Memphis Light, Gas and Water is excited to announce its first Youth Entrepreneurs’ Expo and Fair. The free event will take place on Saturday, September 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Delta Fair and Music Festival at the Agricenter, 7777 Walnut Grove.

Young business owners (ages 18 and under) from Let’s Innovate Through Education (LITE) Memphis are selling merchandise, showcasing their companies and networking. The public is invited to support, attend, and shop with these up-and-coming business leaders.

MLGW is partnering with Junior Achievement and LITE Memphis on the Expo and Fair.
 

About Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement began teaching students practical real-world skills in 1955. Junior Achievement is the community’s oldest organization dedicated to providing young people with the tools necessary to succeed in a global economy.
 

About LITE Memphis

LITE Memphis equips students with 21st-century skills to create wealth. LITE Memphis’ vision is to close the racial gap by building Black and Latino, Latina, Latinx students into entrepreneurs and helping them secure high-wage jobs.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water is the largest three-service public power utility in the nation, serving the residents of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee since 1939. MLGW consistently provides customers with rates that are amongst the lowest in the nation and stewards a water supply from artesian wells that is minimally treated. Actively engaged in promoting the prosperity of Memphis and Shelby County, MLGW supports the seven local chambers in its service area and makes doing business with local, minority- and women-owned business a priority. Deeply rooted in the community, its employees generously donate time and money in support of bettering the Greater Memphis area.