Author: Smart City Memphis

Previously posted April 3, 2009: My morning commute delivers me many days to downtown Memphis from the Riverside Drive exit of I-40. It’s the antithesis of the experience that greets me two miles away south when I enter downtown...

It’s a tale of two cities, and only a short drive is needed to come face-to-face with the telling. In Nashville, the drive takes you to Williamson County, the 11th wealthiest county in the U.S., with a median family income...

Marie Sell of Memphis City Schools and Doug Imig of University of Memphis have written a brief that all of us should read, especially in light of the ongoing discussion about public education in Memphis: In Memphis, Children...

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...