Memphis City Schools Commissioner Kenneth Whalum has been asking the same questions about consolidation for weeks, and since no one seems to have answered him, we’ll see if we can. We know that he relishes his role as an...
Read MoreYesterday was a good day for Shelby County Interim Mayor Joe Ford. Between the televised debate with his opponent for Shelby County mayor and the pomp and circumstance of the announcement of $40 million for The Med, it may be...
Read MoreIt looks like Memphis Area Transit Authority has finally reached a long awaited point: put up or shut up. For years, MATA has offered up numerous justifications for the sad state of public transit in Memphis. At a time when...
Read MoreJeff Sanford, president of the Memphis and Shelby County Center City Commission, had his last day at work yesterday after 12 years of leading the downtown development agency. As anyone knows if they have read this blog long, we...
Read MoreThis could be Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s “McChrystal moment.” Sometimes, people step over the line, try to blur well-understood lines of responsibility and ignore common practice. Sometimes, leaders have to draw a line in the...
Read MoreThese days, many people, even those with a cup half-full attitude, consider Commerce Square the symbol for downtown Memphis. It’s less than half-full and its future is in doubt. But for us, it’s just as much the signalization...
Read MoreSomeone emailed last year to ask what we would do to set a “creativity movement” in motion in Memphis. The answer came quickly: “Appoint Jeff Nesin the Memphis czar of creativity.” That’s because we don’t know anyone who...
Read MoreLeadership Memphis president/CEO David Williams writes an op-ed posted below in contributors posts about the importance of the Talent Dividend for our city. It reminded us of some ideas that came out of a panel curated by our...
Read MoreMemphis City Council – the Rodney Dangerfield of local politics – does so much right and gets so little credit for it. Bill Morrison is the architect of this year’s budget resolution. Jim Strickland pushes for more cuts in...
Read MoreMemphis Mayor AC Wharton is right when he says that the new Unified Development Code (UDC) making its way through legislative approvals is “the beginning, not the end, in creating the kind of city and neighborhoods we want.”...
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