Steve Ross, over at the Vibinc blog, offers up his list of 10 things to make Memphis stronger, and as usual, he hits the nail on the head. Steve is always thoughtful and perceptive, so we apologize to him for posting this en...
Read MoreWhile local government has tried improved management, expenditure control, long-range fiscal planning, program evaluation, and modern accounting systems, it can never cover the costs of the growing social agenda of the...
Read MoreFrom Sustainable Cities Collection: As I drove into my parking spot at the surface parking lot adjacent to the Marriott in Tucson for the Arizona Historic Preservation Conference last week, I noticed a slew of ethnic restaurants...
Read MoreFrom On the Commons: It began with a simple enough thought: “There aren’t nearly enough people here.” On a fall afternoon in 2007, I was attending a public meeting held by the Minneapolis Planning Department to garner citizens’...
Read MoreWe were driving north on Second Street yesterday and encountered warning signs that the road was closed. At the intersection of North Second and Mud Island, a “Road Closed” sign blocked the road, whose message was...
Read MoreFrom Social Edge: What motivates you to change the world?An innate sense of fairness? The values passed from an inspiring parent or teacher? Maybe a personal faith or a devotion to living out the tenets found in religious...
Read MoreBy Neal Peirce WASHINGTON — June 17 marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of an American “war on drugs” — a struggle opponents say has cost $1 trillion, countless ruined lives, an eruption of...
Read MoreThere are some things that are simply too evasive for the mind of mortal man to comprehend. One is getting the same enrollment number from Memphis City Schools two times in a row, and now, we can add the number of employees in...
Read MoreOne of the great success stories of the past decade is creation of the conservancy to manage Shelby Farms Park. It produced a visionary masterplan, it raised record amounts of money to upgrade the park, it brought a new...
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