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Safety is more than just crime stats, it’s also related to how neighbors feel about their community. Leaders in The Heights are targeting blight and relationships with law enforcement while investing in neighborliness to shift both the facts and perception of safety in their growing community.
The Reimagining Historic Melrose event celebrates the neighborhood asset while drawing outside attention to a project potentially backed by funds related to the Fairgrounds redevelopment.
Memphis-based HopeWorks is a top-tier winner of First Tennessee's 25 Years of Giving contest. With the funds, the nonprofit plans further growth at its new Summer Avenue location.
The On The Ground editorial team from High Ground News will be in The Heights from September through December covering the neighborhoods through online articles, video, photography and live events. Please stop by our weekly community newsroom to share your story ideas and help shape coverage of these dynamic Memphis neighborhoods.
El equipo editorial de “On Ground de High Ground News” estará en The Heights de septiembre a diciembre cubriendo los vecindarios a través de artículos en línea, video, fotografía y eventos en vivo.
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.
The Heights began in 1890s as a rural respite for the wealthy along a long since forgotten trolley line. Today it's a working class neighborhood that's working together to lay a new track towards prosperity.
Libraries Inside/Out is investing in exterior improvements to help library branches in The Heights and South City go from eye sores to sources of community pride — with unprecedented input from residents.
We’re kicking off three months of embedded reporting in The Heights with five incredible historical facts you probably didn’t know. (We sure didn’t!)
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