Author: Smart City Memphis

Maybe City Slickers’ Curly was an economic development consultant, because it would be hard to come up with better advice for Memphis: “One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don’t mean s—.”Forget the...

There’s just something special about Memphis, says a PGA Tour writer. Read it here.

In its decisive vote to cut funding for Memphis City Schools, Memphis City Council showed the political courage and the new thinking that are becoming characteristics of this overhauled, and dramatically improved, legislative...

Interim Memphis City Schools Superintendent Dan Ward’s good-bye lunch was held Friday at Blue Fish restaurant.When Interim Chief of Staff Thelma Crivens asked the district’s senior staff to pony up for Mr. Ward’s going away...

We began a conversation Wednesday to develop a list of priorities for Memphis. We hope you will join in and add your comments.To catch up, here’s the original post, “Building An Agenda For Economic Growth,” and...

America is no longer a nation of red states and blue states. We are a nation of red neighborhoods and blue neighborhoods. That’s because of The Big Sort described by Bill Bishop in his new book of the same name. Bill says we are...

Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners deserves credit for doing what was right – conducting a national search to find a new superintendent – but it’s becoming obvious that soon, they will be forced to admit that they...

We began a conversation yesterday to come up with a list of priorities that we need if Memphis is to compete in the knowledge economy. We hope you will join in.Here’s what fieldguidetomemphis would add to our...

Rather than selling themselves at a discount — cheap land and cheap labor – cities that are succeeding are investing in better workers, high-quality universities, quality of life and efficient public services. So, what...

My nephew was in town from Hollywood for Memorial Day.He’s working in the movie business — recent credits include Indiana Jones movie and G.I. Joe – on the financial side of the house. It just proves that there are other...