Comments on: In Search of the Memphis Narrative http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2009/12/in-search-of-the-memphis-narrative/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:08:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Zippy the giver http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2009/12/in-search-of-the-memphis-narrative/comment-page-1/#comment-11016 Zippy the giver Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:13:01 +0000 http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/?p=3753#comment-11016 WE won't change that we're a distribution, but, outside forces could, such as chinese industries moving in around us using their own distribution chain and supplanting ours by charging prices lower than FedEx, yeah, that is a real possibility. It's already started. WE won’t change that we’re a distribution, but, outside forces could, such as chinese industries moving in around us using their own distribution chain and supplanting ours by charging prices lower than FedEx, yeah, that is a real possibility.
It’s already started.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2009/12/in-search-of-the-memphis-narrative/comment-page-1/#comment-11015 Anonymous Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:23:20 +0000 http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/?p=3753#comment-11015 I would like to throw out this plea: I am a talented young individual away at a prestigious college and I definitely would like a place to hear about internship opportunities back home. I want to be able to call Memphis home for the rest of my life. I just hope my city will let me. Don't make me have to end up in some culture-less job fair like Jacksonville, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Charlotte, Phoenix, or--please no--Nashville. I would like to throw out this plea:

I am a talented young individual away at a prestigious college and I definitely would like a place to hear about internship opportunities back home. I want to be able to call Memphis home for the rest of my life. I just hope my city will let me. Don’t make me have to end up in some culture-less job fair like Jacksonville, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Charlotte, Phoenix, or–please no–Nashville.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2009/12/in-search-of-the-memphis-narrative/comment-page-1/#comment-11013 anonymous Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:32:59 +0000 http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/?p=3753#comment-11013 Wharton ought to work on his own narrative. Already, his remains a senior citizen who talks about bringing in young people into city government and then appoints a 55-year-old CAO. I guess that's young to him. Between that and appointing a committee to do everything but set the clocks in his office, his narrative is way clear. His legacy will be mediocrity because he is incapable of making a decision or going anything dramatic. Wharton ought to work on his own narrative. Already, his remains a senior citizen who talks about bringing in young people into city government and then appoints a 55-year-old CAO. I guess that’s young to him.

Between that and appointing a committee to do everything but set the clocks in his office, his narrative is way clear. His legacy will be mediocrity because he is incapable of making a decision or going anything dramatic.

]]> By: James Owen http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2009/12/in-search-of-the-memphis-narrative/comment-page-1/#comment-11012 James Owen Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:48:04 +0000 http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/?p=3753#comment-11012 I agree with you completely, Bob. While that distinction will never change that we're a distribution city, we have the potential to emerge as a player in biomedical research (even though that is still years away with the UT Baptist research park still under construction). We just need to make sure that we have the right people in place to realize those potentials. I agree with you completely, Bob. While that distinction will never change that we’re a distribution city, we have the potential to emerge as a player in biomedical research (even though that is still years away with the UT Baptist research park still under construction). We just need to make sure that we have the right people in place to realize those potentials.

]]> By: Bob http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2009/12/in-search-of-the-memphis-narrative/comment-page-1/#comment-11011 Bob Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:51:20 +0000 http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/?p=3753#comment-11011 Let's not forget that, because of our location, we've always been a pretty major distribution hub, moving goods and people. Along with that, warehousing. First it was steamboats and barges. Then trains. Now it's airplanes. Not very glamorous, but it's true. Let’s not forget that, because of our location, we’ve always been a pretty major distribution hub, moving goods and people. Along with that, warehousing.

First it was steamboats and barges. Then trains. Now it’s airplanes.

Not very glamorous, but it’s true.

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