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Apparently, there is no hunger more intense than being power hungry. It’s proven on a daily basis by Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris and his sycophant, Tennessee...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jan 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apparently, there is no hunger more intense than being power hungry. It’s proven on a daily basis by Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris and his sycophant, Tennessee...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jan 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Our friends, Louise Mercuro and Maggie Conway, took this photograph at Park and Airways and it’s distinctly Memphis. Their comment: “Don’t tell Memphis that it isn’t an innovative and creative...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jan 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here’s an email that we got from a reader who always has sound insights into our airport: Another week goes by and yet another CA article about service cuts at Memphis International…. With theAmsterdam flight...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jan 25, 2012 | Leadership
Posted June 1, 2011, and unfortunately, even more relevant today as Tennessee Representative interferes in local affairs yet again to serve a narrow – and narrow-minded –...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jan 23, 2012 | Economic Development
There was little time for a celebration following the Greater Memphis Chamber’s announcement about $1.2 billion in private investment and 14,000 new jobs. The day after the...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jan 20, 2012 | Education
So, let’s take Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner at his word. His obsession with a municipal school district for his town is not “separatism,” he said, although it does seem...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jan 18, 2012 | Parks and Greening
We wrote yesterday about what Tom Lee Park could be…a magnet for recreation and leisure…as opposed to what it is today…forlorn and bleak. We got an email...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jan 17, 2012 | Parks and Greening
Tom Lee Park is a room with a view. It’s a magnificent view but the room is empty. That’s because Tom Lee Park is essentially a field without any activity beyond the month of May or...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jan 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
This annual holiday in honor of America’s great nonviolent prophet, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is always a timely occasion to read the inspiring words of a minister who...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jan 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
We know we imagined it, but we thought we heard much of Memphis say “amen” when they read Church Health Center founder and executive director Scott Morris’ January 2 op-ed column in The...
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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 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.