Jack Sammons was right. In his first directors’ meeting as the newly-minted Memphis Chief Administration Officer for interim Mayor Myron Lowery, he told his subordinates around the conference table to quit saying no. It was a...
Read MoreThere is such value in government for the elected official who’s willing to ask the impertinent question. That’s because so often, the shared, unspoken understandings and accommodations prescribe silence and going along to...
Read MoreToday on the show we’re kick starting the holiday season with a program about celebrating the holidays in an urban environment. We’ll speak with Cindy Gatziolas of the Chicago Mayor’s office of special events. ...
Read More24 December 2009 Melbourne, Australia “Maybe, he thought, there aren’t any such things as good friends or bad friends – maybe there are just friends, people who stand by you when you’re hurt and who help...
Read More7 Comments This time of the year, it’s impossible for us to not think about Peggy Edmiston. It wasn’t the glittery Christmas sweaters that no one else had the courage to wear. It wasn’t the permanent collection of Christmas...
Read MoreMemphis City Watch is a blog being written by graduate students in urban planning at University of Memphis. The project is an outgrowth of the class on urban revitalization taught by Professor Emeritus Gene Pearson. By the...
Read MoreA wise, long-time observer of the local government scene tells us how the Shelby County Board of Commissioners put themselves in position to appoint a new county mayor by changing the county charter last year. With rumors of...
Read MoreToledo, Ohio, got a special holiday gift this year when David Kushma was named editor of The Blade. Mr. Kushma was former editorial page editor for The Commercial Appeal and assumes his new duties January 1, and 2007. After...
Read MoreOur friend Aaron Shafer is one of Memphis’s most imaginative thinkers, and lately, he’s thought a lot about how the Mondragon model could be applied to our city. It is a provocative idea and its applicationsin...
Read MoreThis week on Smart City, we’re talking about big ideas and big change. First we’ll talk with Tim Brown, CEO of the design firm IDEO. His new book, Change By Design, shows how the techniques and strategies of design...
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