Greater Memphis Economic Development

As the largest city on the Mississippi River, Greater Memphis has one of the nation’s most comprehensive infrastructure systems to support transportation, logistics, distribution and manufacturing. The U.S. Department of Commerce has designated Metro Memphis as one of the top manufacturing communities in the country for our outstanding assets in technology, research and innovation, workforce and education, supplier networks, trade and international investments, and entrepreneurship with access to capital. Find out more about the other communities in the Greater Memphis: Collierville, Bartlett and Germantown.