The Heights is a collection of neighborhoods — Highland Heights, Mitchell Heights, Graham Heights, and others — located roughly between Tillman and Graham Streets to the east and west and Jackson and Summer Avenues to the north and south. It’s predominantly working class with modest homes, young families, and many senior residents. The area was first developed in the early 1900s and boomed as Summer Avenue grew into a major Memphis thoroughfare. Today it’s one of the most ethnically diverse areas the city, with business owners and families from more than 30 different countries. Join us for our in-depth coverage of The Heights from September to December 2018.
Several of Treadwell Elementary’s dual-language immersion classes are at or near capacity. Supporters say side-by-side English and Spanish instruction builds skills and cross-cultural connections, and the program is critical to future success in one of Memphis’ most diverse neighborhoods.
Varias clases en el programa de inmersión en dos idiomas de “Treadwell Elementary” están a su capacidad o se están acercando a ella. Los partidarios del programa creen que la enseñanza simultánea de inglés y español construye la comprensión intercultural en uno de los barrios más diversos de Memphis.
Stepherson's Food Store and Montesi's Supermarket are living pieces of Memphis history, but for residents of The Heights, they're just great places to get groceries.
The On The Ground editorial team from High Ground News will be in The Heights from September through December covering the neighborhoods through online articles, video, photography and live events. Please stop by our weekly community newsroom to share your story ideas and help shape coverage of these dynamic Memphis neighborhoods.
As we kick off our in-depth coverage of The Heights, the On the Ground team takes us on an intimate visual tour of the neighborhood and its neighbors. El equipo de “On the Ground” hizo un recorrido visual por la comunidad para ver qué es lo que hace un lugar ideal para vivir y trabajar, y una ubicación dinámica para los próximos tres meses en un reporte permanente.
El equipo editorial de “On Ground de High Ground News” estará en The Heights de septiembre a diciembre cubriendo los vecindarios a través de artículos en línea, video, fotografía y eventos en vivo.
The Heights comenzó en la década de 1890 como un respiro rural para los ricos a lo largo de una larga y olvidada línea de tranvía. Hoy es un vecindario de clase trabajadora que está trabajando en conjunto para establecer un nuevo camino hacia la prosperidad.
The Heights began in 1890s as a rural respite for the wealthy along a long since forgotten trolley line. Today it's a working class neighborhood that's working together to lay a new track towards prosperity.
"Having a greenline and a bike trail in the middle of National Street is a way to bring two sides of the community together.” The Heights Line is a proposed two-mile median park space on National Street in the Heights area of Memphis. Developers plan to use the existing median, a holdover from when the trolley cut through The Heights, and turn into a park space and a walking/bike path that connects the community to the Broad Avenue Hampline and the Wolf River Greenway.
Libraries Inside/Out is investing in exterior improvements to help library branches in The Heights and South City go from eye sores to sources of community pride — with unprecedented input from residents.
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