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Buy here now and pay it forward. For every $100 spent locally, $68 comes back to the community.
Read MorePosted by Leah Wells | Dec 16, 2009 | Economic Development
Buy here now and pay it forward. For every $100 spent locally, $68 comes back to the community.
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Memphis is a shrinking city. We’re not talking about the slight decrease in the raw population numbers since 2000. Rather, we’re talking about the practical impact of significant population losses in the traditional city –...
Read MorePosted by Aaron Shafer | Dec 15, 2009 | Economic Development
My next few blog posts will focus on a corporation that single-handedly transformed an entire region suffering from economic depression. The story behind this corporation celebrates the magnificent achievement of the human...
Read MorePosted by Tommy Pacello | Dec 13, 2009 | Transportation
Many political leaders and grass roots organizations in Memphis today are advocating “smart growt,” “sustainable development,” and something called “new urbanism” as an answer to the ills of “urban sprawl,” which robs the core...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 13, 2009 | Economic Development
Sometimes it seems almost impossible to overstate our city’s ability to tap into its rich vein of unworthiness to produce public policy that’s the civic equivalent of fool’s gold. As a result, we often end up trying to select...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Pittsburgh is the nation’s surprising comeback city. From its industrial past, Pittsburgh has become a city of Eds and Meds, with an unexpected focus on the environment. My guests today are part of the green...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Normally, for a billion dollar economic opportunity, Memphis will do just about anything. For a lot less, we gave The Pyramid to Sidney Shlenker on little more than a promise and a few architectural rendering. That house of...
Read MorePosted by Melissa Petersen | Dec 10, 2009
Whenever I talk about good food in Memphis, I am frequently met with surprise—from natives and visitors alike. There’s plenty of great food here (and I’m not talking about barbecue right now), but it’s a “use it or lose it”...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 10, 2009
The importance of increasing the college attainment was on the marquee at FedEx Institute of Technology tonight and the stars turned out to put it front and center on the city’s agenda.\ Last night, Leadership Memphis announced...
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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.