Imagine Leadership
With a new year before us and so much to be done, we share with you a video sent to us by contributor and friend Ray Brown:
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 31, 2009
With a new year before us and so much to be done, we share with you a video sent to us by contributor and friend Ray Brown:
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 29, 2009
Jack Sammons was right. In his first directors’ meeting as the newly-minted Memphis Chief Administration Officer for interim Mayor Myron Lowery, he told his subordinates around the conference table to quit saying no. It was a...
Read MorePosted by Elizabeth Alley | Dec 29, 2009
I’m Elizabeth Alley and I make lists. I’m also Director of Public Art at UrbanArt and an artist, so I thought I’d start here with part 1 of a series of lists about public art and why it is important. Public art helps to heighten...
Read MorePosted by Margot McNeeley | Dec 27, 2009
It’s Friday, trash pick-up day on my street and I’m watching. I’m trying to be optimistic. I’m thinking that maybe today is the day. Will they? Will this be the week that our across the street neighbors (family of five), changes...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 27, 2009 | Transportation
There is such value in government for the elected official who’s willing to ask the impertinent question. That’s because so often, the shared, unspoken understandings and accommodations prescribe silence and going along to...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today on the show we’re kick starting the holiday season with a program about celebrating the holidays in an urban environment. We’ll speak with Cindy Gatziolas of the Chicago Mayor’s office of special events. ...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
24 December 2009 Melbourne, Australia “Maybe, he thought, there aren’t any such things as good friends or bad friends – maybe there are just friends, people who stand by you when you’re hurt and who help...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
7 Comments This time of the year, it’s impossible for us to not think about Peggy Edmiston. It wasn’t the glittery Christmas sweaters that no one else had the courage to wear. It wasn’t the permanent collection of Christmas...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 23, 2009
Memphis City Watch is a blog being written by graduate students in urban planning at University of Memphis. The project is an outgrowth of the class on urban revitalization taught by Professor Emeritus Gene Pearson. By the...
Read MorePosted by John Lawrence | Dec 22, 2009 | Downtown Revitalization
Sometimes we don’t need expensive consultants or years of study or the latest technology. Sometimes we may need to try to get more out of the resources we have. Sometimes all we need are good leaders to set some enthusiastic...
Read Moreby 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 →
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.