Normally, for a billion dollar economic opportunity, Memphis will do just about anything. For a lot less, we gave The Pyramid to Sidney Shlenker on little more than a promise and a few architectural rendering. That house of...
Read MoreThe importance of increasing the college attainment was on the marquee at FedEx Institute of Technology tonight and the stars turned out to put it front and center on the city’s agenda.\ Last night, Leadership Memphis announced...
Read MoreOur colleague Carol Coletta, president/CEO of CEOs for Cities in Chicago, will speak Wednesday about “What Makes Cities Successful – Talent and More” at FedEx Institute of Technology at University of Memphis...
Read MorePerhaps what local government needs most is a Department of Connecting the Dots. While one public agency talks about creating a workforce that can compete in the knowledge economy, another gives tax freezes to companies that...
Read MoreOutside Memphis, all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. Out in God’s country, people have higher educational attainment, higher incomes and little poverty. So, what in the...
Read MorePortland State University is in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon. It flanks the city’s gracious park blocks, is the terminus for the city’s street car line, and is taking a leading role in Portland’s...
Read MoreThis post was published in November as Memphis magazine’s monthly City Journal column by Tom Jones. It’s a familiar day for Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell. In the early morning hours of a sunny weekday, the...
Read MoreThere are few subjects on which Memphis Mayor A C Wharton is more passionate than our city’s narrative. He recognizes its power as more than a marketing tool, but as the thread that holds together the fabric of One Memphis and...
Read MoreWelcome to the new Smart City Memphis blog. Our blog may have a new look but its purpose is unchanged: it’s still about encouraging conversations in Memphis about the things that matter, about connecting the dots and about...
Read MoreOverlooking and listening to the rhythmic surf of the Atlantic Ocean from a third floor condominium, it’s hard to be objective about Jacksonville. But we’ll try. Our personal reason to be in Northern Florida is interesting in...
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by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →