Data Points: More Distressing News About The Memphis Regional Economy
Brookings Institution’s Metro Monitor is a set of objective metrics aimed at guiding the efforts of leaders to advance regional...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | May 30, 2017 | Economic Development, Regionalism
Brookings Institution’s Metro Monitor is a set of objective metrics aimed at guiding the efforts of leaders to advance regional...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | May 26, 2017 | City of Memphis Government, Parks and Greening
Some of us are children of the Sixties so our impulse when it comes to Confederate statues is to remove Jefferson Davis’ statue in a prominent downtown park – where he is...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | May 25, 2017 | Planning and Urban Design
I first met Gene Pearson and Tim Bolding about 35 years ago. I met Gene through his wife (at the time, his significant other), Louise Mercuro, and together, they made a...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | May 24, 2017 | Economic Development, Regionalism, Trends and Issues
Only a few metros in the U.S. are seeing real wages grow at a notable rate and the Memphis MSA is not one of them. That said, metros seem to be dividing into the “haves”...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | May 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Former Memphian Bill Day has done it again. He has won his seventh Green Eyeshade Award for excellence in cartoons. The award recognizes the “very best journalism in the...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | May 22, 2017 | City of Memphis Government, Shelby County government, Taxation
Build it and they will come. That seemed to be the prevailing attitude at the EDGE meeting where apartment developers were added to the list of...
Read MorePosted by Jimmie Covington | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
This post is written by Jimmie Covington, veteran Memphis reporter with lengthy experience covering governmental, school, and demographic issues. He is a contributing writer with...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | May 16, 2017 | Downtown Revitalization, Neighborhoods, Shelby County government
Back in 1976 when Shelby County Government was restructured, it got more than a mayor. It also got a culture of competition and rivalry between the newly...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | May 12, 2017 | Economic Development, Tourism
The news media have recently been reporting about the economic engine that is tourism, spotlighting a report by a national tourism organization that it...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | May 10, 2017 | Education, Taxation
We don’t want to say we told you so, but… Germantown city officials yesterday admitted that they will be asking for a 23 cent property tax with the bulk of it required to fund...
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.