Due to overwhelming need from the community, Baptist Memorial Health Care is opening its second Grief Center in the Memphis market, as renovation work finishes up in Midtown at 28 S. Evergreen on the grounds of Idlewild Presbyterian Church. The Kemmons Wilson Family Center for Good Grief, dubbed Milla’s House, will welcome its first patients on July 26.
Dozens honored the memory of the largest spontaneous protest in recent history by speaking about the change they want to see in education, community growth and policing.
The people of Memphis argue that the story of the Memphis bridge protest on July 10, 2016, is an important one. It must not be twisted.
Presbyterian Day School fifth-graders started with a simple question “What do people need to survive?” The solution? Blessing Boxes, or tiny food pantries that are placed strategically in high-needs neighborhoods.
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Girls Inc. of Memphis plans to renovate part of Georgia Avenue Elementary, which has been shuttered since 2012. In the building, Girls Inc. will install a 30,000-square-foot center unlike anything else in its Mid-South footprint.
When principal Alisha Kiner joined Booker T. Washington, the historically African-American high school had a graduation rate of 53 percent. Her leadership has skyrocketed that figure. In 2017, the school graduated its largest class of seniors.
Many of the streets in the city were designed and built in a time when cars were the only focus for transportation. Great Streets Pilot Project aims to re-imagine this public space with pedestrians and cyclists in mind.
HopeWorks’ new headquarters at 3337 Summer Avenue will strategically place its workforce development programs between the neighborhoods of Binghampton and the Heights.
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell has moved to end federal oversight of the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County. Opponents say that move is short-sighted and could damage incarcerated youth.
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