The first new homes in a generation are coming to the Castalia Heights neighborhood of South Memphis, as Habitat for Humanity's new Cedar Heights preps for installation of neighborhood infrastructure early next year and construction by the summer.
A Memphis-based organization with ties to President Barack Obama's career as a community activist unites two dozen faith-based groups to further social justice.
For the past four months, the On The Ground team of High Ground News has worked alongside residents and stakeholders in Orange Mound as part of an embedded reporting engagement.
As part of our On The Ground coverage, editor Erica Horton visited with community leaders and stakeholders in Orange Mound. These live interviews show the passion that fuels the neighborhood.
Beulah Baptist Church on the corner of Douglass Avenue and Grand Street, is one of the oldest congregations in Orange Mound. While the present building went up in 1927, Beulah was established in 1904 and is considered a community church because of its role hosting meetings, often led by longtime congregant Fred Davis, during the Civil Rights movement.
Orange Mound, one of Memphis' most historic neighborhoods, has the unique distinction of bearing six churches that are over 100 years old.
Though they all have their different methods, organizations like the Orange Mound CDC, JUICE, Explore Bike Share, ArtUp and more all have the common goal of investing in the community from within as much as possible by equipping residents with the tools they need for self-revitalization.
Orange Mound residents are gearing up for the holidays by organizing community dinners to feed the needy and collect toys for Christmas. Here are ways you can join their efforts this holiday season or year round.
"The Orange Mound community is like a family, a close-knit family, handed down from one generation to the other." The Orange Mound Community Service Center is a homebase for many of Orange Mound's seniors. You are guaranteed to find some wonderful characters who believe in their history, the community and the future.
Discussions spread to the types of housing available in the community with some saying that the housing type isn’t the primary problem, but people not being able to afford to become homeowners is a problem.
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