North Memphis is a collection of distinct communities stretching roughly seven miles east from the Mississippi River. While there’s debate over exact boundaries, North Memphis sits roughly between the river, North Parkway, James Road, and the northeastern curve of Jackson Avenue. The area includes Bickford, New Chicago, Douglass, Hollywood, Springdale, Hyde Park, and many other small communities within larger North Memphis. High Ground is embedded in North Memphis from January through July 2020.
Community leaders, residents and volunteers from local businesses braved the cold on Monday and took to the streets to clean up blighted properties in neighborhoods across Memphis for the second annual MLK Days of Service.
Test scores can indicate struggles outside of the classroom, such as transportation, bullying, housing issues and parents’ work schedules. Neighbors in Klondike Smokey City have come together to address how a strong community can support strong students.
A stretch of the Wolf River Greenway formally opened on Saturday, Oct. 21 on the north end of Mud Island, transforming a former illegal dumping ground into a park-like setting.
A new temporary neighborhood project in The Heights neighborhood of North Memphis is bringing the community together in ways not seen in more than 40 years. The low-cost enhancement project, dubbed The Heights Line, involves converting a stretch of National Street into a multiuse promenade. It has been successful during October and will be in place until early November.
Residents and elected officials speak out against development in their neighborhoods, to mixed results.
Facing a sore lack of later-stage capital in Memphis, startups that matriculate through local accelerator programs often have to look outside of the Mid-South to scale.
While Puerto Rico recovers from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, several Mid-South residents with ties to the island are initiating relief efforts to help their people get on their feet.
For the fourth straight year, the Greater Memphis Chamber, the Workforce Investment Network, the Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workforce, students from local high schools and area manufacturing companies will celebrate National Manufacturing Day with tours designed to get the students excited about possible careers in the industry.
If there’s one thing Memphis doesn’t lack, it’s parks. The Bluff City is home to 167 parks. With 3,219 acres of public green space to maintain, Memphis City Beautiful is beginning a recruiting push for its Adopt-A-Park program.
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