Steve Bares is President and Executive Director of the Memphis Bioworks Foundation:For the first several weeks of 2009, a lot of attention has rightfullybeen placed on the challenges of creating jobs and reenergizing the economy...
Read MoreLori Spicer is board members of MPACT Memphis:Memphis is the place I have always called home, even though I left in 2000 to attend undergrad at UTK, to complete graduate school at UF, and work at a nonprofit in DC – and...
Read MoreThere’s always the day when the government reformer comes face-to-face with the government reality.That’s happened in short order to President Barack Obama, and unfortunately, part of it seems to be of his own making.There’s a...
Read MoreWe’re blogging today over at the Live Where You Live blog . We’re talking about what makes Memphis special and the value, economic and otherwise, of being proud of our city.
Read MoreThere’s such a fine line in politics between populism and pandering.In his political career, Shelby County’s top prosecutor Bill Gibbons has had his share of the latter and his attempts at the former have generally seemed forced...
Read MoreSomeone needs to pass Memphis City Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash a note in poly sci class. The reluctance of this community to embrace the idea of taxing authority for our dual – and dueling – school systems has nothing to...
Read MoreWhy does one city succeed while another very similar city is left behind? This week on Smart City we take a look at two such industrial towns, and we’ll also examine the uncertain future of Cleveland.Sean Safford is the...
Read MoreIt appears that the Health Department answered the wrong question.It’s not how much would the department lose in state and federal money if Memphis City Council eliminates city funding of $14 million. Instead, the real question...
Read MoreNow that the chief administrative officers have fired off letters claiming that the other one’s government owes his government money, let’s hope they now schedule a time to get in the same room and talk seriously about the tax...
Read MoreWith real estate values in the tank, retail sales plummeting, new construction halted and lay-offs mounting, the budgets of our local governments in the Memphis region are under severe pressure. It’s clear that there...
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