For years, Orange Mound enjoyed a reputation as a safe, attractive, and hospitable place for African American homeowners. Today, community stakeholders are working to address concerns such as declining homeownership, blight, the need for quality rental housing, and potential gentrification.
Creative Works has launched new programs, courses and grade school curriculum to grow Memphis' workforce to reach 10,000 creative professionals by 2030.
A nonprofit bakery in Memphis will open this fall in Crosstown Concourse, and all employees will be paid $15 an hour. Supporters see the project as a model that could improve the quality of life for many Memphians.
What benefit is a mixed-income housing project to an impoverished community?
Since April 2017, High Ground News has been writing about South City, a city-backed rebranding of 880 acres of Downtown and South Memphis. Through our On The Ground program, we’ve embedded journalists in this community to document the area’s struggles and strengths and stakeholders’ hopes for the massive revitalization.
Advance Memphis can't repair decades of disinvestment, generational poverty and community decline, but the nonprofit can set ZIP 38126 on the right path by connecting entrepreneurs with resources to start their own businesses.
Girls Inc. of Memphis plans to renovate part of Georgia Avenue Elementary, which has been shuttered since 2012. In the building, Girls Inc. will install a 30,000-square-foot center unlike anything else in its Mid-South footprint.
The National Civil Rights Museum and Beale Street cannot contain all of Memphis' cultural heritage. An innovative project, the Memphis Heritage Trail, brings the history of Memphis' streets and structures from South Memphis to Orange Mound to life through art installations and signage.
Memphis Black Pride has been rebranded after an over 20-year run. Tri-State Black Pride places an emphasis on education and bringing together black LGBTQ community members from the region.
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