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Month: October 2009

Lessons From A "Special" Election

It was in the late Sixties when our dorm walls bore a poster: “Suppose they gave a war and nobody came.”In those heady days of political activism, it was hard to imagine that the poster today should say: “Suppose they held an...

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Local Government As Performance Art

Caught in a brutal vise of too much poverty, shrinking density and a broken tax structure, the next person to head up City of Memphis Government may need to be an alchemist, not just a mayor.There are so many troubling trends...

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Great Streets

The American Planning Association has posted its 10 great streets as part of its annual Great Places in America project.Check out these 10 great streets, and let us know what Memphis street should be on this list. Or, give us...

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New Mayor Is In A Race Against Time

One of the things the new mayor needs to do is just make people believe again in good government.That was the observation by our friend and colleague Cardell Orrin in today’s Commercial Appeal. He accurately identified the most...

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How Smart Is Memphis?

Which metropolis has the most intelligent residents? The Daily Beast crunched the data on the brainpower of America’s 55 largest cities, from first-to-worst — collective brainpower. “More than sports prowess or...

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Notices From Academia

We wanted to mention a couple of things going on that might interest you.One, this semester’s students of the Urban Revitalization Planning class at the University of Memphis are producing a new blog about Memphis. It is...

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Latest Bill Day Cartoon

The Trump Bible, A Cartoon by Award-Winning Bill Day

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 →

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About Smart City Memphis

Since 2005, this has been Smart City Consulting’s blog with the aim of connecting the dots and providing perspective on issues and policies shaping Memphis.  Editor and primary author is Tom Jones, columnist, author of two books, and consultant on public policy.  Smart City Memphis was called one of the most intriguing blogs in the U.S. by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change; The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal wrote that “Smart City Memphis provides some of the most well-thought-out thinking about Memphis’ past, present, and future you’ll find anywhere,” and the Memphis Flyer said: “This incredibly well-written blog sets out to solves the city’s ills – from the mayor to MATA – with out-of-the-box thinking, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ideas. If you have questions, submissions, or ideas for posts, please email Tom Jones, at tjones@smartcityconsulting.com.

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