Author: Smart City Memphis

While we’ve talked often on the show about sustainability, there are two related topics that haven’t had much attention: cycling as an alternative means of transportation and landscaping using sustainable...

As a show of support for the International Blues Challenge that we spotlighted last week, Chuck Porter of WEVL fame is posting updates here from the IBC, one of this city’s signature music events. Here’s the latest...

It must be easy being Shelby County Commissioner Wyatt Bunker. He never really has to be for anything or offer any real solutions. Instead, he just engages in his dependable political pandering: No tax increases, cut the fat,...

As a show of support for the International Blues Challenge that we spotlighted last week, Chuck Porter of WEVL fame is posting updates here from the IBC, one of this city’s signature music events. Here’s the latest...

As a show of support for the International Blues Challenge that we spotlighted last week, Chuck Porter of WEVL fame is posting updates here from the IBC, one of this city’s signature music events. Here’s the latest...

Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton has now taken the new stadium off the front burner, and in its place, he’s now put forth an idea equally vexing – another expansion for the Memphis Cook Convention Center or a new...

As a show of support for the International Blues Challenge that we spotlighted last week, Chuck Porter of WEVL fame is posting updates here from the IBC, one of this city’s signature music events. Here’s the first,...

Sometimes, it seems like the board of commissioners for Memphis City Schools finds it hard to take a step in the right direction without first shooting themselves in the foot. That was certainly the case with its recent decision...

If we’re not careful, aerotropolis will fall victim to its own hype.It’s hard to remember a concept that has had as much build up as quickly as the notion that Memphis can be the home of North America’s first true aerotropolis....

To follow up yesterday’s post about the importance of keeping children in cities, here’s a report by CEOs for Cities, which commissioned the Institute of Design to “get beyond the obvious to help us understand...