September 6-12, 2013, Vol. 6, Issue 37 Emphasis: Construction & Design The Mid-South construction industry is encouraged by increased activity during 2013 • P. 1 8 SHELBY • FAYEttE • TiptON • MadisON ‘WAITING FOR YOU’ ndrew J. Breig) Breig) J. ndrew A (Memphis News/ Ms. Sue keeps Little Tea Shop a Memphis institution P. 1 6 CELEBRATING MUSEUM PERFECTION MAKEOVER The 1963 Tigers The Fire Museum of football team will Memphis is using be celebrated this grants to update, add weekend • P. 1 4 exhibits • P. 7 WEEKLY DIGEST: PAGE 2 EDUCatioN: PAGE 8 laW talK: PAGE 10 HealtH CARE: PAGE 25 EDITORIAL: PAGE 34 A Publication of The Daily News Publishing Co. | www.thememphisnews.com 2 September 6-12, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com weekly digest Get news daily from The Daily News, www.memphisdailynews.com. 3 ZeroTo510 Companies THE MEMPHIS NEWS | almanac The options include getaways to Bali, Win Additional Funding Hawaii, Morocco and more. Three companies that participated in At the end of the campaign, a winner the 2013 ZeroTo510 medical device ac- will be chosen at random for each trip. SEPTEMBER 6-SEPTEMBER 12, 2013, 2013 celerator program this summer have been This week in Memphis history: chosen to continue to the program’s sec- Carr Makes Campaign ond phrase and get an additional round of funding – $100,000 each, to be exact. Appearance Saturday >>>>> 2012: On the front page of The Daily News, the city and developers The three companies are Better Walk, Tennessee state Rep. Joe Carr, who is with Loeb Properties Inc. broke ground on a parking garage at Monroe Mobilizer and View Medical. challenging incumbent U.S. Sen. Lamar Avenue and Florence Avenue and Local Gastropub was nearing build out The program is operated by Memphis Alexander’s bid for re-election, makes completion at Madison Avenue and Cooper Street. Bioworks, and both seed funding and his first Memphis campaign appearance follow-on funding is provided by co- Saturday, Sept. 7. >>>>> 2008: Tennis Club of Memphis LLC bought The Racquet Club of investors Innova and MB Venture Part- Carr, who is running in a 2014 Repub- Memphis for $4.4 million. The LLC was a partnership led by local mar- ners. 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Contact Wendy Greenlaw at 901.528.5273 or [email protected] for a quote or to learn more! www.thememphisnews.com September 6-12, 2013 3 Get news daily from The Daily News, www.memphisdailynews.com. weekly digest ADP: Businesses Added Only a sliver of retail chains report U.S. workforce, including retail, construc- The event will be held from noon to 176,000 Jobs in August monthly sales figures, and the list doesn't tion, health care and financial services. 1:30 p.m. at Chickasaw Country Club, American businesses added 176,000 include Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Macy's Inc. Consumers appear to be spending 3395 Galloway Ave. Tickets can be pur- jobs in August, a private survey showed. and many other large chains. In total, the more at auto dealerships, retailers, hotels chased by Sept. 13 at www.crewmemphis. That was fewer than in June and July but retailers that report monthly data repre- and restaurants. The housing recovery is org. roughly in line with the monthly average sent about 6 percent of the $2.4 trillion in also spurring growth in real estate. for the year. U.S. retail industry sales. The report "implies that the eco- Council OKs Statue Move, The payroll company ADP said profes- nomic recovery is gathering a real head of Demolition Moratorium sional and business services firms added US Factory Orders Drop steam," said Paul Dales, an economist at 50,000 jobs. Manufacturers created 5,000, Capital Economics. Memphis City Council members reversing a drop in July, and construction 2.4 Percent in July approved a four-month moratorium firms 4,000. Companies in all industries Orders to U.S. factories fell in July by Congressmen Visiting Tuesday, Sept. 3, on any new demolition and of all sizes hired in August, ADP said. the sharpest amount in four months, held permits for city properties listed on the The ADP figures come a day before the back by weaker demand for commer- FedEx World Hub National Register of Historic Places. Labor Department will release its jobs re- cial aircraft and heavy machinery. A key Two U.S. congressmen are visiting But the resolution was amended to port for August. The department's report category that reflects business investment Memphis this week as part of a road tour not apply to any demolition permits will capture both private- and public- plans also fell. across the country in an effort to advocate already issued, including the one for sector job growth for the month. Factory orders dropped 2.4 percent for comprehensive tax reform. the Nineteenth Century Club building The ADP figures often vary from the in July compared with June, when orders U.S. Rep. Dave Camp – R-Mich., in Midtown. The planned demolition of Labor Department's official job figures. rose 1.6 percent, the Commerce Depart- chairman of the House Ways and Means the property by its new owners to make According to ADP, private employers have ment reported Thursday. Committee – and U.S. Sen. Max Baucus – way for a restaurant is on hold, pending a added an average 170,000 jobs a month Orders for core capital goods, a cat- D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Chancery Court decision on whether the this year through July. The Labor Depart- egory viewed as a proxy for business in- Committee – will visit the FedEx Express club’s sale of the property was legal. ment shows companies added an average vestment spending, fell 4 percent in July. World Hub Monday, Sept. 9. They’ll talk The club was the impetus for the of 196,000 new jobs a month through July. Core capital goods are considered a with company leaders and customers original terms of the moratorium sought good measure of businesses' confidence about how the tax code affects their re- by council members Janis Fullilove and Retailers Report Modest in the economy. They include items that spective businesses. Lee Harris. point to expansion – such as machin- Their first stop Monday will be at a The council also approved a resolu- Sales Gains for August ery, computers and heavy trucks – while family farm in Oakland for what’s being tion that sets the stage for relocating the Americans' cautious spending on excluding volatile orders for aircraft and billed as a “kitchen table conversation.” Christopher Columbus statue in Down- clothing extended into August, capping defense.