Midtown is a neighborhood of neighborhoods — Overton Square, Cooper Young, Vollintine Evergreen, and many other distinct communities sit within its borders. Neighborhood identities are strong, but throughout the area, streets are wide and green, hipsters and hundred-year-old houses are commonplace, and politics are generally liberal. Midtown is known for eclectic, local options in food, entertainment, culture, and arts. It’s home to the region’s only art college and the local theater scene, and its main thoroughfares – Cleveland, Cooper, Madison, Poplar, Union, and Young — play host to hundreds of locally-owned businesses to serve any need.
A nonprofit bakery in Memphis will open this fall in Crosstown Concourse, and all employees will be paid $15 an hour. Supporters see the project as a model that could improve the quality of life for many Memphians.
Theater companies make their own narratives in Memphis artistic market.
"We can never be the kind of community that we want to be until we have the minority firms have a much larger piece of the pie."
Because pop-up restaurants, from-home restaurants, and food trucks are a fairly recent phenomenon, legislation and regulations haven’t quite been able to match the speed at which the trend evolves, making the business model a sort of Wild West for would-be restaurateurs. They just have to make sure they don’t get nicked by the Sheriff.
Why is it so hard for black and brown businesses to get their share of the green? Join the discussion here.
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.
Founded in 1998, the Indie Memphis Film Festival has blossomed from a screening for film enthusiasts to an internationally-recognised festival topping over 11,000 attendees for 200 films, panel workshops, live music and parties. It has expanded to a year-round organization with screenings and education for filmmakers and audiences alike.
The MCA Fashion Design Certficate program is an intensive nine-month program to learn the conceptual thinking and technical skills needed to create fashion designs or work in the fashion industry.
Now part of a national partnership to rethink high school, Memphis has a seat at the table to envision new learning models and put them into practice when they open in 2018.
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.
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