Entrepreneur moves family skin care startup to Cordova
Carol Cook-Scobey, owner of Essentially Divine Natural Skincare and third-generation botanist, is taking her business to the next level with a new storefront in Cordova at 7865 Trinity Road.
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Opening of Confluence Park marks newest segment of Wolf River Greenway
A stretch of the Wolf River Greenway formally opened on Saturday, Oct. 21 on the north end of Mud Island, transforming a former illegal dumping ground into a park-like setting.
This Memphis-based nonprofit pharmacy serves the uninsured
To curb dangerous cost-cutting, Good Shepherd Pharmacy has partnered with the National Transplant Foundation to make pharmaceuticals affordable for recovering transplant patients in Tennessee.
The Heights Line pop-up project reinvigorates National Street
A new temporary neighborhood project in The Heights neighborhood of North Memphis is bringing the community together in ways not seen in more than 40 years. The low-cost enhancement project, dubbed The Heights Line, involves converting a stretch of National Street into a multiuse promenade. It has been successful during October and will be in place until early November.
Frayser apartment community undergoing major transformation
The once-blighted Peachtree Apartments, a 72-unit complex at 3180 Steele Street in Frayser, are in the early stages of a major $5 million to $6 million transformation led by Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. (NPI), ComCap Partners and Urban Renaissance Partners, Inc., the non-profit owner of the complex.
Community activists affect change in Frayser and North Memphis
Residents and elected officials speak out against development in their neighborhoods, to mixed results.
Orange Mound club serves the black LGBTQ community
Club Memphis owner Ashaki Blair said she has received a lot of support from family and friends who are part of the gay community. As business boomed, she got some opposition from people in the surrounding Orange Mound neighborhood.
Midtown Crossing Grill is a community hub for Crosstown neighbors
Gourmet pizza complements regular community gatherings including comedy shows, neighborhood watch meetings and popup artisan markets.
Booker T. Washington’s new resource center provides an information hub for South City
Housed in the lower level of the school, the center includes eight desktop computers and nine laptop computers with internet access.
Porter-Leath opens Early Childhood Support Center, merges with Books from Birth
With the mission of assisting at-risk children and families of Shelby County, Porter-Leath has consolidated many of its administrative functions into a new Early Childhood Development Center in Southeast Memphis. The organization also recently announced a merger with Books from Birth, which provides free books in the mail to children across Shelby County.
Opening of Confluence Park marks newest segment of Wolf River Greenway
A stretch of the Wolf River Greenway formally opened on Saturday, Oct. 21 on the north end of Mud Island, transforming a former illegal dumping ground into a park-like setting.
This Memphis-based nonprofit pharmacy serves the uninsured
To curb dangerous cost-cutting, Good Shepherd Pharmacy has partnered with the National Transplant Foundation to make pharmaceuticals affordable for recovering transplant patients in Tennessee.
The Heights Line pop-up project reinvigorates National Street
A new temporary neighborhood project in The Heights neighborhood of North Memphis is bringing the community together in ways not seen in more than 40 years. The low-cost enhancement project, dubbed The Heights Line, involves converting a stretch of National Street into a multiuse promenade. It has been successful during October and will be in place until early November.
Frayser apartment community undergoing major transformation
The once-blighted Peachtree Apartments, a 72-unit complex at 3180 Steele Street in Frayser, are in the early stages of a major $5 million to $6 million transformation led by Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. (NPI), ComCap Partners and Urban Renaissance Partners, Inc., the non-profit owner of the complex.
Community activists affect change in Frayser and North Memphis
Residents and elected officials speak out against development in their neighborhoods, to mixed results.
Orange Mound club serves the black LGBTQ community
Club Memphis owner Ashaki Blair said she has received a lot of support from family and friends who are part of the gay community. As business boomed, she got some opposition from people in the surrounding Orange Mound neighborhood.
Midtown Crossing Grill is a community hub for Crosstown neighbors
Gourmet pizza complements regular community gatherings including comedy shows, neighborhood watch meetings and popup artisan markets.
Booker T. Washington’s new resource center provides an information hub for South City
Housed in the lower level of the school, the center includes eight desktop computers and nine laptop computers with internet access.
Porter-Leath opens Early Childhood Support Center, merges with Books from Birth
With the mission of assisting at-risk children and families of Shelby County, Porter-Leath has consolidated many of its administrative functions into a new Early Childhood Development Center in Southeast Memphis. The organization also recently announced a merger with Books from Birth, which provides free books in the mail to children across Shelby County.
