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.
This two part series explores how race built Memphis. From a newly discovered 1930s redlining map to recent lawsuits, discriminatory housing policies have kept Black families from home ownership and Black neighborhoods from thriving.
On S1E13 of the On the Ground Podcast, Roshun Austin of The Works, Inc. and Austin Harrison of Neighborhood Preservation Inc. examine a redlining map from the 1930s, its implications for modern-day Memphis and local strategies to breakdown housing inequality 85 years after redlining was introduced and 50 years since it was outlawed.
On S1E12 of the On The Ground Podcast, Justin Gillis of the Crosstown CDC and Porsche Stevens of Crosstown CDC and Crosstown Arts reveal more about the greater Crosstown neighborhood from its long history to its diverse mix of small businesses.
A new farmer’s market in Hollywood-Hyde Park will provide retail opportunities to residents, community farmers, growers and vendors in North Memphis.
In S1E10 of the On The Ground Podcast, we explore to what extent youth engagement can be a crime prevention technique. In the North Memphis area of Hollywood-Hyde Park, community leaders have used city funds from the Memphis Police Department to sponsor free meals and activities for neighborhood children.
In S1E7 on the On The Ground podcast, Dr. Krista Johnson, the executive director of ALLMemphis , answers if children in poverty and other adverse circumstances learn differently and how Memphis schools can adapt to meet their literacy needs.
Universal Parenting Places are designed for parents who are seeking information and intervention at the earliest signs of concern. But beyond intervention, the Universal Parenting Places hold resources, respite and times for celebration — like a Ballet Memphis-led class for children and caregivers who attend Perea Preschool.
Agape, a Memphis nonprofit, works with students at Whitney Achievement Elementary and 15 other schools to help students with attendance and behavior.
While many community members and organizations often have great ideas for community development projects, the reality is there is not enough money available to fund everyone's vision. Last year, Community LIFT’s Empowerment Fund paved the way for improvement and beautification projects across the city, but a new study shows that much more funding is needed to keep momentum from those projects moving forward.
"It warms the heart to be able to serve in this community and be able to give back to these young ladies in the same way that someone gave me this opportunity."
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