Memphis Deserves Great Transit
My grandmother often answered our latest whining request with the response: “if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” The updated version for our community: If...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 27, 2017 | City of Memphis Government, Economic Development, Livability, Transportation
My grandmother often answered our latest whining request with the response: “if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” The updated version for our community: If...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 23, 2017 | City of Memphis Government, Parks and Greening
This article three days ago in the St. Thomas Source in the U.S. Virgin Islands is the latest reminder of why there is no defensible reason why Memphis should...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 21, 2017 | Leadership
It’s been a couple of years since we’ve checked in on Volunteer Odyssey so we were pleased to get a news release indicating that the important program is not only alive and...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
We appreciate award-winning cartoonist Bill Day allowing us to post his cartoons to the Smart City Memphis blog. Bill proves over and over that a picture is worth much more than a thousand words when it is created by a talented...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 17, 2017 | Livability, Parks and Greening
One of our favorite park advocates is Peter Harnik, who retired last year as director of the Trust for Public Land’s Center for City Park Excellence. We can think...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 15, 2017 | Criminal Justice
Our community often seems to do the same things and expect different results. For decades, when it comes to economic development, we believe that waiving more and more taxes is...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 13, 2017 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice
Maybe it’s time for the Memphis Police Association to put up or shut up. Once again, they have spent union dues to put up billboards trafficking in fear and undermining the...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 10, 2017 | Livability, Neighborhoods
About a year ago, Tim Bolding’s 91-year-old mother died, which put her 61-year-old son into a reflective mood about his priority for the next chapter of his life....
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 8, 2017 | Leadership, Parks and Greening
We were lucky enough to know Art Wolff and consider him a friend. He dedicated his lifetime to fighting for causes he believed in, and Shelby Farms Park was...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 7, 2017 | Livability
A few weeks ago, we got a telephone call from a reporter based in New York who was asking for an update about Memphis. Here’s what we sent him: Memphis is the kind of city...
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.