The Edge District, a wedge-shaped neighborhood that lies between Downtown and the Medical District, is enjoying a renaissance of sorts in recent years with a flurry of new construction and ongoing redevelopment of historic buildings.
Campbell Clinic and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare are in the process of expanding their campuses with new development projects totaling $318 million.
While many community members and organizations often have great ideas for community development projects, the reality is there is not enough money available to fund everyone's vision. Last year, Community LIFT’s Empowerment Fund paved the way for improvement and beautification projects across the city, but a new study shows that much more funding is needed to keep momentum from those projects moving forward.
The design of the $375 million project echoes a national trend to add new uses to land formerly occupied by retail-only centers.
Plans for the One Beale riverfront redevelopment project have changed many times over the past 15 years as developers adapted to construction challenges and unstable economic conditions. With the recent addition of a critical piece of property, now Carlisle LLC is set to revive the project and start construction by early next year on the first phase.
The New Wing Order food truck will hit the Memphis streets in September, and entrepreneurs Cole Forrest and Jess McDonald hope their new venture could lead to opening a brick-and-mortar location in the next couple of years.
After being forced to move locations several times over the past nearly 20 years due to consistent growth of her business, entrepreneur Karen Adams is redeveloping her own building at 647 Madison Avenue in the Edge District into a permanent space for Karen Adams Designs.
Local high school students participating in a summer camp at Knowledge Quest are improving their neighborhood by developing ways of remediating South Memphis' blight and vacant properties.
Propel, a business accelerator for existing minority-owned businesses, is launching its next cohort in the midst of several new city-backed initiatives intended to boost the wealth and diversity of the Memphis economy.
A new South Memphis redevelopment project at the Southgate Shopping Center is expected to improve access to healthy food options in the area, remove blight, and improve the quality of life of the neighborhood. Anchoring the reworked site, entrepreneur Rick James and Castle Retail Group are preparing to open a 31,000-square-foot Cash Saver grocery store early next month.
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