The MLK Day of Service made its seventh annual visit to the Soulsville, USA neighborhood on Martin Luther King Jr. Day with hundreds of community volunteers braving the cold to clean the community. Photos by Nathan Savage
The MLK Day of Service effort began in Soulsville, USA in 2010. Since that time, it has grown to include several hundred volunteers, and is just the spur of things to come for a neighborhood cleanup and blight removal effort.
With the a nod of approval from the City Council in December, Memphis' utility meters are about to get smarter. Memphis Light Gas & Water will begin installing advanced meters across its service territory with the goal of having every resident wired with automated readers by 2020. The results are expected to be savings for the utility's operations, plus savings for customers who can watch their usage in real time.
At the recent Greenprint Summit governments and community organizations came together to discuss the plan's mission of creating a massive regional network of a connected green infrastructure. Beyond appealing to cyclists and runners, the system has the power to connect people and change communities.
Memphis Heritage is employing new strategies to preserve old structures. This local non-profit is committed to protecting and revitalizing the region's history through advocacy for the county's oldest buildings.
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