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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’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.
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.
