Author: Smart City Memphis

We subscribe to a John Calipari theory of economic development – it’s all about talent – and a Fred Smith model of public investment – it’s all about entrepreneurship.Everything else is pretty much a distraction.Memphis...

We’re talking about inclusiveness on Smart City, because our guests have found very different ways to bring the world together.First we’ll speak with Matt Harding. His original viral video, “Where The Hell is...

Nobody was hoping more for a successful launch of the Kriner Cash era at Memphis City Schools than we were; however, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that he’s stumbled out of the gate.The greatest evidence of this is that at a...

Here’s the conclusion from a state think tank’s report that will be no surprise to anyone here: Memphians’ taxes are high and inequitable.It’s the unequivocable conclusion from the Tennessee Advisory...

We’re getting more and more suspicious that Marsha Blackburn qualifies as our first Stepford Congresswoman. These days, she sounds like a mindlessly robotic candidate programmed to spew more wedge issues per second than Karl...

Some things never change.At Memphis City Schools, the games began again, and at Shelby County Schools, they never seem to stop.First, the city district. It appears that despite 1,100 students in the Countrywood and Berryhill...

Our friend, Richard Thompson, at Mediaverse has an interesting post about a rebuttal from some well-known urban housing experts to the Atlantic magazine article linking Hope VI and Section 8 housing to Memphis’ crime...

New Memphis City Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash has hit the ground running, and one of his primary purposes these days is getting as much advice and hearing as many opinions as he can about our city school district.If his...

No one in elected or appointed office in Memphis has ever had as many people pulling for his success as new Memphis City Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash.That’s why we know that he’s giving serious thought to how he’s...

Maybe we need to be putting in a call to Isaac Tigrett to see if he’ll put his crystal skull back in The Pyramid. The crystal skull that was discovered in the apex of The Pyramid and removed in the early days of the iconic...