This week, the featured interview are two people who are working to fix problems in cities. The City of Flint is no stranger to economic struggle, but Flint Mayor Dayne Walling is working to diversity the city’s economy...
Read MoreThe reason we are so exorcised about I-269 and other sprawl-inducing highway projects are because they deepen the economic segregation that holds back Memphis’ progress. Memphis is #1 in economic segregation among the largest 50...
Read MoreBen Franklin wrote that nothing is certain except death and taxes, but it’s rare for death to come to taxes or tax breaks. Even unpopular taxes like the Shelby County Wheel Tax seem to have eternal life, while unpopular tax...
Read MoreWe can argue either way about whether the Wharton transition team’s recommendation about a Chief Economic Development Director for Memphis really matters, but for us, it’s not so much a question of who’s running things or how...
Read MoreThere will be boats docked at Beale Street Landing, but whether there is ever a single one moored there, it needs to be completed. That some people would rather put winning first – in this case, that means stopping Beale Street...
Read MoreWhile we’re on the theme prompted by New York Times about what a special place Memphis is, we want to throw the spotlight on five special people who make it so. The first two get our votes for Role Models for 2010, the...
Read MoreHoping to do for roads what LEED has done for buildings and Energy Star for household appliances, Greenroads has unveiled a new rating system for sustainable road design and construction. In development since early 2007, the...
Read MoreThere’s nothing better than seeing our city through other people’s eyes. That’s why we are so proud to have Amie Vanderford’s distinctive eye on Memphis featured on our blog. Now the New York Times is...
Read MoreEver heard this before? “Slow-moving, backwards Southern town with an inferiority complex.” Nope, it’s not an extended version of Time magazine’s infamous description of Memphis as a “backwater...
Read MoreIt’s been said that the Wharton Administration will announce some striking changes in City Hall soon, and in light of that, we reprise this post of September 13: The listening tour on merging governments was based on a...
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