There are 5 article(s) tagged Mark Ezell:

• September 2026

  • Shelby County tourist spending dipped in 2025

    Memphis Tourism announced that Shelby County drew 10.3 million visitors in 2025 — less than 2024 — but industry experts share a positive outlook for the years to come.

    By Noah McLane 1 hour ago

• June 2026

  • Tennessee tourism aims to fight AI fakery

    Only one in 20 travelers could identify a real photo of a Tennessee outdoor tourism spot when shown alongside an AI-generated image. Here’s how the state’s Department of Tourist Development plans to counter that.

    By Noah McLane June 18, 2026

• February 2024

  • Withers Gallery joins Civil Rights Trail, Beale Street’s future explored

    The archive of 60 years of Ernest Withers’ photographs joins the national set of historic places as the Beale Street entertainment district marks 10 years of operation and management by the Downtown Memphis Commission.

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2024

• April 2020

  • Tennessee to reopen restaurants and retail stores with $5B loss in GDP projected

    Facing a possible $5 billion loss in gross domestic product from the COVID-19 crisis, Tennessee will open restaurants Monday, April 27, in 89 counties, even before lifting a “safer at home” order. Shelby County is not included in the re-opening.

    By Sam Stockard April 25, 2020

  • Governor fashions economic reboot around risk of COVID spread

    Gov. Bill Lee is admitting Tennessee runs the risk of a COVID-19 surge when the state starts to reopen the economy in May, but he argued an economic shutdown can’t continue for months, and he hopes to quell a surge with more testing and hospital capacity.

    By Sam Stockard April 15, 2020