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Month: June 2010

Creating the Coalition for Creativity

Someone emailed last year to ask what we would do to set a “creativity movement” in motion in Memphis.  The answer came quickly: “Appoint Jeff Nesin the Memphis czar of creativity.” That’s because we don’t know anyone who...

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Sticky Cities for Talent

Leadership Memphis president/CEO David Williams writes an op-ed posted below in contributors posts about the importance of the Talent Dividend for our city.  It reminded us of some ideas that came out of a panel curated by our...

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City Council Gears Up For Change

Memphis City Council – the Rodney Dangerfield of local politics – does so much right and gets so little credit for it. Bill Morrison is the architect of this year’s budget resolution.  Jim Strickland pushes for more cuts in...

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Is It My Time Yet?

I was in a meeting a few weeks ago when we talked about finding a new executive director for our nonprofit group. It dawned on us as we talked that in Memphis, we are always talking about diversity and we’re always talking about...

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Latest Bill Day Cartoon

Bloodbath, 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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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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