The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a definitive source about entrepreneurs and start-ups and the importance to our economy, particularly in the last 20 years when they have accounted for net new jobs. The development of...
Read MoreIn light of conversations that seem to be occurring all over Memphis, we’re reprising this post from February of this year: Possibly the only thing more disconcerting than the self-loathing that is such a regular feature...
Read MoreLast week, I suggested that the important book of the year was Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. As is noted on the book jacket, Michelle Alexander as a longtime civil rights advocate and litigator won a 2005 Soros Justice...
Read MoreAlex Marshall is the transportation columnist for GOVERNING and a Senior Fellow at The Regional Plan Association in New York City, and the following is a column on the growing popularity of bicyles: Bicycling, the mode of...
Read MoreOver the past few years, the raging debate in economic development has been over whether cities should be cool or uncool. Should cities pursue “the creative economy” by going after arts, culture, creative research &...
Read MoreThere are PILOTs and then there are PILOTs. We all know about the oft-used kind that waives about $50 million a year in property taxes for companies promising jobs and construction. Less know are PILOTs paid by utility...
Read MoreShelby County Commissioner Terry Roland – who apparently has no ability to self-edit – has now suggested that his part of Shelby County should secede and become part of another county. While we’re not quite sure why Tipton...
Read MoreDarrell Phillips, former TV newsman and soon-to-be lawyer, wrote an interesting article in the latest issue of Memphis Lawyer. It’s about a University of Memphis law student whose research into consolidation became the...
Read MoreWilliam Fulton is the Mayor of Ventura, California, and a principal in the planning consulting firm of Design, Community & Environment (www.dceplanning.com). The following is excerpted from his new book, Romancing The...
Read MoreThis post was previously published in the November issue of Memphis magazine as its City Journal feature: No lawyer in Memphis has racked up more hours of legal work in the past year than Julie Ellis. And, none of it was...
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