HuffPost, High Ground News & MLK50 to discuss economic inequality in Memphis
Why is it so hard for black and brown businesses to get their share of the green? Join the discussion here.
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.
New public speaker series to address importance of urban planning
A series of events focusing on the creation of the Memphis 3.0 comprehensive plan and featuring national planning and development experts is coming to Memphis thanks to a partnership from the Urban Land Institute and the University of Memphis Design Collaborative.
South City: Housing a neighborhood in transition
What benefit is a mixed-income housing project to an impoverished community?
New 9-1-1 initiatives seek to alleviate demands of nonemergency calls
The misuse of EMS costs Memphis $20 million in budget shortfall. New programs help to put people to call 9-1-1 but don't need emergency care receive to appropriate resources.
In photos: Emmanuel Center is an anchor in a low-income neighborhood in transition
The Emmanuel Center has stood in the middle of its South Memphis neighborhood since 1989. That includes during 2010, when hundreds of residents were relocated during the Hope VI renovation of public housing complex Cleaborn Homes. Demolition took place around the church. That challenge resurfaces as Foote Homes, located across the street, prepares for its transition to mixed-income housing.
Reflections from four months on the ground in South City
Since April 2017, High Ground News has been writing about South City, a city-backed rebranding of 880 acres of Downtown and South Memphis. Through our On The Ground program, we’ve embedded journalists in this community to document the area’s struggles and strengths and stakeholders’ hopes for the massive revitalization.
I AM A MAN Plaza to honor civil rights milestone
Plans for the new I AM A MAN Plaza, which will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanitation workers strike and their struggle led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., are coming together, with completion expected just in time for the MLK 50 Conference next April.
A new Community LIFT Empowerment Fund looks to lift up small, neighborhood projects
Community LIFT launches new Empowerment Fund, a small grant endowment designed to assist residents and grassroots organizations with funding for community improvement work.
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.
Sound & Color: MLGW hoax, 1968 sanitation workers speak out
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