Podcast: What’s happening in North Memphis?
Deveney Perry from BLDG Memphis joins High Ground's managing editor Cole Bradley and publisher Emily Trenholm to discuss the publication's new focus on North Memphis.
North Memphis
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.
Nonprofits strike history-making deal with Shelby County for land transfer in Klondike, Smokey City
Two nonprofits in Klondike & Smokey City now own 150 properties in a historic transferred from the Shelby County Land Bank. North Memphis residents will help decide how they'll be developed.
Oasis is part bike shop, part home and appliance store, and all about North Memphis
Oasis Appliance & Home Furnishings in North Memphis offers quality, secondhand appliances and furniture. Oasis Bike Shop has some of the lowest prices in Memphis. Both are part of a ministry serving area resident.
Promise CDC builds homes, community, and investment in North Memphis
With constant plumbing problems at her old place, Eunice Phillips was looking for a safe and affordable rental for her and her two children. Promise CDC delivered with a beautiful home in North Memphis. Now she's looking to buy.
The power of knowledge brings power to the people in North Memphis
“We’re not a housing community development. We don’t buy land. We don’t transform homes. We’re not doing giveaways. We’re doing informative practices." - Michalyn Easter-Thomas, founder of Our Grass Our Roots.
High Ground’s On the Ground series heads to North Memphis
North Memphis is not a neighborhood. It's many small but distinct communities with rich histories, passionate residents, and big challenges. January through July, our team of embedded journalists will bring you stories of success, struggle, and resiliency from across North Memphis.
Photos: Welcome to (western) North Memphis
Take a stunning visual tour of the western half of North Memphis through the lens of High Ground's photojournalists.
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.
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.
