From National Journal: The mayor of Chattanooga wants his city to become the technology hub of the Southeast—even if that’s not the image most Americans would assign to this mid-sized city along the Tennessee River. But...
Read MoreWe interrupt our blog posts – about the failure of our economic development and about the need for a comprehensive plan – to post some comments from two people who are precisely the target demographic that we need to...
Read MoreIn our last post, we spotlighted the need for Memphis and Shelby County to have a serious, creative economic development plan grounded in goal of competing in the global economy of the future than an economy anchored in the...
Read MoreMemphis and Shelby County need an intervention, and it will take the bully pulpits of the mayors to lead it. Like all interventions, this one begins by facing facts: * The federal government describes Memphis as “severely...
Read MoreWe wrote last week about downtown examples of urban indifference – the tall weeds in the median on Riverside Drive, the amateurish parking lot gates at Tom Lee Park, and the obstacle course on the sidewalk on Riverside Drive...
Read MoreOne of the interesting things about state government’s attitude toward Memphis is that the hostility is no respecter of party lines. Both Democratic and Republican governors manage to treat Memphis with equal shabbiness....
Read MoreWhen we look to cities that are moving in the right direction these days, it’s almost inevitable that there was a point in time when a strategic decision or investment was made that changed their trajectories for the better. The...
Read MoreIf there is any place in Memphis that should represent the best that Memphis has to offer in urban design and public realm, it should be Riverside Drive. But like much of Memphis, it seems that things regularly take priority...
Read MoreNow, we’re really worried about the state of things downtown. Over the past decade, the Riverfront Development Corporation has been the target of several controversies but there has been nothing but praise for the...
Read MoreThis may surprise you but we’ve got to say it: we’re tired of hearing about the paramount importance of regions and how regionalism is the road to a successful future for Memphis. And we admit that we were some of the earliest...
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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 →