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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.

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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. 

Painter Larry Walker in the Kate Sexton Community Center where he creates art.
Painter Larry Walker carries his North Memphis roots to the Memphis Hall of Mayors

Larry Walker grew up in North Memphis and attended Northside High School. He looks back to important milestones in the Klondike neighborhood that led him to success as a painter including official portraits for former mayors Willie Herenton and A C Wharton.

Butterfly sculptures flood Carnes garden and blighted neighborhood

An installation of more than 100 sculptures of butterflies works to brighten the neighborhood surrounding the Carnes community garden just north of the Memphis Medical District.

Angela Adair hugs her husband Robert during Sunday service at Hope City Church in Caldwell-Guthrie's cafeteria in Smokey City.
Join High Ground News for a Klondike Smokey City block party

Celebrate what makes this North Memphis neighborhood great at a fun and free community expo on March 31. 

A boarded up home on Bellevue Boulevard in Klondike carries a message to deter break-ins.
Boarded up houses are not a death knell for Klondike Smokey City, neighbors say

A concerted effort is underway in Klondike Smokey City to fight blight and turn vacant lots and boarded-up houses into centers of hope for the neighborhood’s future.

Video: North Memphis community gardens turn blight into bounty

The Klondike Smokey City CDC community garden in Memhis sows seeds for a neighborhood less burdened by blighted empty lots.

Pastor Colley Cooper preaches during Sunday service at Hope City Church in Caldwell-Guthrie's cafeteria in Smokey City.
As Klondike Smokey City shrinks, churches remain constant

In a declining neighborhood with high population turnover, churches aspire to be anchors in Klondike Smokey City.

A March 9 gathering to introduce the Edge district's latest art installation.
Art installation highlights newly enhanced Edge intersection

New streetscape enhancements and an art installation by local public artist Cat Peña are helping to reshape the Medical District and Edge neighborhood making streets and intersections like the one at Monroe and Marshall avenues more walkable and pedestrian-friendly.

University of Memphis launches mental health clinic for veterans

The Veterans Care Center’s focus will offer treatment strategies for coping with conditions often faced by veterans such as post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, substance abuse and anxiety. In addition to treatment, the VCC will facilitate research to develop new therapies.

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