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Crosstown
The heart of the Crosstown neighborhood sits at the intersection of Watkins Street and North Parkway. In fact, it can’t be missed. The 1.5 million-square-foot Crosstown Concourse was constructed in 1927 as a Sears flagship location. Shuttered in the early 1990s, it has been recently reimagined as a mixed-use, vertical village with apartments, businesses, nonprofits, restaurants, health services, and more cohabitating in the same building. The neighborhood is also boasts some of the city’s most beloved bars and restaurants and is a popular social and creative destination with ventures like Amurica, Crosstown Arts, and the OAM podcast studio.
French Truck Coffee cafe and roastery opens at Crosstown
With an intense dedication to respecting the flavor of its high quality coffee beans, French Truck Coffee has opened its second location in Memphis, moving into a 3,500-square-foot space at the newly redeveloped Crosstown Concourse
Teach For America makes move to Crosstown Concourse
Teach For America (TFA) has completed its relocation to the fourth floor of the new Crosstown Concourse mixed-use redevelopment project, moving from its previous home at the Toyota Center downtown.
Memphis 3.0 event maps early progress
Overall population in Shelby County is projected to increase by 0.4 percent by 2020, and by 2040 the area is expected to grow by 33,000 households. Memphis 3.0 is charting how to meet that growth.
Made By Project: Entrepreneurs and data central to solving Memphis makers’ challenges
EPIcenter and Little Bird Innovation announced the first recommendations for a development plan using data from the Made By Project, a first-of-its-kind qualitative and quantitative research of more than 300 makers, artisans and micro-manufacturers in Memphis and Shelby County.
Conservationists offer green solutions to Memphis public transit
The Memphis Area Transit Authority is working on a grant application that could result in up to 16 new electric buses to add to its fleet, and one electric bus is being delivered this week for MATA to test out around town.
Between the Lines II: Turning Memphis’ alleys into hidden destinations
Built to be hidden parts of the city, alleys are reimagined by developers and artists as places to show off Memphis' creativity.
Bike share program will connect South Memphis, Orange Mound & Binghampton with core city
In line with its mission, Explore Bike Share will deliver a first-ever bike share program to Memphis with 60 stations housing 600 bikes across high-density areas of Downtown and Midtown as well as connector neighborhoods of South Memphis, Orange Mound and Binghamton.
Memphis will match funds for expungement of non-violent offenders
Beneficiaries of the Better Memphis Fund also receive job and soft skills training from the city’s Workforce Investment Network.
Mama Gaia to open second location in Overton Square
Mama Gaia, a start-up fast-casual organic vegetarian restaurant that opened in Crosstown Concourse in March, will open its second location inside the new Ballet Memphis headquarters in Overton Square in August when the facility celebrates its grand opening. .
