As residents return, South City looks to bring business back
As residents begin moving into South City, the area's stakeholders are intensifying their focus on bringing businesses back to the neighborhood.
South City
South City is best known for the Foote Homes development, Memphis’ last public housing project. The $250 million South City revitalization aims to transform the 420-unit institution into mixed-income apartments and rental homes with an emphasis on safety, maintenance, and green space. The project is expected to be complete by 2021. Community leaders hope as South City efforts extend to the areas surrounding the Foote Homes site, they’ll link with efforts in South Memphis and the Downtown Core for a continuous corridor of deep investment.
Podcast: State housing programs strengthen Memphis neighborhoods
Continuing a series on homeownership, Tennessee Housing Development Agency's Ralph Perrey and United Housing's Amy Schaftein talk down payment assistance programs, homebuyer education and other initiatives for Mid-South families.
Hire Local 901 helps Memphians work closer to home
The Memphis Medical District Collaborative’s workforce development program connects residents to training, education and employment opportunities in and around the Medical District.
South City area residents benefit from Vision 2020 grantmaking initiative
South Memphis' 38126 ZIP code has Memphis' highest poverty rate. The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis’ Vision 2020 plan is focused on 38126 with more than $4.7 million already invested.
Seeing Red II: South Memphis CDC brings investment back to Memphis’ formerly redlined communities
The Works, Inc., with partner Pinnacle Financial Partners, is issuing loans from a $2 million mortgage pool. The twist? These loans are issued to folks who may be considered a credit risk by traditional banks and are used to purchase homes in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Seeing Red I: Mapping 90 years of redlining in Memphis
This two part series explores how race built Memphis. From a newly discovered 1930s redlining map to recent lawsuits, discriminatory housing policies have kept Black families from home ownership and Black neighborhoods from thriving.
As Downtown grows, South City invests in low-income residents
FedEx, Wiseacre and Union Row are all heading to Downtown. But what do these new developments mean for affordability and the low-income residents of South City?
After Life Mortuary Services is Memphis’ first funeral home owned by Black women
The small mortuary facility offers top-to-toe funeral preparation including embalming, funeral directing, cremation services and insurance options.
Bakery that employs at-risk youth expands to East Memphis storefront
Since 2014, Sweet LaLa's bakery has employed youth leaving the juvenile justice system as part of a re-entry program. The bakery has grown substantially and is moving out of its South City commercial kitchen to a storefront in East Memphis.
Advocates of trauma-informed teaching call for greater support in Memphis schools
The loss of students to death and criminal activity brings a heavy toll to teachers who work in some of the poorest and under-resourced communities in Memphis. Students who grow up in these communities face adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, which can affect their behavior and educational outcomes. Groups close to this local issue are advocating for trauma-informed training for teachers and a district-wide culture of self-care to support teacher retention.
