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A blighted property at 1960 E McLemore Ave.

Memphis receives scholarship assistance to fight blight

A national nonprofit will help Memphis address property vacancy, abandonment and deterioration as well as provide technical assistance assessing local and state legal systems pertaining to receivership and property tax enforcement.  

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John Paul Shaffer announces the rebranding of BLDG Memphis.
CD Council and Livable Memphis begin new era as BLDG Memphis

The Community Development Council of Greater Memphis and Livable Memphis have merged and rebranded as BLDG Memphis.

The Detroit riverfront sees nearly 3 million visitors annually.
What Memphis can learn from Detroit’s riverfront transformation

About $134 million in investment into the Detroit riverfront has yielded more than $1 billion of private development and 3 million annual visitors.

The Madison Avenue pocket park contains greenspace, gallery space, a stage and a screen for projecting films.
Downtown pocket park supports blight eradication in urban core

The Madison Avenue Park, which replaces a blighted Burger King location, joins other incremental developments and placemaking projects in Memphis' core. 

Tony Knox, founder of Fitnexx, wants to make education fun and accessible by promoting active video games.
Healthy video games tackle Memphis’ childhood obesity crisis

Fitnexx, a Memphis-based developer of virtual reality games to inspire kids to exercise, makes activity accessible and fun. 

The RiverPlay pop-up park will open in May.
Memphis riverfront activated with skating rink, Downtown activities

RiverPlay, a temporary pop-up park with playing fields and basketball courts, a skating rink, and spaces for mobile food vendors, will open in early May on the Memphis riverfront within Mississippi River Park and adjacent parts of Riverside Drive.

The electrical workers union on Madison Ave.
Shuttered buildings for workers unions tell of changes in local economy

Perhaps the most well-known Memphis union story is the most tragic one: the 1968 sanitation strike by members of AFSCME, Local 1733 that brought Dr. Martin Luther King to Memphis and unfortunately sealed his fate. Union buildings in Memphis, and the changes that have happened to them, reflect the history of the city. Today, the landscape for unions, like in years past, is not without its issues.

Caritas Village executive director Leslie Barker and founder Onie Johns
Caritas Village’s new director brings theatrical flair to the longstanding community hub

Meet Leslie Barker, the new executive director of Caritas Village.

Cycling entrepreneur plans new bike shop on Broad Avenue

Pedaltown will specialize in entry-level bikes and will lean heavily towards kid’s bikes, while next door Victory Bicycle Shop will remain focused on higher-end bikes for cycling enthusiasts.

Azaylia Elias, 1, peeks out over a chair at the Operation Smart Child program at the Neighborhood Christian Center in Smokey City.
Neighborhood Christian Center provides sustenance for Memphis’ disadvantaged neighborhoods

Neighborhood Christian Center, a network of care centers for wraparound assistance, started in the hearts of foster parents JoAnne and Monroe Ballard. 

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