Author: Smart City Memphis

It didn’t get any headlines, but it was news nonetheless.In a presentation to 500 people at Leadership Memphis’ annual community breakfast, Portland economist Joe Cortright said that our city gets a $3 billion bonus if it can...

A recent Kentucky news article caught our eye because of Memphis and Shelby County Governments’ questionable decisions to fund the chronically financially ailing Lemoyne-Owen College.In a lawsuit in our neighbor to the north, a...

Every city seems to have at least some ambition linked to creativity. It may be expressed as the creative class, innovation, the creative industries or the creative city. Colin Jackson who runs Epcor Centre for the Performing...

While Memphis has never been categorized as an older industrial city, we’ve always thought that it had similarities – challenges, grittiness and demographics – that give us more in common with these cities than Sunbelt cities.We...

Here’s your chance to cast a vote with a smile on your face – Derrick Rose for the Cousey Award. Vote here.

When we read a recent Commercial Appeal article, we immediately thought of a comment made by a friend of ours: “Apparently, you’ve got me confused with someone that gives a damn.”The report out of Lakeland and Arlington was that...

In a city where consensus is about as scarce as Grizzlies’ victories, the plan for a skatepark on Mud Island is about as close as it gets.From the inception of the idea, the skatepark has amassed an impressive group of...

The double standard of Concerned Citizens of Shelby County is mind-boggling.The organization founded by Germantown resident John Lunt in 2004 to demand a charter commission to review the Memphis city charter and correct a set of...

We thought you might enjoy this fascinating look at the impact and future of blogs. Ignore them at your peril. To read the Business Week article, click here.

It’s often been said that there’s no Republican or Democratic way to pick up the garbage.Apparently, that also applies to reaching agreement with Bass Pro Shop. It appears that a liberal Democratic City Councilman – Shea Flinn –...