Riverside Drive To Become the Street It Always Needed To Be
Riverside Drive soon is to be the street that it’s needed to be for decades. By mid-August, the...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 21, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Parks and Greening, Transportation
Riverside Drive soon is to be the street that it’s needed to be for decades. By mid-August, the...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Cartoonist Bill Day never fails to prove the point that a picture – in his case, a cartoon – is...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 16, 2025 | Data Points, Media
The following are the monthly visits to local and selected media websites in June 2025 followed...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 14, 2025 | Data Points
Total foreign-born as a percentage of county population, 2019-2023 Memphis MSA 7.6% – Shelby...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Cartoonist Bill Day never fails to prove the point that a picture – in his case, a cartoon – is...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 7, 2025 | Economic Development, FedEx, Memphis Businesses, Memphis History
For those of us of a certain age, the death of Fred Smith was about more than the end of a...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Cartoonist Bill Day never fails to prove the point that a picture – in his case, a cartoon – is...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 3, 2025 | John Branston, Memphis History, Sports, Uncategorized
By John Branston It is hard to drive more than 15 miles in Memphis and Shelby County without...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jun 30, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization
Downtown Memphis Commission has embarked on a new strategic plan. The old one is only five years...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jun 25, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, Shelby County government, Taxation, Tennessee Legislature
The certified tax state law, the so-called “truth in taxation” law, mandates that local...
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 at Memphis magazine, author of two books and a museum exhibition, and consultant on public policy and strategic planning. 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: “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.