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Note: I am proud to once again write the City Journal column for Memphis magazine. The following...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Mar 3, 2025 | Economic Development, Education, Talent, Uncategorized
Note: I am proud to once again write the City Journal column for Memphis magazine. The following...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 27, 2025 | John Branston
By John Branston One billion. A big number. 1000 million. Once used only in famous quotes by...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 24, 2025 | Federal Government
There are those people who regularly say that government should operate like a business, but there...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 20, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Shelby County government, Taxation
Memphis City Council is poised to raise the city hotel-motel tax to its maximum of 4.0%, an...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 17, 2025 | John Branston, Sports
By John Branston The Super Bowl is over. Nothing like it, eh? Actually there is, or rather there...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Cartoonist Bill Day never fails to prove the point that a picture – in his case, a cartoon – is...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
There is no argument any longer that sprawl has been the bane of existence for Shelby County. ...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 10, 2025 | Data Points, Health
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a program of University of Wisconsin Population Health...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 5, 2025 | Federal Government, Federal Policy, Uncategorized
His first coup attempt did not succeed, but that’s not to say the one now underway won’t. As...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Feb 3, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, John Branston, Politics and Government
By John Branston The line forms this week outside the door of Mayor Paul Young’s office on...
Read Moreby Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →
Since 2005, this has been Smart City Consulting’s blog with the aim of connecting the dots and providing perspective on issues and policies shaping Memphis. Editor and primary author is Tom Jones, columnist at Memphis magazine, author of two books and a museum exhibition, and consultant on public policy and strategic planning. Smart City Memphis was called one of the most intriguing blogs in the U.S. by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change; The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal wrote: “Smart City Memphis provides some of the most well-thought-out thinking about Memphis’ past, present, and future you’ll find anywhere,” and the Memphis Flyer said: “This incredibly well-written blog sets out to solves the city’s ills – from the mayor to MATA – with out-of-the-box thinking, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ideas.” If you have questions, submissions, or ideas for posts, please email Tom Jones, at tjones@smartcityconsulting.com.