Memphis has slowly bled jobs for the past 60+ years, and we’ve been darn close to bleeding out since 2008. We’ve routinely lost corporate jobs to other headquar

Memphis has slowly bled jobs for the past 60+ years, and we’ve been darn close to bleeding out since 2008. We’ve routinely lost corporate jobs to other headquarter cities, we’ve had outright corporate theft from the city including Delta Airlines stealing Northwest Airlines, lying to Congress under oath by saying the merger would not hurt competition and they wouldn’t close the hub (it did, they did). Not to say that Memphis “deserves” jobs, but other cities seem to get the government jobs handouts (namely, military or 3 letter mega-orgs), the big corporate “insider deals” due to better politicians and connections, and Memphis has been shut out de facto. The case for Memphis is just a phenomenal location within the US, excellent freights access via interstates, rail, FedEx super hub, and river, low cost of energy, cheap land and cheap labor. You would think this would mean something for corps looking to do business, but it’s been crickets. This is tremendous news for the region.