While caregivers wash clothes at the Social Suds Resource Center, children can interact with the facility's Pinwheel Playroom where they can play, read, and take home books.
There are plenty of great things happening in Mt. Pleasant and its neighboring communities. We think it’s time people heard more about them.
After a tragedy rocked the community, nine girls from Klondike-Smokey City decided to take action with a rally to celebrate their neighborhood and take a stand against gun violence.
With over 500 acres of neighborhood to cover, replacing sidewalks was made even more challenging by the fact that homeowners — not the city — are responsible for initiating their own sidewalk repair. The Central Gardens Association reimagined the personal homeowner's financial responsibility as a collective imperative.
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.
The University of Memphis has kicked off new initiatives at the FedEx Institute of Technology centered around emerging technology. The partnerships are a piece of a larger strategy to build the University District into a zone of technology and innovation.
As part of an effort to help increase diversity and representation of women in computer science, a "hackathon" for women is planned for later this week.
A panel of experts convened by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis gathered at the National Civil Rights Museum this week to talk about where the fight for affordable housing goes from here.
High Ground News will partner with the new publication to facilitate coverage of Memphis neighborhoods.
Uptown and The Pinch are poised for a major investment in its future, but there’s a risk of losing the detailed histories of its past. We sat down with longtime residents for stories of the Uptown they remember and their thoughts on the Uptown of tomorrow.
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