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Sparky’s Pizzeria & Grill closes in Park Place East
Sparky’s Pizzeria & Grill, 224 Parkstone Place, closed permanently, Friday.
Management posted a note on its Facebook page, saying the closing is due to ‘The current health employment environment has forced us to make the difficult decision to close permanently.’
Clearloop breaks ground on new solar farm in Madison County
Clearloop, the only cleantech company working with brands and individuals to build domestic solar farms that both ‘clean up the grid and benefit distressed communities,’ introduced itself to Jackson and Madison County with a groundbreaking for a 1-megawatt solar farm at 2469 Technology Center Drive, Thursday.
Matt Kisber, a Jackson native and chairman of the board of Silicon Ranch Corporation discussed various benefits of the solar farm.
“Silicon Ranch is working with Clearloop who has contracted with a number of companies that are going to benefit from the solar attributes that come from the solar farm that will be built here at this site,” Kisber said, “These companies are working to offset the carbon impact of their products and their operations and this facility will produce renewable electricity that will afford them that offset.
“In addition to renewable electricity, you can see that this facility is maintained by using regenerative land management practices … what we call regenerative energy that includes sheep grazing that provides vegetation management to keep the grass under control.”
This is the first utility-scale solar farm in the United States directly financed by solar offsets, and is expected Clearloop’s solar farm will provide enough clean energy to power 200 homes.
“We’re glad to have Clearloop in the community,” said Jimmy Harris, mayor of Madison County, “What these folks are doing is creating a facility that is renewable energy, which I think everybody understands, and it gives companies an opportunity to be able to participate in something like this to allow them to have a green footprint in their company.”
Located just north of McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport, the solar farm will consist of approximately 2,000 solar panels.
10 buildings, 240 units – New apartment complex scheduled for Murray Guard Drive
The Jackson Municipal Regional Planning Commission approved a request for a new apartment complex – Shadow Creek West on Murray Guard Drive.
Submitted by Gary A. Taylor Investment Company, the site plan shows there will be 10 apartment buildings and a clubhouse located on a 12.7-acre lot.
Each of the apartment buildings will be three stories in height.
There will be a total of 240 apartment units, which will comply with yard, lot coverage and height requirements.
Shadow Creek West will offer 380 parking spaces.
The Jackson Municipal Regional Planning Commission approved the request during its monthly meeting at Jackson City Hall, Wednesday.
3 straight – Leaders Credit Union named one of ‘Best Credit Unions to Work For’ – No. 1 in asset class nationally
JACKSON, Tennessee – Leaders Credit Union, a member-owned financial cooperative based in Jackson, Tennessee, has been named one of the 2021’s Best Credit Unions to Work For, for the third consecutive year.
According to a press release from Shea Brown – Marketing Specialist, Leaders Credit Union – Credit Union Journal has partnered with Best Companies Group to identify companies that have excelled in creating quality workplaces for employees. The 2021 Best list is made up of the top 55 credit unions, and Leaders placed number one in their asset category, number one out of the Tennessee credit unions represented, and 18 overall.
The complete Best Credit Unions to Work For list is featured in American Banker, formerly Credit Union Journal.
“We are honored to be named in the top twenty of credit union workplaces in the nation,” said Todd Swims, president and CEO of Leaders Credit Union. “At Leaders, we know service excellence begins with our Financial Champions, and our job at Leaders is to take care of them so that together, we can serve our members.”
Leaders Credit Union serves West Tennessee and currently has 165 employees in Jackson, Milan, Union City, Dyersburg, and Memphis and has been named the Best Place to Bank by Readers’ Choice Awards for several years in its various markets.
Great American RV adding Jackson location
After the Jackson Planning Commission approved rezoning property at 2823 Old Medina Road – adjacent to northwest corner of Interstate 40 and Exit 83 – it opens the door for Great American RV to construct a retail dealership.
The intention is to break ground for construction of the dealership in January, 2022, and be operational by summer of the same year.
With an investment of $10 million, the sales and service building will consist of approximately 43,000 square feet.
Great American RV will employ between 65 and 75 people at an average salary range of $65,000 to $75,000.
With corporate offices in Calera, Alabama, Great American RV has dealerships in Memphis, Breaux Bridge and Hammond, Louisiana; Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Grand Bay, Alabama and DeFuniak, Florida.
Jackson Meadow Retirement Residence sells for $9 million plus
Churchill Property Portfolio Owner has purchased Jackson Meadow Retirement Residence, 25 Max Lane Drive, from Harvest Jackson Meadow Retirement RE for $9,200,900.
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