As a result of the bid process for Amazon's second headquarters, Memphis has built a roadmap of strengths and gaps for future growth based on what Amazon laid out in terms of its expectations – a quality labor force, ties with a strong university system, good transportation, quality of life, along with many others.
A stretch of the Wolf River Greenway formally opened on Saturday, Oct. 21 on the north end of Mud Island, transforming a former illegal dumping ground into a park-like setting.
A series of events focusing on the creation of the Memphis 3.0 comprehensive plan and featuring national planning and development experts is coming to Memphis thanks to a partnership from the Urban Land Institute and the University of Memphis Design Collaborative.
Through the Federal New Markets Tax Credit Program, the new TAG Truck Center is set to complete construction of a new facility that will offer new education and job training opportunities on the Mall of Memphis property.
Many of the streets in the city were designed and built in a time when cars were the only focus for transportation. Great Streets Pilot Project aims to re-imagine this public space with pedestrians and cyclists in mind.
The Memphis Area Transit Authority is working on a grant application that could result in up to 16 new electric buses to add to its fleet, and one electric bus is being delivered this week for MATA to test out around town.
In line with its mission, Explore Bike Share will deliver a first-ever bike share program to Memphis with 60 stations housing 600 bikes across high-density areas of Downtown and Midtown as well as connector neighborhoods of South Memphis, Orange Mound and Binghamton.
In 2016, the Memphis Fire Department responded to approximately 130,000 calls requesting emergency services and 25,000 of those calls were classified as non-emergency. Those non-emergency calls take up time and could cost lives. Key Memphis partners came together in early June to revamp how Memphis accesses emergency services.
Fedex lends itself to global disaster relief by creating a portable emergency hospital that can be shipped anywhere in the world in 48 hours.
Declining financial support of the Memphis Area Transit Authority and a 40-year trend of development sprawling away from the city core has created a challenge for public transportation in Memphis.
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