Author: Smart City Memphis

It’s that time of the year.  The budget process begins for government, and with it, the yearly ritual of beating up public employees to gain political points. It’s the way to score an easy point for politicians, because no one...

Once upon a time, in a far away land, there was a couple that had four children, 3 girls and a boy. The couple had a combined income of $100,000.  The husband earned $40,000 annually and the wife earned $60,000 annually. One day...

We reprise this post from 2009 to explain why we’ve added News from the Rust Belt to our home page. Here it is: While Memphis has never been categorized as an old industrial city, it’s always had similarities – deep urban...

Money can’t buy happiness, and apparently, in Memphis, it doesn’t have to. We’re so happy, it just doesn’t seem to matter that we make less than other places. Forbes recently reported that CareerBliss, an online...

Shelby County Commissioner Mike Carpenter and Memphis City Schools Commissioner Martavius Jones today delivered letters to senators in the Tennessee Legislature calling for fairness for Memphis regarding school issues. Here is...

A goup of Portlanders have posted this video in response to the city’s famed “20 Minute Neighborhood” map with a more nuanced version of why they have chosen to live and work in the “mecca of...

 Memphis voters are more than 2 to 1 in favor of consolidating Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools. When asked their view of transferring Memphis City Schools to Shelby County Schools: — 56.2% said they are...