by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | April 6th, 2007 9:10pm CDT | Comments Off
Sustainability is the new imperative for urban leaders. And now there is a new way to encourage and even measure a community’s sustainability. It’s called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development — LEED-ND for short – and it extends criteria for green building to neighborhoods. Jennifer Henry from the U.S. Green Building [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | April 4th, 2007 10:00pm CDT | Comments Off
It’s always good to get out of Memphis. There’s nothing like some distance to help with an accurate perspective of our hometown. We’ve been working out of town this week, and when this happens, times, it’s always surprising to us – not to mention, satisfying – how often we bring up a Memphis program or [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | April 1st, 2007 9:17pm CDT | Comments Off
While there is little correlation between economic development spending and the economic growth of cities, it is nonetheless true that Memphis’ economic development organizations are underfunded. Quoting the latest study on Memphis’ economic growth, Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton and Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton point out that our community has one of the [...]
by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →
Photograph by Amie Vanderford
Memphian Amie Vanderford is a photographer for peace and justice. Her portfolio includes photographs from Peru, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Indian, and her hometown.
