Robert Church stuck it out. He dedicated his life to the city that he loved even when times got difficult. When he had the privilege to run away, he stayed and invested in Memphis.
While veterans make up 9 percent of the overall population, they make up 25 percent of the homeless population, so recovery homes like Alpha Omega are critical.
Is $1 million enough to turn around the decades of disinvestment and decline that have plagued North Memphis?
Klondike Smokey City’s history tells a story of prosperity but also one of decline with shuttered factories, white flight and racial segregation at its core.
More than 3,000 Vietnamese immigrants call Memphis home. Their contributions to the city wouldn't have been possible without local support from nonprofits and the Catholic community.
Memphis’ own neighborhood of Orange Mound has a significant spot in African-American history as it was the first residential neighborhood in the south open to African-Americans.
Join High Ground News on Feb. 28 at Clayborn Temple for “Economic Justice in the City,” a conversation with five Memphis business leaders on the strength of entrepreneurship as a strategy to grow the middle class and what barriers remain in the effort to spread Memphis’ wealth.
Regional One Health’s Guthrie Primary Care clinic provides services to the Klondike Smokey City community as Church Health’s future presence at Crosstown Concourse could have a local impact. But the neighborhood’s healthcare needs go beyond what services are provided.
North Memphis, which has suffered from chronic public and private disinvestment, is getting an injection of capital with a $1 million grant and access to a larger $90 million financing pool.
Experts are training children in the laws of the road to combat Memphis' car-centric culture and promote bicycle riding.
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