plans and parkway that the conservancy opposes rejects an even heavier reliance of Farm has been removed from the Metropolitan Road – a road the conservancy’s long- Planning Organization’s list of projects. range plan would close as an entrance and Banning tractor-trailers from the parkway use only for internal park traffic – automo- would require an act of Congress, some- bile as well as pedestrian and bicycle. thing city and county leaders have pledged “Farm Road is a gash through this LEED CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS • SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS to work toward. land,” said landscape architect Ritchie TDOT officials at Tuesday’s hearing un- Smith, who was on the advisory board. veiled options for the parkway’s impact on “You are reinforcing a scar on the land.” • two existing connector trails and the com- But other speakers, including Maxine FACILITY DESIGN CIVIL ENGINEERING ing extension of the Shelby Farms Green- Crowder, urged no changes. • line, which are also among the points the “I deplore this rush to build,” she said. SURVEYING TRANSPORTATION conservancy wants agreements on. State transportation official David NATURAL / WATER RESOURCES For the two connectors, one of which is Linderman responded, “The no-build where those using the Wolf River Trail cross alternative is still on the table.” Walnut Grove at Farm Road, the options The project, which began as a straight- are underpasses that would accommodate line road extension connecting Kirby Park- OFFICE LOCATIONS Recently ranked in pedestrians and bicycles as well as horses. way to Whitten Road in the mid-1980s, has MEMPHIS, TN 901.726.0810 The greenline extension running paral- no start date contemplated for any kind Engineering News-Record’s HERNANDO, MS 662.393.3348 lel to Mullins Station Road and how the of construction. Tuesday’s public hearing Top 500 Design Firms FLOWOOD, MS 601.956.3663 parkway interacts with it is still an open and update was a follow up to the last state PEARL, MS 601.932.7878 question. hearing on the matter in 2007. 228.432.5925 “We’re going to finish greenline east “Just pick a date and make a decision,” BILOXI, MS www.pickeringfirm.com way before they start work on the parkway one citizen urged the officials. 22 October 11-17, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

Real Estate & Development Newsmakers Overton Square Williams Joins Del-Nat Garage Opens As Director of Finance The 451-space parking garage Kate Simone at Monroe and Florence is free [email protected] during month of October.

Amos Maki Ronnie Williams has joined Del-Nat Tire Corp. [email protected] as director of finance. Williams, who has a 15- year background in finance and accounting, most isitors to Overton Square know that parking has been at a premium recently served as director of finance at Health V recently, with side streets around the Choice LLC. In his new role, he will be responsible entertainment district filling up as quickly as for finance and accounting functions and will direct the restaurants and shops there. operations to meet budget and financial goals. Parking at Overton Square should get much easier with the opening of its 451-space parking garage at the northeast corner of Memphis Tigers (basket- rooftops. He never complained. He Monroe Avenue and Florence Street. The ball) and the Ole Miss Reb- was thankful for what he had and city-owned garage opened this weekend, and els (football) was thankful for his family. parking is free for the rest of October. “It’s our way of thanking Memphis for What’s playing on your What attracted you to Del-Nat being patient with the garage construction stereo right now? Zac Tire Corp.? The senior leadership over the past year,” said Earl Williams, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Brown Band team is what attracted me to Del- Loeb Properties Inc. “We know that the prog- Nat. The leadership has a great deal ress created less-than-ideal circumstances for Activities you enjoy of integrity and focuses on its em- outside of work: Hunt- ployees, its stockholders and the patrons, but traffic in Overton Square grew WILLIAMS in spite of it. That kind of loyalty deserves a ing, fishing and doing just community. show of appreciation.” about anything outside Beginning Nov. 1, parking will be a flat with my family. I also enjoy What are your goals in your new rate of $3 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 4 Hometown: Memphis teaching accounting classes at night position? My goal is to bring ad- a.m., regardless of arrival time or amount of at the University of Memphis. I have ditional value to the Del-Nat organi- time parked. Occasional special event rates Education: Bachelor’s degree in found teaching to be a great way to zation from a financial perspective will be charged. accounting from the University of give something back to my alma ma- and provide greater returns for our The city of Memphis helped kick-start Memphis, Master of Business Ad- ter and my community. stockholders. the redevelopment of Overton Square by ministration from Union University investing around $12 million in the three- What talent do you wish you had? What do you consider your great- story parking garage, which includes a large Family: Jodi Williams, wife; four chil- I wish I could speak several foreign est accomplishment? My greatest detention basin underneath it that will help dren: Abby, Allison, Jake and Alex languages. In my new role, I will be accomplishment would be my chil- ease flooding in Midtown. dealing with individuals from Mexico dren. They are my true legacy. I am Before the Overton Square location Favorite quote: “It ain’t those parts to China. Having the ability to con- very proud of them and what they became available, city engineers had sug- of the Bible that I can’t understand verse in Spanish and Mandarin Chi- have accomplished in their lives. gested placing the detention basin on the that bother me; it is the parts that I nese would be a huge advantage. greensward at Overton Park, a suggestion that do understand.” – Mark Twain If you could give one piece of ad- elicited an immediate outcry from neighbor- Who has had the greatest influ- vice to young people, what would hood residents and park enthusiasts. Favorite movie: “Christmas ence on you and why? My grandfa- it be? You never know as much as Loeb Properties is investing around $20 Vacation” ther had a great influence on me. He you think you know. There is always million to revive the once-struggling area was a roofer and spent most days more to the story. Take the time to into a thriving arts, dining and entertain- The sports team(s) you root for: working in extreme conditions on try and fill in the missing pieces. ment district. “We knew the city of Memphis needed a location to build a storm-water detention facility for Midtown, and we were happy that Dr. Mauro Schenone has commercial and industrial Powers previously worked at Us Skills & Service” and Overton Square had a spot they could use to joined UT Medical Group’s construction projects in the the University of Kentucky’s “Project Grow.” relieve residents and businesses of the flood- Department of Obstet- tri-state area. Gatton College of Business ing problems created by Lick Creek,” said rics and Gynecology and and Economics, and Rucker The Memphis chapter of Carey D. White, Loeb’s senior vice president of has been named assistant Glankler Brown PLLC at- most recently worked with The Association of Fundrais- asset management. professor at the University torneys Jeremy Alpert, Baptist Memorial Health ing Professionals has named “It made sense to build a parking ga- of Tennessee Health Sci- Hunter Humphreys and Care Corp. its National Philanthropy rage on top of the detention facility for the ence Center. Schenone is Larry H. Montgomery have Day Crystal Awards win- a specialist in high-risk been named top lawyers in Jim Isaacs and Keith Nor- ners. They are: Memphis greater community to use, including all of pregnancies. American Lawyer/Corporate man have been named to Light, Gas and Water Divi- the theaters and nearby businesses located Counsel’s “2013 Top Rated the Christian Brothers Uni- sion, outstanding corpora- outside of the Overton Square develop- Nick Scott has joined Flight Lawyers in Banking & Fi- versity board of trustees. tion; R. Brad Martin Family ment. The marrying of the two projects was Restaurant and Wine Bar as nance Law.” Isaacs is president and CEO Foundation, outstanding in the best interest of the citizens of Mem- executive chef. Scott previ- of Legacy Wealth Manage- foundation; Rudi and phis, and it’s important that we thank the ously served as chef-partner Darla Keel has joined the ment. Norman is pastor of Honey Scheidt, outstanding city of Memphis.” at Fleming’s Prime Steak- University of Memphis Divi- First Baptist Church and philanthropist; Charles and City Council member Shea Flinn, who house & Wine Bar and ex- sion of Communications, founder and principal offi- Judy Burkett, outstanding championed the project along with fellow ecutive chef at Bluefin Edge Public Relations and Mar- cer of Greater Works Inc. volunteer fundraiser; Nancy Cuisine & Sushi Lounge. keting as the university’s Williams of Memphis Child councilman Jim Strickland, said the city’s in- webmaster. Keel most re- Hilton Garden Inn has been Advocacy Center, outstand- vestment in the garage was a perfect example Justin McDermott has cently served as director of awarded two bronze Telly ing executive leader; Madi- of a public-private partnership. joined Grinder Haizlip Con- enterprise technical services Awards in the Film/Video: son Dismuke and Lindsey Flinn said the garage would help sustain struction as a project man- as Arkansas State Univer- Training for Corporate Use Dismuke, spirit of philan- Overton Square and bring more development ager. In his new role, McDer- sity. Meredith Powers and categories for its internal thropy; and Phillip Matthew mott will provide support to Jackie Rucker have joined team-member engagement Aiken and Amber Bryan, garage continued on P27 management in overseeing as marketing managers. videos “You Can Count on youth in philanthropy. www.thememphisnews.com October 11-17, 2013 23

Memphis standout Ritchey Goes Distance for Running Group

Richard J. Alley behind running,” Ritchey said. week, assignments are given – with some Special to The Memphis News The group, it seemed, was her rock, runners taking shorter routes and others and it not only got her into the sport but longer, depending on what their training helped her keep up with it. It’s a model she calls for and where their comfort levels lie. dds are great that if you know has used with Star Runners, whose par- Be sure, however, that Ritchey will take somebody in Memphis who ticipants are easy to spot at area 5K races, runners out of their comfort levels. That’s O runs, they got their start with Star thanks to dressing in matching T-shirts where her husband, Keith, a medical sales Ritchey, who has found runaway success and posing in group photos. representative and business partner, helps with her personal running and training “We’re really big on team support, team out by playing the “good cop” to her “bad program, Star Runners. morale,” Ritchey said. “No. 1, it’s important cop” role. By her calculations, Ritchey has guided to me that everyone feels like they’re part “He’s the one they all get to have a lot some 400 clients to reaching their goal of of the family. We try really hard to, whether of fun with,” she said. “He’s silly, and then I reaching a finish line. you’re a beginner running your first three have to be the one that takes roll and stuff Though she’d always been fit, Ritchey miles or a marathoner on your second like that.” didn’t enter the subculture of running fa- marathon, we want everyone to feel equal. Weekly runs generally happen in the natics early on. She wasn’t a cross-country So we work really hard on that.” Cooper-Young or Overton Park neighbor- star in high school but instead got into it The Star Runners training method is hoods, but locations for Saturday training RITCHEY almost as an afterthought in her 20s. race-focused, with clients working toward change from week to week. One day might “I just decided with a group of girl- the goal of a particular race or series of go through Shelby Forest or Downtown, friends that we were going to start running, races. This time of year is marathon train- while another might find the group out in education. She went to University of and we did,” she said. “We ran the Cooper- ing. Four years ago, her first year in busi- east at Shelby Farms Park. Tennessee Health Science Center for a Young 4-miler that year.” ness, Ritchey trained five runners for the “I love nothing more than showing master’s in social work and worked in that Four miles became a half-marathon, St. Jude Memphis Marathon and 20 for the runners places to run that they may not field for 12 years, leaving it to launch Star and a hobby became a career. half-marathon. This year she has 30 and know about,” Ritchey said. Runners. “I tend to like to research, so I really got 80, respectively. Born and raised in Memphis, Ritchey involved in researching our plan, and that But it isn’t only longer distances, and attended White Station High School and For the full story, visit www.memphis- got me hooked on running and the science when the group meets three times per the University of Memphis for a degree dailynews.com.

Community Room Service Hilton employees give back with makeover of homeless shelter

More than 700 employees with Hilton Worldwide give back to the local community as part of the company’s second annual Global Week of Service

Michael Waddell makeover of the Door of Hope fa- of society, and he feels the new [email protected] cility, which provides services and surroundings will help to instill resources to men and women more confidence and inspire ilton Worldwide cele- who are chronically homeless, them. brates its second Global focusing on community integra- Duncan said the fact that H Week of Service this tion and allowing them to live Hilton employees provided the week, and more than 700 Hilton securely and independently. volunteer hours for this project employees are working locally on “This changes everything proved to be a good match. community involvement proj- for us in a matter of weeks. Our “We are excited to be a part ects, such as this year’s signature facility goes from an old, depress- of the total transformation of this event at the Pilgrim’s Rest housing place to live, to one of the wonderful facility that is perma- ing facility, 747 Court Ave. nicest facilities for this kind of nent housing for formerly home- (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) The facility is operated by program in the city,” said Andy less individuals,” Duncan said. Bill Duncan unloads mattresses at Pilgrim’s Rest housing facility as part of Hilton Worldwide’s Global Week of Service. Door of Hope – a nonprofit out- Jacuzzi, Door of Hope executive “In the hotel business, hospitality reach of Lindenwood Christian director. “It’s impressive and very is so important, and we think Church – and provides shelter for humbling. When our residents Door of Hope does just that, so the homeless. return today, the 15 guest rooms it is a perfect fit for our business force to perform construction pipes in our rec area, cleaned the “Our annual Global Week of will have new bed frames, box and what we believe in.” work. roof and painted the exterior,” Service is part of our community springs and mattresses, bedding, Other highlights of the project In the 1960s, the building Jacuzzi said. outreach program called ‘Travel dressers, night stands, desks, include new lighting and appli- served as a fraternity house for Elsewhere in the city on with a Purpose,’ so all across desk chairs, lounge chairs and ances; creating storage; cleaning, the nearby University of Tennes- Wednesday, Hilton volunteers the globe, our corporate offices, window coverings, as well as new painting and refurnishing the see Health Science Center, and worked at the Soulsville Charter regional offices and hotels are out hardwood floors and doors, and basement, recreation and laun- much of the property had never School campus, and on Thursday, in our local communities, giving that’s just in their rooms.” dry room; and setting up a living, been properly renovated. they opened a new local library back through various service The goal at Door of Hope, dining and meeting area. “To start the program, Home at Cottonwood School – the third projects,” said Bill Duncan, global Jacuzzi said, is to maximize the The group of volunteers also Depot came out and replaced all such library Hilton has helped head of Homewood Suites & residents’ potential, reintegrate installed a privacy fence and of the flooring in the guest bed- open through its partnership Home2 Suites by Hilton. them into society and hopefully added landscaping to improve rooms, ripped out all of the old with Shelby County Head Start. On Wednesday, Oct. 9, graduate them from the program the facility’s curb appeal. shelving that were sagging, fixed “We believe early childhood Duncan and more than 125 so they can live again on their Home Depot partnered on tile work and sheetrock work that volunteers performed an extreme own and be productive members the event, bringing a skilled labor need repair, boxed in exposed hilton continued on P27 24 October 11-17, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

real estate & development memphis Law Talk Crosstown Wins Lewis Flies Unique 20-Year PILOT From Center City Path to Legal Career Revenue Finance number of cases involving negligence in nursing homes is growing. Bill Dries “The nursing home cases are by [email protected] far the most interesting out of all of those to me,” he said. “The numbers he $180 million project to revitalize the You have to be able of people that are going into facili- Sears Crosstown building won a 20- to deal with the ties are increasing every year, and it’s T year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) becoming more challenging because agreement Thursday, Oct. 10, from the Center contingencies when the vast majority of nursing homes City Revenue Finance Corp. you’re flying, and that’s are part of corporate chains.” The corporation’s board voted unanimously a lot like the cases I To take on such cases in a national in favor of a term for the tax breaks that was deal with, too.” scope, Lewis has passed four bar five years longer than the 15-year cap that has “ exams and is licensed in six states. He been the board’s policy. The 15-year PILOT was – Russell Lewis IV LEWIS is what he refers to as a “new school” the recommendation of the revenue finance Johnson Law Group litigator, practicing in both state and corporation’s staff. federal courts, traveling and utilizing Finance corporation board member Robert the newest technology in cloud-based Spence moved the 20-year PILOT, citing the computing and file storage, file shar- catalytic effect on the larger area by the project. Richard J. Alley the time, but I feel like it served me ing, outsourcing and mobile technol- Crosstown is projected to include commercial, Special to The Memphis News well because I had no choice but to ogy to stay better connected with retail and residential space in the building for make it all the way through the pro- clients, whether they be on the bluffs founding partners Methodist Healthcare, St. cess,” he said. “I was in the trenches, of the Mississippi or the banks of the Jude Children’s Research Hospital, ALSAC (the hen Russell Lewis IV learning as I went.” Cuyahoga. fundraising arm of St. Jude), Church Health entered the University of Two years later, Lewis became Lewis is a member of the Multi- Center and Memphis Teacher Residency. W Memphis Cecil C. Hum- connected with the Johnson Law Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the “I think I’m fine with this board coming phreys School of Law, he had no plans Group, a Houston-based firm that American Association for Justice, and together with a little more than we normally to become a practicing attorney. practices in general civil litigation, is on the executive committee and do,” Spence said. Though fascinated with law, he focusing especially on wrongful board of governors for the Tennessee Downtown Memphis Commission presi- instead wanted the critical-thinking death, personal injury, mass tort and Association for Justice. dent Paul Morris cautioned that the benefits education that such study provides. nursing home negligence. He and his wife, Renee, have two between the 15th and 20th year of the agree- “I had an idea that I would be able He currently has his own prac- daughters – Charlotte, 2, and Doro- ment “become much more speculative and to use that in a corporate setting to tice yet remains of counsel with the thy, 2 months – and he enjoys the harder to justify.” be a better manager or executive,” Johnson Law Group, an arrangement flexibility of working on his own and But he also acknowledged the broader im- he said. he says “provides me with access setting his own schedule to spend pact of the project, even as he cited precedent The Crossville, Tenn., native had to resources that a traditional solo time with them. in which the same board had refused to go graduated from Tennessee Technical practitioner would not have. This pro- Such freedom also allows beyond the 15-year cap for recent projects such University with a Bachelor of Science vides me with the ability to work on a the time given to pursue other as the renovation of the Chisca Hotel and One in finance and stayed on for an Mas- greater number of cases and cases of interests, such as following Uni- Commerce Square. ter of Business Administration. While greater complexity.” versity of Memphis Tigers basket- “It’s a tough decision,” Morris told the in law school, though, he participated Lewis grew up with a veterinarian ball and working toward a private board. in mock trial and moot court, experi- father who owned his own business pilot’s license – he has taken lessons But McLean Wilson, co-leader of the ences that changed his career path. and a social-worker mother who in- this year at Downtown’s General project’s developer, Crosstown LLC, said his “I really found that it was very stilled in him a sense of justice he car- DeWitt Spain Airport. It’s a hobby discussions with permanent lenders who satisfying,” he said. ries into cases defending his elderly Lewis likens to the legal profession, would probably become part of the project in After graduating from law school clients and their families. primarily with one’s own firm, where the third, fourth and fifth years, indicated the in 2005, Lewis went out on his own, “My father owning his own busi- every decision – right or wrong – property tax breaks would be crucial to the “doing basically anything I could ness is part of what caused me to is his own. project and, specifically, its debt service recov- do,” he said. In contrast to his friends feel the comfort in doing it myself “You have to be able to deal with ery beyond its 15th year. and colleagues who were working because I grew up with that, so I think the contingencies when you’re fly- “In year 16, if we don’t have a PILOT in for large firms, concentrating on one that’s probably where the genetic ing, and that’s a lot like the cases I place, our debt service coverage, given the area day in and day out, Lewis found wiring came from for both of those,” deal with, too,” he said. “When you assumptions we have, drop well below what a himself having to figure out the differ- Lewis said. start out, you think you know how permanent lender would allow for,” Wilson told ent areas of law and how to handle a Lewis’ area of law now focuses on you want it to go or how it will go, the board. “So we would initially and techni- case from beginning to end. nursing home medical malpractice, but you’ve got to be able to handle it cally be in default of the loan at year 16.” “It was definitely challenging at serious injury and mass torts. The however it does go.” Crosstown LLC hopes to begin work on the project in February or March, with the renovation and reconfiguration of the 1927 building taking two years to complete. The group still has several hurdles left, most notably $15 million in city funding the group is seeking through Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Wharton to Serve as Fellow of Urban Land Institute Jr.’s administration for infrastructure work, including some internal demolition of the mas- Memphis Mayor A C Wharton, Jr. is one of four mayors other three fellowship cities. sive Sears building. selected to serve as an Urban Land Institute fellow. The purpose of the program is to provide city leaders After that, the project needs approval from Wharton joins the mayors of Honolulu, Indianapolis, with insights, peer-to-peer learning and analysis needed the state of Tennessee and the National Park Ind., and Portland, Ore., as 2013-2014 fellows for the ULI to improve their cities. The mayors’ team members are Service for tax credits that are integral to its Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership. The mayor of made up of city department leaders or public agency complex financing. each city will lead a team of three fellows and a coordina- directors with land use decision-making authority. “The stars are almost in alignment,” said tor. Each team will select a local land use challenge for The program includes a study tour of a U.S. or foreign developer Tony Bologna. “This is the one shot which they will receive technical assistance from faculty city, a working retreat and study visits to each of the four at getting the project done.” experts assembled by ULI and from their peers in the fellowship cities. www.thememphisnews.com October 11-17, 2013 25

Health Care & Biotech Baptist Begins Work on Rehab Facility

Michael Waddell [email protected]

Construction underway on new rehab facility, 1240 S. Germantown Road, slated to open next October

aptist Memorial Health Care Corp. ment as needed; an activity of daily living is moving ahead with a new reha- suite; and common areas for patients and B bilitation facility on South Ger- families. The hospital gym will encompass mantown Road, aimed at helping meet lift equipment, a body weight-supported increased demand from an aging popula- treadmill, Bioness, private treatment ar- tion seeking to continue their indepen- eas, and a large outdoor mobility garden. dence after a devastating injury or illness. Stroke is the leading cause of seri- Baptist recently broke ground on the ous, long-term disability in the country, clinic, at 1240 S. Germantown Road near according to the U.S. Centers for Dis- the intersection of Wolf River Boulevard. It ease Control and Prevention. Each year, will replace Baptist’s Exeter Road facility. approximately 795,000 people suffer a “The patients most likely to be treated stroke. Roughly 600,000 of those are first by inpatient rehab include those from attacks. (BMHCC) complex neurological conditions, strokes, “Memphis is part of the ‘stroke belt,’ Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp.'s 60,000-square-foot rehabilitation center will brain and spinal cord injuries, complex and more and more stroke patients need include a dedicated stroke unit, a therapy gym and other features. orthopedic injuries, amputations and extensive stroke rehabilitation following other conditions,” said Brian Hogan, their inpatient hospital stay. Rehabilita- CEO and administrator of Baptist Rehab- tion can be an important part of recovery ville-based Centerre Healthcare Corp. with medical centers to complement Germantown. for many stroke survivors,” Hogan said. “Baptist leadership wanted to work their health care continuum through The approximate cost of the project “The effects of stroke may mean that with an organization that is a national joint development and operation of acute is $33 million, and the potential move- patients must change, relearn or redefine leader in rehab service,” said Zach rehabilitation hospitals and units. in date is Oct. 1, 2014. The clinic will be how they live. Stroke rehabilitation helps Chandler, metro market leader for Baptist Modern Healthcare named Centerre leased to the rehab hospital under a long- them return to independent living.” Memorial Health Care. as the fastest-growing hospital company term lease by Indianapolis-based com- Stroke rehab includes skills such as Centerre currently manages eight re- in the U.S. in 2012. Centerre facilities mercial real developer Duke Realty Corp. walking, talking, interacting with oth- habilitation hospitals, which are in India- rank among the top inpatient rehabilita- Earl Swensson Associates is the proj- ers, self-care and cognitive skills such as napolis; Lancaster, Pa.; Chesterfield, Mo.; tion facilities (IRFs) in the IRF database ect architect, and Brasfield & Gorrie, with memory and problem-solving. Oklahoma City; Dallas; Fort Worth, Texas; of Uniform Data System for Medical which Baptist has worked in the past, is “When the new facility opens, all Waukesha, Wis.; and Beachwood, Ohio. Rehabilitation (UDSMR); a ranking which the general contractor. inpatient services will move into it, and Three hospitals that will be added to provides a measure of the company’s The planned 60,000-square-foot facili- outpatient will stay at the current facility,” Centerre’s roster are under construction, quality clinical outcomes. Centerre has ty will include 49 single-occupancy rooms Hogan said. including the Baptist Hospital in German- been named in the annual ranking of the and will contain specialized features such Earlier this year, the Tennessee Health town and new facilities in Langhorne, Pa., 5,000 fastest-growing private companies as a dedicated stroke unit, an activity of Services and Development Agency ap- and Springfield, Mo. in America by Inc. magazine. daily living space, a mobility courtyard proved a certificate of need request for Centerre Healthcare is a national Baptist currently has an inpatient and a therapy gym. The stroke unit will Baptist to build a new inpatient rehabili- provider of inpatient acute rehabilitation and outpatient rehab center at Baptist include large, private rooms; lift equip- tation facility in partnership with Nash- services dedicated solely to partnering Rehabilitation-Germantown.

Real Estate & Development Fairgrounds Retail to be ‘Market Driven’

Bill Dries [email protected]

obert Lipscomb, director consensus among businesses and that contains the Fairgrounds in primarily the sales tax revenue But any specific direction on of the city of Memphis’ residents. its southeast corner. those areas would generate for the retail element is something R Division of Housing & “Some people want the (Mid- “I can’t imagine anyone being the Fairgrounds. Lipscomb said would come from Community Development, says South) Coliseum demolished. against that,” Lipscomb said of Lipscomb said whatever retail a master developer to be hired by the retail to be part of the city’s Some don’t want the Coliseum the zone proposal, which must is on the Fairgrounds site would the city to guide the project. Fairgrounds overhaul will not be demolished. Some want retail. be approved by state officials. The be “market-driven” to contrib- Commercial real estate agent in competition with businesses Some don’t want retail,” Lip- city’s 88-page application out- ute to the sales tax revenue that James Rasberry quizzed Lip- in the nearby Cooper-Young His- scomb said. “Some people want lines a $233 million Fairgrounds remains in the zone. scomb on what RKG Associates toric District or Overton Square. a Target. Some people don’t want project that began in 2005, when “What can we have that’s Inc. based its analysis of the retail Lipscomb also told a stand- a Target.” then-Mayor Willie Herenton market-driven that won’t hurt potential and sales tax revenue. ing-room-only crowd of around But Lipscomb said Memphis floated the general idea, which Cooper-Young?” one person at “They are making assump- 50 at the Cooper-Young Com- Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s admin- originally included replacing Lib- Tuesday’s meeting asked. tions on something,” Rasberry munity Association on Tuesday, istration is moving ahead with a erty Bowl Memorial Stadium – an “I don’t know,” Lipscomb said. Oct. 8, that incremental sales tax general plan to make the Fair- idea he quickly dropped. answered, as he rejected the idea Lipscomb offered to put revenue in a proposed 3-square- grounds “a world-class amateur- The application talks in more of a Wal-Mart. Rasberry in contact with RKG of- mile Tourism Development Zone sports and athletics facility,” general terms about the impact of “Why would we want a Wal- ficials for a more specific look at would be used for a Cooper- using incremental sales tax the Tourism Development Zone Mart?” he asked. “The commu- how they arrived at their conclu- Young parking garage if that is the revenue from a proposed zone in other retail parts of the zone, nity has been very clear on that.” sions. 26 October 11-17, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

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Cost for nonmembers Country Drive, near Germantown Elementary Business Over Coffee International will continue its is $18. RSVP to Taylor Hughes at taylor@ School. Email mmcdonnell@germantown-tn. memphisrotary.org. gov or call 757-7382. Weave Your Own Web social media training series on » The Memphis chapter of the Public Rela- The Peabody will hold a rooftop party on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the group’s tions Society of America will hold two media Thursday, Oct. 17, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at training seminars Wednesday, Oct. 16, from The Peabody, 149 Union Ave. Andy Childs will headquarters, 5865 Ridgeway Road, suite 300. Cost is free 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at perform. Tickets are $10, which includes one The University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central drink. Visit peabodymemphis.com. Ave. The event is geared toward anyone who for members and first-time guests, and $10 for returning may serve as a spokesperson with television » THE ARTS media. Register for one or both sessions at Theatre Memphis will present “Young Fran- guests. Visit businessovercoffee.biz or call 820-4469. prsamemphis.org. kenstein” Friday, Oct. 11, through Nov. 3 on the theater’s Lohrey Stage, 630 Perkins Road Talk Shoppe will meet Wednesday, Oct. 16, Extended. Buy tickets at theatrememphis.org. from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at DeVry University, 6401 Poplar Ave., sixth floor. Paul Westby of The Circuit Playhouse will present “Reefer » Community are $25 in advance or $35 at the gate. Visit Brown Exterminating will present “Are You Madness: The Musical” Friday, Oct. 11, through levittshell.org. Bugged?” Cost is free. Visit talkshoppe.biz or The Access to Justice Committee will host Oct. 27, at the theater, 51 S. Cooper St. Buy call Jo Garner at 482-0354. tickets at playhouseonthesquare.org. a free Saturday legal clinic Saturday, Oct. Harpeth Rising will play a “Tales From Jack- 12, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Benjamin L. son Bridge” CD release show Saturday, Oct. The Project Management Institute Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave. Vol- Rhodes College will host a Shakespeare 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Lane Music, 9309 Poplar Memphis chapter will meet Wednesday, unteer attorneys provide free legal assistance symposium, “The Past and Future of the Ave. The fourth album from the Memphis Oct. 16, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at DoubleTree to those in need on a first-come, first-served Book,” Friday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon in band was released Oct. 3. Admission is $10. Hotel, 5069 Sanderlin Ave. [SPEAKER INFO] the Blount Auditorium of Buckman Hall on basis. Visit memphisbar.org. Call 755-5025 for advance tickets. Registration, which includes dinner, begins at campus, 2000 North Parkway. Scholars and 5:45 p.m. Cost is $15 in advance or $20 at the librarians will discuss book history and new The Democratic Women of Shelby County The Booksellers at Laurelwood will host door. Register at pmimemphis.org. digital approaches to interpreting literature. will meet Saturday, Oct. 12, at noon at Pic- New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Cost is free. Visit rhodes.edu/book for details. cadilly Cafeteria, 5272 Mt. Moriah View. The Woods on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 3 p.m. at the The Church Health Center will host “Faith meeting is open to the public. Email vee- bookstore, 387 Perkins Road Extended. & Health: Making the Connection,” the 12th The Pink Palace Crafts Fair will be held [email protected]. Woods will discuss and sign his latest novel, annual conference for clergy and congrega- Friday, Oct. 11, through Sunday, Oct. 13, in “Doing Hard Time.” Visit thebooksellersatlau- tional leaders, Thursday, Oct. 17, from 8 a.m. Audubon Park, at the corner of Perkins Road The Booksellers at Laurelwood will host “A relwood.com. to 1 p.m. at Church Health Center Wellness, and Southern Avenue. The event will include Fragile Gift of Love” author Reba David for a 1115 Union Ave. The topic will cover what the crafts vendors and demonstrations, a beer discussion and book signing Saturday, Oct. Methodist South Hospital will host a lunch Affordable Care Act means for individuals, tent, live music and children’s activities. Visit 12, at 4 p.m. at the bookstore, 387 Perkins and learn titled “Breast cancer awareness: churches and the community. Visit church- memphismuseums.org or call 363-2362 for Road Extended. Visit thebooksellersatlaurel- prevention, symptoms and treatment op- healthcenter.org/faithhealthseries to register. hours and ticket information. wood.com. tions” Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in meeting rooms A and B of the hospital, The Memphis Light, Gas and Water Divi- Sensational Sofas and Fran Winstock The Levitt Shell will present 2013 Stars 1300 Wesley Drive. Cost is free. RSVP to 888- sion board will meet Thursday, Oct. 17, at 1:30 Interiors will hold an art sale Friday, Oct. 11, at the Shell, featuring Patty Griffin, Mavis 777-5959. p.m. in the MLGW board room, 220 S. Main St. from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Sensational Sofas, Staples and Buddy & Jim, on Saturday, Oct. Visit mlgw.com. 6685 Poplar Ave. A percentage of sales will be 12, at 7 p.m. at the shell, 1930 Poplar Ave. in Memphis Rotary Club will meet Tuesday, donated to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Overton Park. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets Oct. 15, at noon at the University Club of The city of Germantown will host the Farm Visit franwinstockinteriors.com.

MEMFix continued from P11 w.h. porter continued from P19 garage continued from P22 a farmers market, small festival or The intersection has long been a busi- “We did that by finishing develop- concert. The Overton Square develop- ness district, stretching back to at least the ments and dressing them up and getting to the area, which should more than ment plan directs vehicle traffic to four late 19th century. them where they didn’t look totally fore- cover the city’s investment. main streets: Monroe, Florence, Cooper The People’s Grocery Store was at one closed on, and make them where people “We always believed in the project and Madison. Vehicles would enter the corner of the intersection, an early attempt want to go invest in it, and that worked for and it’s always great to see that belief parking garage from Monroe. at black-owned commerce. The black busi- us,” he said. rewarded,” Flinn said. “The turnaround Loeb has hired Republic Parking to nessmen who opened the store were in It’s something they continue to work has been nothing short of miraculous.” handle the day-to-day operations of the direct competition with a white grocer on on even as the industry begins to improve. The parking garage, designed by the parking garage, Mid-South Security to another corner. Porter’s company has a lot of expertise architecture firm LRK Inc. and built by install and maintain security cameras The competition took on a life of its when it comes to land development and general contractor Montgomery Martin and emergency phones, Gant Systems own in 1892, when the white grocer swore has remained on an even keel despite Contractors LLC, will be more than just to create and service the networking out an arrest warrant against the own- the ups and downs of the construction a place to park vehicles. infrastructure and Security One to ers of People’s Grocery and then told his industry, aligning himself with proven and The building’s design, and the way provide security. competitors that a mob would ransack the reliable developers. vehicles will be funneled there, was “It’s a big puzzle with many moving store. “I bet you, if I added them all up, I’ve created with pedestrians and a mix of pieces, and each one is important for The owners didn’t know about the war- probably done 300,000 lots in this area,” uses in mind. the garage’s success,” said Elizabeth rant and camped out in their store, expect- Porter said. The first floor of the parking garage Berglund, Loeb’s community rela- ing a mob. They shot at and wounded a As the forecast brightens, W.H. Porter was designed so that it could host tions director. sheriff’s deputy and were arrested. sits in a good spot to prosper along with They were taken from their jail cells by the improvements. The job market, as a mob, and all three were shot to death in well, is a bright spot among the economic hilton continued from P23 Throughout the week, thousands of a rail yard. gloom with a career in engineering still Hilton Worldwide employees span- The lynching ignited a crusade by a sound one. Porter and his family have literacy is very important,” Duncan ning 90 countries will participate in Ida B. Wells. Wells, who knew one of the graduated four generations from the said. “Some disadvantaged schools only hundreds of hands-on service proj- victims, wrote an initial account. A mob University of Mississippi; his son, also an have a total of 10 to 12 books and no ects, which focus on engaging Hilton ransacked the newspaper’s office while engineer, most recently. library, so by the time these libraries are employees and delivering on the Wells was out of town, and Wells never The team at W.H. Porter has been help- put into these specific schools, they will company’s “Travel with Purpose” com- returned to Memphis. ing Shelby Countians with where they live, have several thousand books that we munity outreach program by creating “You have a neighborhood that’s really shop and how they move about for half a encourage both children and parents opportunities, strengthening commu- close to Downtown,” Higgs said, pointing century. And such development is a team to check out and read to build literacy nities, celebrating cultures and living out that the area is closer to FedExForum effort between all parties involved, Porter skills.” sustainably. than Harbor Town on Mud Island. “And said, and points to the Wolf River Boule- Other Hilton projects happening This year, the company hopes to I’m just being real – I can take you a block vard construction and input from such locally this week include assembling complete more than 1,200 service or two out of Soulsville and we’ve got agencies as The Wolf River Conservancy, 20,000 meals for the Mid-South Food projects. Last year during Hilton World- some crime issues. We’ve got some hous- the Memphis Garden Club and The Sierra Bank at the company’s corporate office; wide’s inaugural Global Week of Service, ing issues. In that way, while we feel very Club as example. assembling 500 hospitality kits for Dress employees at more than 600 properties comfortable here in Soulsville and around “We worked as a team on that whole for Success, Union Mission and Mariah and offices completed more than 800 the college and the museum and Towne project, so those environmental groups House; collecting canned goods and volunteer projects in 401 cities around Center and College Park, not far from us should take as much credit for how that clothing for Memphis-area missions; the world. The Hilton Worldwide brand we’ve got some challenges outside the road is out there as we do,” he said. “We and creating holiday cards for military encompasses Hilton Hotels & Resorts, neighborhood.” really had a good relationship with them.” members. DoubleTree by Hilton and others. 28 OctoberOctober 1111-17, - 17, 2013 2013 www.thememphisnews.comwww.thememphisnews.com

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Foreclosure Notices cessor Trustee. Beginning at a cotton picker spindle Civil district Fayette Co. TN. And being of Trust of even date securing the same, Fayette County NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby in the center of Karcher Road, being more particularly described as follows: recorded February 16, 2006, at Book given that the entire indebtedness has the Southeast corner of C.W. Mon- Beginning at an iron pin in he East line T1738, Page 164 in Office of the Register NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE been declared due and payable; and that tague’s 1.0 acre lot, runs thence with of the Paul Wortham, Jr. 193.82 acres, of Deeds for Madison County, Tennes- WHEREAS, default has occurred in the an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., the center of said road South 43.0 said point being 1230.13 feet North of an see, executed by Phillip H. Wilken, Jr. performance of the covenants, terms, as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the feet and South 0 degrees 45 minutes old iron pin, the west corner of the Gene and Connie F. Wilken, conveying certain and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note power, duty, and authority vested in and East 157.58 feet to a cotton picker Lunsford and the University of Tennessee property therein described to Arnold M. dated December 28, 2007, and the imposed upon said Successor Trustee spindle being the Northeast corner tracts as measured along the East line of Weiss, Esq. as Trustee for Wells Fargo Deed of Trust of even date securing will, on November 18, 2013 on or about of C.A. Davis property, thence with said Wortham Tract; thence Northwardly Bank, N.A.; and the undersigned, Wilson the same, recorded January 18, 2008, 10:00 A.M., at the Fayette County the North boundary line of Davis’ along the line dividing the Wortham and & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been ap- as Instrument No. 08000435 in Office Courthouse, Somerville, Tennessee, property North 89 degrees West University of Tennessee tracts 734.82 pointed Successor Trustee. of the Register of Deeds for Fayette offer for sale certain property hereinafter 445.54 feet to a steel post, being feet to an iron pin; thence southwest- NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby County, Tennessee, executed by John P. described to the highest bidder FOR certi- the Southeast corner of the Feath- wardly making an interior angle of 73 given that the entire indebtedness has Sullivan and Marie S. Sullivan, conveying fied funds paid at the conclusion of the ers Chapel Baptist Church property, degrees 13 minutes a distance of 346.84 been declared due and payable; and that certain property therein described to sale, or credit bid from a bank or other thence North 26 degrees East 303.0 feet to a point, the center of a urn-around an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., Brandon G. Polito as Trustee for Wells lending entity pre-approved by the suc- feet with the East boundary line of for a public gravel road with a radius of 50 as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the Fargo Financial Tennessee 1, L.L.C.; cessor trustee. The sale is free from all said Church’s Property to an iron feet; thence southwestwardly making an power, duty, and authority vested in and and the undersigned, Wilson & Associ- exemptions, which are expressly waived pin, being the Southwest corner of interior angle of 138 degrees 13 minutes a imposed upon said Successor Trustee ates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed in the Deed of Trust, said property being C. W. Montague’s property, thence distance of 368.22 feet to a point; thence will, on November 14, 2013 on or about Successor Trustee. real estate situated in Fayette County, South 75 degrees 38 minutes East southeastwardly making an interior angle 11:00 A.M., at the Madison County NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby Tennessee, and being more particularly 320.61 feet to the point beginning, of 111 degrees 33 minutes a distance of Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, of- given that the entire indebtedness has described as follows: containing 2.12 acres. 409.68 feet to an iron pin; thence east- fer for sale certain property hereinafter been declared due and payable; and that The land referred to herein below is ALSO KNOWN AS: 1755 Karcher Road, wardly making an interior angle of 125 described to the highest bidder FOR certi- an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., situated in the County of Fayette, Somerville, Tennessee 38068 degrees 39 minutes a distance of 277.76 fied funds paid at the conclusion of the as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the State of Tennessee, and is described This sale is subject to all matters feet to the point of beginning. TRACT sale, or credit bid from a bank or other power, duty, and authority vested in and as follows: shown on any applicable recorded plat; II: Beginning at an iron pipe, being the lending entity pre-approved by the suc- imposed upon said Successor Trustee Lot 42, Section A. The Oaklands, as any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- N.E. corner of the property of William cessor trustee. The sale is free from all will, on October 21, 2013 on or about shown on plat of record in Plat Book enants, easements, or setback lines T. Taylor and wife, Sarah J. Taylor, as exemptions, which are expressly waived 10:00 A.M., at the Fayette County 6, Page 96, in the Register’s Office that may be applicable; any statutory described in Warranty Deed Book No. in the Deed of Trust, said property being Courthouse, Somerville, Tennessee, of Fayette County, Tennessee, to rights of redemption of any governmental 339, at page 410, and the S.E. corner real estate situated in Madison County, offer for sale certain property hereinafter which plat reference is hereby made agency, state or federal; any prior liens or of the Alf Davis property; running thence Tennessee, and being more particularly described to the highest bidder FOR certi- for a more particular description of encumbrances as well as any priority cre- with an old fence and the residue of the described as follows: fied funds paid at the conclusion of the said property. ated by a fixture filing; and to any matter Ames Plantation property the following Being Lot 724 in Section VII of Seven sale, or credit bid from a bank or other ALSO KNOWN AS: 80 Oakleaf Cove, that an accurate survey of the premises courses and distances – N88 degrees Oaks Subdivision, a revised plat of lending entity pre-approved by the suc- Oakland, Tennessee 38060 might disclose. In addition, the following 30’E a distance of 8.0 ft. to a steel post; which appears of record in Plat Book cessor trustee. The sale is free from all This sale is subject to all matters parties may claim an interest in the thence S6 degrees 0’E a distance of 10, Page 2, in the Register’s Office exemptions, which are expressly waived shown on any applicable recorded plat; above-referenced property: Mark Sum- 284.9 ft. to a point; thence S3 degrees of Madison County, Tennessee, ref- in the Deed of Trust, said property being any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- merford; Mary Summerford; Mortgage 10’E a distance of 282.9 ft. to a point; erence to which plat is hereby made real estate situated in Fayette County, enants, easements, or setback lines Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., thence S7 degrees 15’E a distance of for a more particular description of Tennessee, and being more particularly that may be applicable; any statutory as a nominee for Countrywide Home 177.85 ft. to a steel post; thence N84 said Lot showing its location and the described as follows: rights of redemption of any governmental Loans, Inc., its successors and assigns; degrees 34’W a distance of 76.14 ft. to length and direction of its boundary Beginning at a point in the center agency, state or federal; any prior liens Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. a steel post, being the N.E. corner of lines. line of Somerville-Moscow Road, this or encumbrances as well as any priority The sale held pursuant to this Notice the property and the S.E. corner of the ALSO KNOWN AS: 178 Cambridge point being 314.89 feet Southwardly created by a fixture filing; and to any may be rescinded at the Successor Taylor property; thence N. with the East Drive, Jackson, Tennessee 38305- as measured along the center line matter that an accurate survey of the Trustee’s option at any time. The right boundary line of the Taylor property a 7128 of Somerville-Moscow Road; thence premises might disclose. In addition, the is reserved to adjourn the day of the distance of 734.82 ft. to the point of be- This sale is subject to all matters 1441.20 feet to a point in a fence row, following parties may claim an interest sale to another day, time, and place ginning. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 495 shown on any applicable recorded plat; this also being the South line of Parcel in the above-referenced property: Dana certain without further publication, upon GARY CV, SOMERVILLE, TN 38068, any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- 2 as surveyed by William Perry on May L. Palmer; James N. Palmer announcement at the time and place CURRENT OWNER(S): William T. enants, easements, or setback lines 11, 1984; thence Southwardly along The sale held pursuant to this Notice for the sale set forth above. W&A No. Taylor and wife, Sarah J. Taylor The that may be applicable; any statutory said fence row 151 feet to a point; may be rescinded at the Successor 931-205915 sale of the above-described property rights of redemption of any governmental thence Westwardly a distance of Trustee’s option at any time. The right DATED October 7, 2013 shall be subject to all matters shown on agency, state or federal; any prior liens 1438 feet to a point in the center line is reserved to adjourn the day of the WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; or encumbrances as well as any priority of Somerville-Moscow Road; thence sale to another day, time, and place Successor Trustee any restrictive covenants, easements or created by a fixture filing; and to any Northwardly along the center line of certain without further publication, upon FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. set-back lines that may be applicable; matter that an accurate survey of the said road a distance of 151 feet, this announcement at the time and place MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. any prior liens or encumbrances as premises might disclose. In addition, the being the point of beginning. for the sale set forth above. W&A No. COM well as any priority created by a fixture following parties may claim an interest ALSO KNOWN AS: 3650 McKinstry 931-238802 Oct. 11, 18, 25, 2013 Fin11634 filing; and any matter that an accurate in the above-referenced property: Phillip Road, Moscow, Tennessee 38057 DATED September 20, 2013 survey of the premises might disclose. H. Wilken Jr.; Connie F. Wilken This sale is subject to all matters WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Substitute Trustee will only convey any The sale held pursuant to this Notice shown on any applicable recorded plat; Successor Trustee WHEREAS, default having been interest he/she may have in the property may be rescinded at the Successor any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. made in the payment of the debts and at the time of sale. Property is sold “as is, Trustee’s option at any time. The right enants, easements, or setback lines MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. obligations secured by a Deed of Trust where is.” SUBORDINATE LIENHOLD- is reserved to adjourn the day of the that may be applicable; any statutory COM executed on July 2, 2003, by WILLIAM ERS: This sale is also subject to the sale to another day, time, and place rights of redemption of any governmental Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, 2013 Fin11628 T. TAYLOR & WIFE, SARAH J. TAYLOR right of redemption by the INTERNAL certain without further publication, upon agency, state or federal; any prior liens and to Fayette County Title company, REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT announcement at the time and place or encumbrances as well as any priority NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee, for the benefit of First Horizon OF THE U.S. TREASURY, pursuant to for the sale set forth above. W&A No. created by a fixture filing; and to any WHEREAS, default has occurred in the Home Loan Corporation and appear- 26 U.S.C. 7425(d)(1) by reason of the 1286-238975 matter that an accurate survey of the performance of the covenants, terms, ing of record in Register’s Office of following tax lien(s) of record in: Instru- DATED September 19, 2013 premises might disclose. In addition, the and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note Fayette County, Tennessee, in Book ment No.13002221 Notice of the sale WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., following parties may claim an interest dated February 20, 2007, and the Deed D681, Page 114; and WHEREAS, the has been given to State of Tennessee Successor Trustee in the above-referenced property: John of Trust of even date securing the same, beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust in accordance with T.C.A. 67-1-1433(b) FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. P. Sullivan; Marie S. Sullivan recorded March 1, 2007, as Instrument was last transferred and assigned to (1). For every lien or claim of lien of MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. The sale held pursuant to this Notice No. 07002093 in Office of the Register Federal National Mortgage Association the state identified above, please be COM may be rescinded at the Successor of Deeds for Fayette County, Tennessee, (“FNMA”) and WHEREAS, Federal Na- advised notice required by § 67-1-1433 Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, 2013 Fin11625 Trustee’s option at any time. The right executed by Mark Summerford and Mary tional Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), (b)(1) was timely given and that any is reserved to adjourn the day of the Summerford, conveying certain property as the holder of the Note for which debt sale of the property herein referenced NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE sale to another day, time, and place therein described to Arnold M. Weiss, is owed, (“Note Holder”), appointed the will be subject to the right of the state WHEREAS, default has occurred certain without further publication, upon Attorney as Trustee for Mortgage Elec- undersigned, Priority Trustee Services to redeem the land as provided for in in the performance of the covenants, announcement at the time and place tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as of TN, LLC, as Substitute Trustee by § 67-1-1433(c)(1). All right and equity terms, and conditions of a Deed of for the sale set forth above. W&A No. a separate corporation that is acting instrument filed or to be filed for re- of redemption, statutory or otherwise, Trust Note dated March 21, 2008, and 1286-238780 solely as a nominee for Countrywide cord in the Register’s Office of Fayette homestead, and dower are expressly the Deed of Trust of even date securing DATED September 18, 2013 Home Loans, Inc. and Countrywide Home County, Tennessee, with all the rights, waived in said Deed of Trust, and the the same, recorded March 24, 2008, WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., Loans, Inc.’s successors and assigns; powers and privileges of the original title is believed to be good, but the un- at Book T1827, Page 1689 in Office Successor Trustee and the undersigned, Wilson & Associ- Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; dersigned will sell and convey only as of the Register of Deeds for Madison FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. ates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed and WHEREAS, pursuant to Tenn. Code Substitute Trustee. The right is reserved County, Tennessee, executed by Olivia MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. Successor Trustee. Ann. § 35-5-117, not less than sixty to adjourn the day of the sale to another Deberry and Charlie Deberry, conveying COM NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby (60) days prior to the first publication day, time, and place certain without certain property therein described to Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, 2013 Fin11624 given that the entire indebtedness has required by § 35-5-101, the notice of the further publication, upon announcement Landamerica Lawyers Title as Trustee been declared due and payable; and that right to foreclose was properly sent, if at the time and place for the sale set for Mortgage Electronic Registration NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., so required; and NOW, THEREFORE, forth above. Priority Trustee Services of Systems, Inc., as nomineee for Security WHEREAS, default has occurred in the as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the notice is hereby given that the entire TN, LLC 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlantic Mortgage Co. Inc., its succes- performance of the covenants, terms, power, duty, and authority vested in and indebtedness has been declared due Atlanta, GA 30329 404-417-4040 File sors and assigns; and the undersigned, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note imposed upon said Successor Trustee and payable as provided in said Deed No.: 81815 Web Site: www.rcolegal. Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having dated May 2, 2008, and the Deed of will, on November 4, 2013 on or about of Trust by the Note Holder, and that the com TS#: 81815 been appointed Successor Trustee. Trust of even date securing the same, 10:00 A.M., at the Fayette County undersigned, Priority Trustee Services FEI # 1008.246761 NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby recorded May 21, 2008, as Instrument Courthouse, Somerville, Tennessee, of TN, LLC, Substitute Trustee, or its Oct. 12, 19, 26, 2013 Fin11635 given that the entire indebtedness has No. 08003884 in Office of the Register offer for sale certain property hereinafter duly appointed attorneys or agents, by been declared due and payable; and that of Deeds for Fayette County, Tennessee, described to the highest bidder FOR certi- virtue of the power and authority vested an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., executed by Dana L. Palmer and James fied funds paid at the conclusion of the in it, will on Thursday, November 07, Foreclosure Notices as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the N. Palmer, conveying certain property sale, or credit bid from a bank or other 2013, commencing at 11:00 AM At the power, duty, and authority vested in and therein described to Karen Reale as lending entity pre-approved by the suc- Fayette County Courthouse, 11:00:00 Madison County imposed upon said Successor Trustee Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Reg- cessor trustee. The sale is free from all AM, proceed to sell at public outcry to will, on November 21, 2013 on or about istration Systems, Inc., as nomineee exemptions, which are expressly waived the highest and best bidder for cash, the NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE 11:00 A.M., at the Madison County for Security Atlantic Mortgage Co. Inc., in the Deed of Trust, said property being following described property situated WHEREAS, default has occurred in the Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, of- its successors and assigns; and the real estate situated in Fayette County, in Fayette County, Tennessee, to wit: performance of the covenants, terms, fer for sale certain property hereinafter undersigned, Wilson & Associates, Tennessee, and being more particularly TRACT I: Lot 25 of Wortham Enterprises, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note described to the highest bidder FOR certi- P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc- described as follows: Inc. Unrecorded subdivision in the 14th dated February 14, 2006, and the Deed fied funds paid at the conclusion of the www.thememphisnews.com October 11-17,11 - 17, 2013 2013 29 29

public notices sale, or credit bid from a bank or other appears of record in Plat Book 1, or encumbrances as well as any priority Oct. 4, 11, 18, 2013 Fin11629 Tipton Co., TN will be sold to the high- lending entity pre-approved by the suc- Page 264, in the Register’s Office created by a fixture filing; and to any est cash bidder subject to all unpaid cessor trustee. The sale is free from all of Madison County, Tennessee; said matter that an accurate survey of the NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE taxes, prior liens and encumbrances exemptions, which are expressly waived point also being 215 feet South of the premises might disclose. In addition, the WHEREAS, default has occurred in the of record: in the Deed of Trust, said property being South margin of Catalina Drive; runs following parties may claim an interest in performance of the covenants, terms, Lying in the Sixth Civil District of Tipton real estate situated in Madison County, thence South with the West margin the above-referenced property: Joseph and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note County, Tennessee: Lot 43, Countryside Tennessee, and being more particularly of Ingram Street 75 feet to a stake King; Erin King dated April 27, 2000, and the Deed of Estates, Section B, as revised at Plat described as follows: in the South line of said Subdivision, The sale held pursuant to this Notice Trust of even date securing the same, Cabinet C, Slide 41 of the Tipton County Beginning at an iron pin in the West said stake being 200 feet North of may be rescinded at the Successor recorded May 2, 2000, at Book 900, Register’s Office to which reference margin of Hollywood Drive at the the North margin of Bryant Street: Trustee’s option at any time. The right Page 138 in Office of the Register of is hereby made for a more particular Northwest corner of Carl Williams thence West with the South line of is reserved to adjourn the day of the Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee, description of said lot. Also commonly Lot; runs thence with the West mar- said Subdivision 146.8 feet to a stake sale to another day, time, and place executed by Keith L. Lowe and Cheryl known as 0 Plum Tree Circle, Munford, gin of said street North 40 degrees in the West line of said Subdivision; certain without further publication, upon M. Lowe, conveying certain property TN – Parcel ID: 06-112-004.33 30 minutes West 100.00 feet to an thence in a Northeasterly direction to announcement at the time and place therein described to Jeanine B. Saylor, Owner(s) of Properties: Antonio Jack- iron pin; thence South 51 degrees 00 the Southwest corner of Lot No. 18, for the sale set forth above. W&A No. of Shelby County, Tennessee as Trustee son and Ina Jackson Other Interested minutes West 200.00 feet to a point; (North 2 degrees 30 minutes East 700-239109 for 1st Trust Bank for Savings; and the Parties: City of Munford thence South 54 degrees 00 minutes 75.7 feet); thence East with the South DATED September 26, 2013 undersigned, Wilson & Associates, All right and equity of redemption, West 77.00 feet to an iron pin; thence margin of said Lot No. 18, a distance WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc- statutory and otherwise, homestead and South 40 degrees 30 minutes East of 143.6 feet to the point of begin- Successor Trustee cessor Trustee. dower are expressly waived in said Deed 104.03 feet to an iron pin in Williams ning, being Lot No. 17 of the Southall FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby of Trust, and the title is believed to be North line; thence North 51 degrees Dickson Subdivision as shown on the MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. given that the entire indebtedness has good, but the undersigned, will sell and 00 minutes East 276.79 feet to the plat referred to above. COM been declared due and payable; and convey only as Substitute Trustee. point of beginning, and containing ALSO KNOWN AS: 91 Ingram Street, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 2013 Fin11630 that an agent of Wilson & Associates, This is an attempt to collect a debt 0.64 acres. Jackson, Tennessee 38301-3562 P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue and any information obtained will be ALSO KNOWN AS: 1262 Hollywood This sale is subject to all matters of the power, duty, and authority vested used for that purpose. Drive, Jackson, Tennessee 38301- shown on any applicable recorded plat; Foreclosure Notices in and imposed upon said Successor Clifton E. Darnell, Substitute Trustee 3809 any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- Trustee will, on November 6, 2013 on or Oct. 4, 11, 18, 2013 Fin11632 This sale is subject to all matters enants, easements, or setback lines Tipton County about 10:00 A.M., at the Tipton County shown on any applicable recorded plat; that may be applicable; any statutory Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, of- NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- rights of redemption of any governmental NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE fer for sale certain property hereinafter WHEREAS, default has occurred in the enants, easements, or setback lines agency, state or federal; any prior liens WHEREAS, default has occurred described to the highest bidder FOR certi- performance of the covenants, terms, that may be applicable; any statutory or encumbrances as well as any priority in the performance of the covenants, fied funds paid at the conclusion of the and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note rights of redemption of any governmental created by a fixture filing; and to any terms, and conditions of a Deed of sale, or credit bid from a bank or other dated April 5, 2010, and the Deed of agency, state or federal; any prior liens matter that an accurate survey of the Trust Note dated March 1, 2004, and lending entity pre-approved by the suc- Trust of even date securing the same, or encumbrances as well as any priority premises might disclose. In addition, the the Deed of Trust of even date securing cessor trustee. The sale is free from all recorded April 7, 2010, at Book 1472, created by a fixture filing; and to any following parties may claim an interest in the same, recorded April 16, 2004, at exemptions, which are expressly waived Page 306 in Office of the Register of matter that an accurate survey of the the above-referenced property: Quinten Book 1133, Page 683 in Office of the in the Deed of Trust, said property being Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee, premises might disclose. In addition, Cawthon; Jessica L. Gee Register of Deeds for Tipton County, real estate situated in Tipton County, executed by Christina M. Alsip and the following parties may claim an inter- The sale held pursuant to this Notice Tennessee, executed by Phillip E. Tennessee, and being more particularly Christina M. Alsip, conveying certain est in the above-referenced property: may be rescinded at the Successor Hutcherson, conveying certain property described as follows: property therein described to Monte Con- Olivia Deberry; Charlie Deberry; Credit Trustee’s option at any time. The right therein described to Nancy F. MacDon- Beginning at a stake in the original nell as Trustee for American Mortgage Acceptance Corporation; Union Plant- is reserved to adjourn the day of the ald as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic East line of the Price 70 acre tract, Services, Inc.; and the undersigned, ers Bank, National Association; Union sale to another day, time, and place Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee of which this survey is a part, said Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having Planters Bank, National Association certain without further publication, upon for Greater Atlantic Mortgage Corpora- stake being North 30 1/4 degrees been appointed Successor Trustee. The sale held pursuant to this Notice announcement at the time and place tion, its successors and assigns; and West 413 feet from the original NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby may be rescinded at the Successor for the sale set forth above. W&A No. the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, Southeast corner of said tract; runs given that the entire indebtedness has Trustee’s option at any time. The right 1286-227225 P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc- thence with the East line of the same been declared due and payable; and is reserved to adjourn the day of the DATED September 20, 2013 cessor Trustee. and the West line of Woelfle, North that an agent of Wilson & Associates, sale to another day, time, and place WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby 30 1/2 degrees West 400 feet to a P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue certain without further publication, upon Successor Trustee given that the entire indebtedness has stake; thence South 36 degrees West of the power, duty, and authority vested announcement at the time and place FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. been declared due and payable; and 610 feet to a point in the center of a in and imposed upon said Successor for the sale set forth above. W&A No. MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. that an agent of Wilson & Associates, gravel road; thence with the center of Trustee will, on November 6, 2013 on 1286-239069 COM P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue the road, South 79 1/4 degrees East or about 10:00 A.M., at the Tipton DATED September 23, 2013 Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, 2013 Fin11627 of the power, duty, and authority vested 250 feet, thence still following the County Courthouse, Covington, Ten- WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., in and imposed upon said Successor center of the road, South 52 degrees nessee, offer for sale certain property Successor Trustee NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee will, on November 27, 2013 on or East 150 feet to a point in the road; hereinafter described to the highest FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. WHEREAS, default has occurred in the about 10:00 A.M., at the Tipton County thence North 34 1/4 degrees East bidder FOR certified funds paid at the MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. performance of the covenants, terms, Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, of- 370 feet to the beginning. conclusion of the sale, or credit bid COM and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note fer for sale certain property hereinafter ALSO KNOWN AS: 222 Double Bridges from a bank or other lending entity pre- Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, 2013 Fin11626 dated April 24, 2008, and the Deed of described to the highest bidder FOR certi- Road, Munford, Tennessee 38058 approved by the successor trustee. The Trust of even date securing the same, fied funds paid at the conclusion of the This sale is subject to all matters sale is free from all exemptions, which NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE recorded April 25, 2008, at Book T1831, sale, or credit bid from a bank or other shown on any applicable recorded plat; are expressly waived in the Deed of WHEREAS, default has occurred in the Page 20 in Office of the Register of lending entity pre-approved by the suc- any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- Trust, said property being real estate performance of the covenants, terms, Deeds for Madison County, Tennes- cessor trustee. The sale is free from all enants, easements, or setback lines situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note see, executed by Joseph King and Erin exemptions, which are expressly waived that may be applicable; any statutory and being more particularly described dated December 6, 2006, and the Deed King, conveying certain property therein in the Deed of Trust, said property being rights of redemption of any governmental as follows: of Trust of even date securing the same, described to Matt B. Murfree as Trustee real estate situated in Tipton County, agency, state or federal; any prior liens Lot 24, Chisolm Trails Subdivision, recorded December 7, 2006, at Book for Mortgage Electronic Registration Tennessee, and being more particularly or encumbrances as well as any priority Section B, as shown on Plat of T1782, Page 1237 in Office of the Reg- Systems, Inc., as nominee for Guaranty described as follows: created by a fixture filing; and to any record in Plat Cabinet B, Slide 114 ister of Deeds for Madison County, Ten- Trust Company, its successors and Lot 5, Maple Woods Village, Section matter that an accurate survey of the and 115, in the Register’s Office of nessee, executed by Quinten Cawthon assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson A, as recorded in Plat Cabinet F, Slide premises might disclose. In addition, the Tipton County, Tennessee, to which and Jessica L. Gee, conveying certain & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been 164-B, of the Tipton County Regis- following parties may claim an interest Plat reference is hereby made for property therein described to John Clark appointed Successor Trustee. ter’s Office to which plat reference in the above-referenced property: Keith more particular description of said as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Reg- NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby is hereby made for a more particular L. Lowe; Cheryl M. Lowe; Household property. istration Systems, Inc., as nominee for given that the entire indebtedness has description of said lot. Financial Center, Inc.; Midland Fund- ALSO KNOWN AS: 116 Chisolm Trail, First State Bank, its successors and been declared due and payable; and that ALSO KNOWN AS: 1890 Maple Drive, ing LLC Assignee of Citibank/Platinum Atoka, Tennessee 38004 assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., Atoka, Tennessee 38004 Select; Midland Finding LLC This sale is subject to all matters & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the This sale is subject to all matters The sale held pursuant to this Notice shown on any applicable recorded plat; appointed Successor Trustee. power, duty, and authority vested in and shown on any applicable recorded plat; may be rescinded at the Successor any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby imposed upon said Successor Trustee any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- Trustee’s option at any time. The right enants, easements, or setback lines given that the entire indebtedness has will, on October 31, 2013 on or about enants, easements, or setback lines is reserved to adjourn the day of the that may be applicable; any statutory been declared due and payable; and that 11:00 A.M., at the Madison County that may be applicable; any statutory sale to another day, time, and place rights of redemption of any governmental an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, of- rights of redemption of any governmental certain without further publication, upon agency, state or federal; any prior liens as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the fer for sale certain property hereinafter agency, state or federal; any prior liens announcement at the time and place or encumbrances as well as any priority power, duty, and authority vested in and described to the highest bidder FOR certi- or encumbrances as well as any priority for the sale set forth above. W&A No. created by a fixture filing; and to any imposed upon said Successor Trustee fied funds paid at the conclusion of the created by a fixture filing; and to any 817-129999 matter that an accurate survey of the will, on November 21, 2013 on or about sale, or credit bid from a bank or other matter that an accurate survey of the DATED September 24, 2013 premises might disclose. In addition, 11:00 A.M., at the Madison County lending entity pre-approved by the suc- premises might disclose. In addition, the WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., the following parties may claim an inter- Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, of- cessor trustee. The sale is free from all following parties may claim an interest in Successor Trustee est in the above-referenced property: fer for sale certain property hereinafter exemptions, which are expressly waived the above-referenced property: Phillip E. FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. Christopher Lynn Carter; Christina M. described to the highest bidder FOR certi- in the Deed of Trust, said property being Hutcherson; Atlantic Credit & Finance MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. Alsip; Christina M. Alsip; Christopher fied funds paid at the conclusion of the real estate situated in Madison County, Inc. Assignee from Capital One; Capital COM Lynn Carter sale, or credit bid from a bank or other Tennessee, and being more particularly One Bank (USA), N.A. Oct. 4, 11, 18, 2013 Fin11631 The sale held pursuant to this Notice lending entity pre-approved by the suc- described as follows: The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor cessor trustee. The sale is free from all Being Lot Number 51, Section IV, may be rescinded at the Successor SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee’s option at any time. The right exemptions, which are expressly waived Hickory Hills Subdivision, a plat of Trustee’s option at any time. The right Sale at public auction will be on is reserved to adjourn the day of the in the Deed of Trust, said property being which appears of record in Plat Book is reserved to adjourn the day of the Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 12:00 sale to another day, time, and place real estate situated in Madison County, 4, Page 84, in the Register’s Office of sale to another day, time, and place noon at the North entrance of the Tip- certain without further publication, upon Tennessee, and being more particularly Madison County, Tennessee. certain without further publication, upon ton County Courthouse, Covington, TN announcement at the time and place described as follows: ALSO KNOWN AS: 82 Culpepper Cove, announcement at the time and place pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by for the sale set forth above. W&A No. Land lying and being in the Fifth Civil Jackson, Tennessee 38305 for the sale set forth above. W&A No. Antonio L. Jackson and Ina E. Jackson 700-235061 District of Madison County. Tennes- This sale is subject to all matters 1286-171940 to Charles M. Ennis, Trustee, recorded DATED October 3, 2013 see, and being more particularly shown on any applicable recorded plat; DATED September 27, 2013 at Book 1205, Page 511 and conducted WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., described as follows, to wit: any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., by Clifton E. Darnell, Substitute Trustee Successor Trustee Beginning at a stake in the West mar- enants, easements, or setback lines Successor Trustee or his agent, all of record in the Tipton FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. gin of Ingram Street, at the Southeast that may be applicable; any statutory FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. Co. Register’s Office. MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. corner of Lot No. 18 of the Southall rights of redemption of any governmental MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. Owner of Debt: Patriot Bank COM Dickson Subdivision, a plat of which agency, state or federal; any prior liens COM The following real estate located in Oct. 11, 18, 25, 2013 Fin11633 30 October 11-17, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

opinion Memphis Moves Beware the Shiny Way Beyond BBQ Object Syndrome

emphis food become a mask that we need to drop The very quality that defines some of the a project for all of the is more than not just in the places we dine but on world’s greatest entrepreneurs is the down- directional changes. barbecue. Beale Street and Graceland and any fall of many. How’s that for irony? Your employees Much more. place else where we’ve built bubble The Harvard Business Review reports that saw the Pixar There – worlds for our visitors that we think are most serial entrepreneurs display several movie “Up” and we’ve said it. the Memphis they can handle. common traits: persuasion, leadership, per- all thought of Lori turner- And moderation is not only possi- Increasingly those tourists come to sonal accountability, interpersonal skills and you – “Squirrel!” wilson M guerrilla sales ble but advisable because the burgeon- our city, especially the repeat visitors goal orientation. Likewise, there are several (Unsure? Ask and marketing ing food scene in Memphis shows no who get us, looking for the real Mem- vital skills, necessary for long-term success, your friends.) signs of fading. It is growing as the dish phis, the experimental Memphis, the that many lack – one being the ability to If this is you, don’t despair. Awareness is the crawl series of events demonstrate. modern Memphis. organize, plan and stick with that plan. first step in the path to improvement. Crawls are a Memphis social tradi- That’s the Memphis known for Entrepreneurs are practically defined Begin by surrounding yourself with a man- tion more identified with bars and the barbecue where greenlines and hiking by their desire to continuously improve, agement team or advisors with planning drinks served in those bars. Remember and bicycle trails are about to cross the whether it be products, processes, sales skills and a sense of stick-to-itiveness. Be the St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl when it Mississippi River and where the Shelby strategies or marketing approach. As se- an active participant in the development of was in full crawl in the 1980s? Farms Greenline is about to be thick rial innovators, most thrive on change. It’s your company’s sales and marketing plan, That probably won’t happen with with fall traffic as well as fall leaves. certainly not a detriment. To the contrary, using that innate creativity to offer new the dish crawls, some of which have al- It is also the Memphis where vegan most successful people rely on change to ideas for the group to vet. ready sold out or look likely to sell out. items go with cupcakes and wine go improve their effectiveness and stay a step In the end, however, when that plan is Not too far beneath the fun that with a rack of ribs – all done differently ahead of their competitors. But the desire crafted and you’ve signed off, step out of the these events are built on are some seri- than any other place on the planet. for change, unchecked, can result in Shiny way and allow your team to execute. Avoid ous ways to redefine Memphis culture And in so many of those places Object Syndrome – the desire for change the temptation to micromanage or derail. and point it toward a broader culinary where food is redefining Memphis for change’s sake alone. Allow them to do what you’ve hired them to base – one that has room for modera- culture, the Sun-Stax catalog that You might be suffering from Shiny Object do, while holding them accountable. In fact, tion and diversity and can sustain itself is part of our soundtrack gives way Syndrome if: agree on how you will define success, very as an element in an overall culture that to new live entertainment that is as A mere month or two into executing a well- specifically, in the plan. If success met- innovative in its own way as it is true constantly changes. thought-out 12-month plan, you’re itching to rics are being achieved, give yourself and If we accept that music and litera- to the experience of those making veer from the course. your team a pat on the back for sticking to ture and architecture are all expres- it and rightfully calling it Memphis You’re always one of the first to invest time your plan and then allow them to continue sions of culture in the places where music. in the latest, trendiest social media channel without interference. By settling back and people from different places intersect, So bring on the dish crawls and – before there’s nearly enough critical mass placing trust in your team and the strategy surely there is room in that mix for the take them to every corner of the city for it to be worth your while. you’ve put into place, you’ll realize greater food served at the places where those where those with the formal training You’ll easily abandon proven strategies that results. people meet. and the innate sense of innovation are generate a positive, measurable return in Barbecue is part of the Memphis doing their thing in a kitchen. Lori Turner-Wilson is an award- favor of new ideas that “might do better.” identity we show the world. And it is What is happening in those winning columnist and CEO/founder of You are known for executing “one-off” mar- indeed part of the true Memphis iden- kitchens is an inseparable part of an RedRover Sales & Marketing, www.redrov- keting strategies – a sponsorship here, an tity. But we all know the face Memphis everchanging culture that has never, ercompany.com. You can follow RedRover ad there – but nothing with enough frequen- puts on for tourists isn’t the same face ever tried to define itself by its parts or on Twitter (@redrovercompany and @ cy for the market to remember you. it wears away from the tourists. It has its borders. loriturner) and Facebook (facebook.com/ Your staff feels like they can never complete redrovercompany).

involved in violent crime, in drug crime – for being arrested more than five times It’s Time to Know Your ABCs – are all 50 percent greater than those who did have pre-K. barbecue. for future school success – gained an av- Here – by every measurement, But if they assume the weight of erage of 10 points on standard national tested through the third grade – pre-K their collective accomplishments will tests, significantly raising their readiness students outperformed the students sway the vote, they will fail this test. in five critical developmental areas. with no known pre-K experience. Stu- If they are to convince a skepti- B is for believe. dent performance was clearly raised cal Memphis public that’s seen more “But,” as the question is often asked, MEMPHASIS even more when pre-K and Shelby school sleight of hand than the NCAA, “will they retain their edge?” You better dan conaway County Head Start were combined. they have to start at the very beginning believe it. And we better make sure the C is for codify. THE ABCs OF PRE-K. – just like pre-K. voters believe it. Research from our own Don’t promise. Guarantee. Make sure If we are to pass the half-cent sales A is for advance. Urban Child Institute shows the long and the ballot language assures the voters tax increase to fund prekindergarten “The price we pay for the transfor- short-term benefits of pre-K in national of exactly what this money is for and for every child in Memphis, the newly mation of public education buys the study after study, statistic after statistic. guarantees the percentage to pre-K. No appointed Memphis Pre-K Commis- advancement of our culture, workforce, By age 27, almost three times as abouts or approximates. Exactly. sion will need to learn their ABCs or get and quality of life.” So said Derrick Joyce, many who had pre-K vs. those who They won’t believe you otherwise. schooled by the voters again. pre-K coordinator for Memphis City didn’t will own a home; twice as many If you want to talk abouts, the city still The commission appointments have Schools, in last year’s annual report. We will never have received government owes the schools about $57 million. checked all the right boxes – black and have exactly zero chance of advancing assistance. Those that didn’t have pre-K I’m a Memphian, and Memphis white, male and female, educator and our city without giving all of our children are 1.5 times more likely to be arrested deserves an honest report card for pre-K preacher, philanthropist and capitalist the best chance to advance. Give the as juveniles; 2.08 times more likely to and an honest chance for our kids. – from the cool factor of Kirk Whalum, public facts. For example, from when be arrested for misdemeanors; and Dan Conaway is a lifelong Mem- head of Stax Music Academy, to the they started until they finished, the 2.14 times more likely to be arrested phian, longtime adman and aspiring ubiquitous Brad Martin, who’s appear- 3,654 pre-K 4-year-olds in the system for felonies. By age 40, for those that local character in a city known for them. ing at more Memphis tables lately than last year – kids with demonstrated risk didn’t have pre-K, the chances of being Email: [email protected]. www.thememphisnews.com October 11-17, 2013 31

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