Good News, Bad News About Memphis Region’s Economy
There was little time for a celebration following the Greater Memphis Chamber’s announcement about $1.2 billion in private investment and 14,000 new jobs. The day after the...
Read MoreMonth: January 2012
U.S. Interstates as a London Tube Map
From Atlantic Cities: A month ago the Wire spotted an incredibly intricate rendering of American highways, drawn in the style of a subway map. The work was done by graphic designer Cameron Booth, a Sydney, Australia, native who...
Read MoreTowns Get What They Paid For With Consultants’ Report on Schools
So, let’s take Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner at his word. His obsession with a municipal school district for his town is not “separatism,” he said, although it does seem...
Read MoreStop the School-to-Prison Pipeline
From Rethinking Schools: “Every man in my family has been locked up. Most days I feel like it doesn’t matter what I do, how hard I try – that’s my fate, too.” -11th-grade African American student, Berkeley, California This...
Read MoreA New Waterfront Takes Shape in D.C.
From Sustainable Cities Collective: Washington, DC is finally getting a green waterfront development to be proud of. A 42-acre redevelopment along the Anacostia River, The Yards will comprise some 1.8 million square feet of...
Read MoreA Mayor With an Arts Plan
From Arts Journal: With government support for the arts on the wane in most places, here’s a city singing a different tune: “…The mayor has a plan. That plan has been to reestablish municipal support for the...
Read MoreHints at What Tom Lee Park Could Be
We wrote yesterday about what Tom Lee Park could be…a magnet for recreation and leisure…as opposed to what it is today…forlorn and bleak. We got an email...
Read MoreState Links Arts Funding to Placemaking
From Hartford Business. We’ve written before of our respect for Kip Bergstrom, and his philosophy of connecting arts funding to vibrant placemaking is another example of his acumen. Private cultural and arts programs in...
Read MoreTom Lee Park Needs A Rescue
Tom Lee Park is a room with a view. It’s a magnificent view but the room is empty. That’s because Tom Lee Park is essentially a field without any activity beyond the month of May or...
Read MoreThe Wrong Argument for Public Arts Funding
Mitt Romney said last week he’ll kick funding for the arts and public broadcasting to the curb if he gets to be president. “We’re not going to kill Big Bird, but Big Bird is going to have advertisements,” Romney said, while...
Read MoreLatest Bill Day Cartoon
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 →