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.
“For some, I am the only man that they see all day,” said Ron Nelson, director of the John Dustin Buckman Boys & Girls Club. “I use the same way I grew up to raise these kids. The only way I knew was church, school and discipline.”
The new program, which launches in May, will examine ways to streamline the process of cleaning up vacant and blighted properties, an effort that has accelerated in recent years with the founding of groups such as the Blight Authority of Memphis and decrees like the Blight Elimination Charter.
There is a great need for youth mentorship in the Klondike Smokey City community in North Memphis, and it’s a task various neighborhood leaders are tackling head on.
In honor of International Women's Day on March 8, High Ground News looks back on stories of intrepid women who take their industries and communities to new heights.
A diverse crowd stood up for inclusion of Memphis' minority-owned businesses at "Economic Justice in the City," a panel event hosted by High Ground News and EPIcenter Memphis at the historic Clayborn Temple. The full program can be viewed below.
Local volunteer hub Volunteer Odyssey has launched a new volunteer management system. The organization hopes the platform, which matches seekers with opportunities at local nonprofits, will mobilize more individuals and corporations in Memphis to volunteer.
The $6.8 million project will create 55 jobs and will bring a new Save-A-Lot grocery store, Dollar Tree store, and other retail to a formerly blighted area classified as a food desert, with a lack of healthy food options for nearby residents.
The Klondike Smokey City Community Development Corp., works to shape a brighter future for this North Memphis neighborhood. It starts with its longtime executive director.
Nine families received the keys to their new homes this past weekend in the new $40 million Eden Square mixed-use community in the Hickory Hill area.
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