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.
Propel, a business accelerator for existing minority-owned businesses, is launching its next cohort in the midst of several new city-backed initiatives intended to boost the wealth and diversity of the Memphis economy.
The AngelStreet choir offers musical training for communities with limited resources to dedicate to artistic opportunities. Starting in 2014, the choir partnered with schools in the North Memphis. Recently, they expanded to reach more youth in the Graham Heights area.
Community cohesion is the focus for Community Lift as it begins the application process for this year’s round of micro-grants for its Empowerment Fund, now in its second year.
Uptown parks and green spaces are beautiful gems well known to its residents, but soon Uptown and the Pinch will be showcasing its green jewels to visitors from across the U.S.
A new guerilla marketing campaign popping up around town from the Memphis Public Libraries (MPL) is helping to build awareness of the diverse and growing range of free programs offered at local public libraries.
Locations around the city for the first 60 bike stations of the Explore Bike Share program have been announced, and the nonprofit has plans more stations and bikes for 2019 and 2020. The 600-bike system, which spans from Downtown, South Memphis, and Cooper Young to Orange Mound, Overton Square, and Crosstown, is moving towards a launch later this spring.
An alumni program under the Choose901 banner is helping graduates see the opportunities their hometown has to offer them through professional development and connections.
Urban farming is an underappreciated weapon in war on blight and poverty, writes Lee Eric Smith.
A scrappy community development corporation in Frayser is expanding its headquarters and mission as the Frayser CDC preps to build ten new homes to support the neighborhood.
The Resilience Plan will tackle unmet recovery needs following major storms in 2011 and pinpoint future activities that will expand the area’s resilience to the effects of flooding, extreme heat or cold, and other climate- or weather-related events. The geographic reach of the master plan will include Shelby and DeSoto counties, in addition to parts of Fayette and Marshall counties.
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