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Scarlet Ponder

Scarlet Ponder

Scarlet Ponder is a certified urban planner and an honorary Memphian of five years. As a freelance writer and local transit planer, she is passionate about promoting equitable urban policy and amplifying the stories of everyday change-makers.

Scarlet Ponder's Latest Articles

Slice of Soul’s signature Al B. Green Pizza, with spinach, black olives, green olives, mushroom, onions, roasted red peppers, and green bell peppers. (Submitted)
Slice of Soul Pizza Lounge brings food and entertainment to Madison Heights

Since Slice of Soul Pizza Lounge opened its doors in January 2018, it has become a popular spot to enjoy local arts and entertainment in a chill and family friendly environment.

Ron Scott and Chris Clark prepare to install a door at the front of the workshop, as Tyler Parker and and Jared Myers load up a rickety work table that is no longer safe to use. All four are participants in the ad-hoc advisory board. (Scarlet Ponder)
Heights CDC to convert vacant cabinet shop into community woodshop

After purchasing an old cabinetry workshop, Heights CDC is exploring how the space could be used to teach a marketable skill like woodworking to local residents.

Anyone is allowed to pick and plant at the University of Memphis community garden. (TIGUrS Urban Garden)
Going public: What you can do at University of Memphis as a community member

Sure, they have sporting events and guest speakers, but did you know that the University of Memphis is also home to a community garden, art museums and many other free activities open to the public?

En una escena de la actuación, los miembros del elenco dan una representación artística de los vecinos que se unen para oponerse a un relleno de tierra propuesto. De izquierda a derecha: Michel Angel, Jazmin Bautista, Kierra Turner y Casey Greer.
La obra sobre The Heights enfrenta los estereotipos de los vecindarios

The Heights Neighborhood Stories Performance, una respuesta artística a Memphis 3.0 basada en historias reales de residentes de Heights, ofrece una mirada de cerca a la belleza, diversidad y desafíos que enfrenta el histórico vecindario de Memphis.

In a scene from the performance, cast members give an artistic re-enactment of neighbors joining together to oppose a proposed neighborhood landfill. From left to right: Michel Angel, Jazmin Bautista, Kierra Turner and Casey Greer. (Scarlet Ponder)
One-act play about The Heights casts residents, confronts neighborhood stereotypes

The Heights Neighborhood Stories Performance, an artistic response to Memphis 3.0 based on real stories of Heights residents, offers an up-close look the beauty, diversity, and challenges faced by the historic Memphis neighborhood.

The burial site of Harry Madison, one of two headstones in the Madison-Eckles Cemetery Park that is still legible. (Ziggy Mack)
University District partnership transforms neglected cemetery into tranquil park

Normal Station residents have partnered with the University of Memphis to transform a historic but long-neglected family cemetery into a peaceful neighborhood greenspace.

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