New life coming to African-American hospital founded in 1910
After sitting dormant since the 1990s, one of the oldest African-American hospitals in the nation has entered a $5 million renovation and expansion project.
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Years of system-wide reform results in massive turnaround for Tennessee’s child welfare system
Sixteen years later, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services is free of federal court oversight and now has a thoroughly reformed foster care system, after meeting nearly 140 benchmarks set out by the Brian A. settlement.
Healthier Tennessee Neighborhoods taps Memphis for new health and wellness pilot program
With public health issues, like Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure on the rise in Tennessee, the Governor's Foundation for Health and Wellness launches new urban health program, Healthier Tennessee Neighborhoods, with Memphis as the pilot city.
City unveils early plans for riverfront redevelopment
Ideas for possible future redevelopment of the Memphis riverfront were on display recently as the City of Memphis and Chicago-based architecture and urban design firm Studio Gang presented concepts that would transform six miles along the Mississippi River.
ICE Storm: Immigration officers target Latino families; worry Shelby County Schools
The flurry of arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the past week drew the attention of Shelby County Schools, which worries that undocumented parents will not enroll their children in the next school year out of fear of deportation.
Clean water matters to new activist group formed to educate the public issues related to H2O
Since the beginning of the year, Clean Water Memphis has been meeting weekly to discuss the issues that compromise the integrity of what's considered some of the purest drinking water in the country.
Sound & Color: MLGW hoax, 1968 sanitation workers speak out
Audio coverage brings Memphis events and neighborhoods to life. For more multimedia content, subscribe the High Ground News Sound & Color newsletter.
Unbanked: The high cost of doing business in ZIP 38126
If I drive in South Memphis, or North Memphis or Frayser, I see more pawn shops, more payday loans than anything. If I drive in Germantown, if I drive in Cordova, you have to have a magnifying glass to see one. They flash across the TV screens here. It's more in our neighborhood than other neighborhoods.
PetVax to open new Midtown location by September
Midtown residents will have a new place to take their pets for affordable pet care services like spaying, neutering and heartworm tests, as locally owned PetVax is ramping up to open by September at Loeb Properties' Belvedere Collection at 1680 Union Avenue.
Entrepreneurship promotes community development in South Memphis
Advance Memphis can't repair decades of disinvestment, generational poverty and community decline, but the nonprofit can set ZIP 38126 on the right path by connecting entrepreneurs with resources to start their own businesses.
Years of system-wide reform results in massive turnaround for Tennessee’s child welfare system
Sixteen years later, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services is free of federal court oversight and now has a thoroughly reformed foster care system, after meeting nearly 140 benchmarks set out by the Brian A. settlement.
Healthier Tennessee Neighborhoods taps Memphis for new health and wellness pilot program
With public health issues, like Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure on the rise in Tennessee, the Governor's Foundation for Health and Wellness launches new urban health program, Healthier Tennessee Neighborhoods, with Memphis as the pilot city.
City unveils early plans for riverfront redevelopment
Ideas for possible future redevelopment of the Memphis riverfront were on display recently as the City of Memphis and Chicago-based architecture and urban design firm Studio Gang presented concepts that would transform six miles along the Mississippi River.
ICE Storm: Immigration officers target Latino families; worry Shelby County Schools
The flurry of arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the past week drew the attention of Shelby County Schools, which worries that undocumented parents will not enroll their children in the next school year out of fear of deportation.
Clean water matters to new activist group formed to educate the public issues related to H2O
Since the beginning of the year, Clean Water Memphis has been meeting weekly to discuss the issues that compromise the integrity of what's considered some of the purest drinking water in the country.
Sound & Color: MLGW hoax, 1968 sanitation workers speak out
Audio coverage brings Memphis events and neighborhoods to life. For more multimedia content, subscribe the High Ground News Sound & Color newsletter.
Unbanked: The high cost of doing business in ZIP 38126
If I drive in South Memphis, or North Memphis or Frayser, I see more pawn shops, more payday loans than anything. If I drive in Germantown, if I drive in Cordova, you have to have a magnifying glass to see one. They flash across the TV screens here. It's more in our neighborhood than other neighborhoods.
PetVax to open new Midtown location by September
Midtown residents will have a new place to take their pets for affordable pet care services like spaying, neutering and heartworm tests, as locally owned PetVax is ramping up to open by September at Loeb Properties' Belvedere Collection at 1680 Union Avenue.
Entrepreneurship promotes community development in South Memphis
Advance Memphis can't repair decades of disinvestment, generational poverty and community decline, but the nonprofit can set ZIP 38126 on the right path by connecting entrepreneurs with resources to start their own businesses.
