This is Smart City Consulting's blog and its purpose is to connect the dots and provide perspective on events, issues, and policies shaping Memphis and its future. Smart City Memphis was named one of the most intriguing blogs in the U.S. by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change, it was voted the best Memphis blog in About.com's Reader's Choice Awards, and The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal wrote: "Smart City Consulting provides some of the most well-thought-out thinking about Memphis' past, present, and future you'll find anywhere." Our blog's editor is Tom Jones, principal at Smart City Consulting and an editorial contributor at Memphis magazine, where he writes the monthly column, City Journal. Submit blog posts, ideas, suggestions, and emails to tjones@smartcityconsulting.com.