by Smart City Memphis (RSS) City of Memphis Government, Livability, Parks and Greening | February 14th, 2012 12:43am CST | 3 Comments
It’s not the official City of Memphis name for its newest division, but for us, it will always be the Division of PLACE. PLACE: Parks, Libraries, Arts, and Cultural Enrichment. We’d like to claim credit for the name, but it was suggested by David Williams, executive director of [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) City of Memphis Government, Politics and Government | February 6th, 2012 12:44am CST | 6 Comments
It seems the perfect time for City of Memphis to decide what it wants to be when it grows up, and specifically if this means growing out. Normally, the single greatest driver of the political process is crisis management and scenario thinking is about [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) City of Memphis Government, Politics and Government, Tennessee Legislature | February 1st, 2012 5:00pm CST | 12 Comments
Anti-Memphis suburban politicians –the political equivalent of The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight – have done it again. They regularly manage to yank defeat from the jaws of victory. Driven by narrow partisan agenda and conversations in the Nashville echo chamber, they lose all perspective of the consequences of [...]
by SCM (RSS) City of Memphis Government | January 24th, 2012 2:00pm CST | 5 Comments
The ingredients for a successful startup and a successful city are remarkably similar. You need to build stuff that people want. You need to attract quality talent. You have to have enough capital to get your fledgling ideas to a point of sustainability. And you need to create a world-class culture that not only attracts [...]
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 →
Photograph by Amie Vanderford
Memphian Amie Vanderford is a photographer for peace and justice. Her portfolio includes photographs from Peru, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Indian, and her hometown.
