Author: Smart City Memphis

Nashville/Davidson County floats in a sea of green – greenbacks, that is – while Shelby County floats in the stagnating economic backwater of West Tennessee.It’s the graphic disparity in each city’s region that underscores the...

In light of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners unanimous vote for the master plan for Shelby Farms Park, it seems an appropriate time to reprise a post from March 27, 2007, because Monday’s vote was an exercise in déjà...

Urban parks across the U.S. are getting historic attention, and the lack of priority given to them by our City Hall summons up fond memories of the Memphis Park Commission.Abolished largely because of a feud between Memphis City...

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...