Topic: Greater Memphis Chamber
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October 2018
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You have probably heard some public discourse around the use of code names for projects seeking incentive packages in our community. -
In Phil Trenary’s memory let’s redouble our efforts to move our city forward
This morning I rode my bike east on the Greenline and through Shelby Farms thinking about how perfect the fall morning is and what a great asset we have in our bike paths, parks and recreational areas. -
Trenary’s message: ‘I say you can either complain about it or you can make it better.’
“The job is basically getting 7,000 people to stop bickering and remember why they got into this business,” he said stoically before breaking into his trademark grin. “Should be pretty simple.” A recent acquisition and a second pending acquisition were about to triple the size of the “family” as Phil Trenary lovingly referred to his Pinnacle Airlines employees, and Phil understood his culture was falling behind. “We need to stop behaving like separate airlines and start acting like one.” -
Chamber chairman disagrees with Harris’ request for public input on Trenary’s successor
Greater Memphis Chamber chairman Richard Smith says the organization welcomes input from local elected officials on the process of replacing its president and CEO, but the Chamber does not need to make it a public process. -
Modern manufacturing inspires the next generation
Last Friday, a group of students from Bolton High School toured Competition Cams Inc., a Memphis-based manufacturer of performance camshafts and other valve train parts. At the beginning of the tour, feet were dragging and yawns were contagious, but as students moved through the production process and more machinery came into play, they began to ask questions. -
What’s next for the Greater Memphis Chamber?
Three days before Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was gunned down in Downtown Memphis, an impromptu meeting was called. -
Family, community celebrate Phil Trenary’s life, career
Thursday’s service for Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was not a funeral. It was a celebration of life. -
Police charge three with murder in Trenary’s death
Three people have been charged in the fatal shooting of Phil Trenary, the president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce, who police said was gunned down during an attempted robbery Thursday night in Downtown Memphis.
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September 2018
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Conaway: How can a place so warm and soulful in so many ways be so cold and soulless
Thursday night, Memphis took a bullet. -
Trenary remembered as charming, passionate advocate of Memphis
Phil Trenary was an accidental Memphian who became one of the city’s staunchest promoters. -
Suspects in custody; unclear if connected to Trenary’s slaying
Memphis Police Department officers chased a vehicle matching the description of the truck fleeing the scene of Phil Trenary’s slaying and took two men into custody on Friday, Sept. 28. -
Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary shot and killed Downtown
Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was shot and killed Thursday, Sept. 27, on Front Street south of G.E. Patterson near Central Train Station. -
Barnes: Phil Trenary worked to make Memphis better. His work must continue.
Phil Trenary was a friend who I met through work. I think this was probably true of many of Phil’s friends. They met him through work. That’s because Phil’s work, his passion for so many years, was to make Memphis, this city he loved, a better place. -
The case for code names: Finding the balance between competitiveness, good public policy
These are the code names for some of the largest economic development projects in recent history — Mitsubishi Electric Power Products’ $226 million manufacturing plant on Presidents Island, Orgill Inc.’s $21 million world headquarters in Collierville and the $36 million transformation of Peabody Place into a headquarters for ServiceMaster Global Holdings.
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