Mayor Wharton plans to reduce poverty

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Mayor A C Wharton’s aggressive plan to reduce Memphis’ poverty rate by 10 percent over the next decade has caught the attention of the national media. Publications all over the country have run the Associated Press story detailing the ambitious strategies to attract new jobs, improve the mass transit and educate poor families on how to reduce household expenses.

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