Nonprofit Play Where You Stay identifies unused spaces in neighborhoods that can be improved with some sweat equity and turned into soccer fields. The program recruits neighborhood children interested in playing the sport and pays its college-age coaches a living wage.
M.I.C. Check, a free music industry career fair for students, presented by STAX Music Academy along with Memphis Music Initiative and Ty Boyland Consulting, featured about a dozen music industry veterans in areas such as production, tech, media, entertainment law and publicity.
The Memphis Dawah Association's Muslim community center is working to improve health, education, and political awareness by providing a safe space, educational events, and its own Whitehaven-based radio station.
Spending an extra 40 or more hours a week with your spouse might not sound ideal to some couples, but for others, it’s the happiest and most efficient way to live and work.
A cafe supported by natives of Syria, Sudan and Nepal will soon launch in Crosstown Concourse.
Hollywood and Soulsville intersect at Memphis Rox, a newly opened climbing gym that gives back to the South Memphis community.
In South Memphis, rugby and soccer – two internationally popular sports not traditionally played in the neighborhood – are creating community by bringing neighbors together, creating athletic opportunities for students, and making healthy use of vacant land.
“I love that Midtown is very local. The people who live here are very local and they really support any Memphis entrepreneur, which is great. Memphis is growing and if you have an idea, people are just so supportive.”
Students at the Department of City and Regional Planning focus on the Memphis 3.0 master plan.
Three Memphis-based artists are engaged in the comprehensive Memphis 3.0 planning process. Through art, they engage with residents and bring down to the earth lofty urban planning concepts such as livability, connectivity and sustainability.
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