Author: Smart City Memphis

Some days, it seems like “Every Child, Every Day, College Bound” isn’t the most appropriate operating motto for Memphis City Schools.Instead, Pogo’s immortal words might seem more apt: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” That...

This week on Smart City are people who have big plans for transforming their cities. Ned Hill is the Vice President of Economic Development at Cleveland State. He’s combining the Cleveland area’s history, talent and...

  In a blog from three years ago, we wrote: “Although the city mayor has now taken himself out of the picture, the committee he convened has turned its attention to school funding. If it really wants to accomplish...

We’ve received several emails asking our opinion of Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton’s latest magniloquence.Well, we might as well admit it: We didn’t read about it, we didn’t watch any television reports about it and we didn’t...

Can Tuesday get here soon enough?The dawning of the Kriner Cash era at Memphis City Schools would be reason enough for hopeful thinking, but with the current disarray and chaos at Memphis City Schools, expectations are so low...

We’re continuing the discussion we began Wednesday and hope you’ll join in.Inspired by the Memphis Flyer’s cover story of two weeks ago, we want to know how you would answer this question:What would you do if...

The article in Atlantic that sparked our June 7 post is now on line here.

We want to continue a discussion that was begun by the Memphis Flyer a couple of weeks ago. It asked nine people for their ideas about what they would do if they were in charge of Memphis. Here’s the link to all of the ideas....

So, where does Joseph Lee go for an apology? Or to get a year of his life back?Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office did the inevitable – dismiss charges against the former MLG&W president and former City Councilman Edmund...

We’ve always suspected that the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey was the first draft for the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center and Jail. God knows, the imposing hulk dominating a critical city block in downtown Memphis has...