Author: Smart City Memphis

Here’s the most telling statistic from the election for Memphis Mayor:* Willie W. Herenton 16.38 percent* Carol Chumney 13.35 percent* Herman Morris 8.21 percentThose are the percentages of the total number of Memphis registered...

In light of yesterday’s election, we reprise a post from three months ago. We’ll have more to say on the elections in the coming days, but we need to start thinking now about where we’ll find the new faces and...

A few months ago, we asked you for a list of Memphis’ great streets and neighborhoods as a result of American Planning Association’s project to find the best in the U.S. We thought you might be interested in who made...

Many things influence the way we experience the urban environment – the history of the place, certainly its form, others who share the space with us, even the sounds and smells. Our guests this week are shaping urban...

Well, we guess you have to start somewhere.But it would seem that only in Germantown would eating on a restaurant patio constitute a blow for smart growth.And yet, four G’town businesses are willing to take this bold step in...

Schools don’t report crimes accurately and this prevents a clear picture of the scope of the problem, 27 state attorneys general said recently.Hopefully, Memphis City Schools isn’t part of this pattern of inaccurate reporting....

The real story about the millions of dollars of food thrown out by Memphis City Schools is yet to come out, according to inspectors at Memphis and Shelby County Health Department.The party line from the district is that too much...

While we seem to be unenthusiastically backing into choosing a mayor for Memphis for the next four years, Nashville is saying farewell to one who showed what a highly effective, highly engaged mayor can accomplish.From his...

It’s a given that regions are the competitive units for the global economy, but while Memphis still struggles to come to grips with what this really means, a new reality is unfolding to complicate our competitiveness even...

Two new reports are out from CEOs for Cities, and their authors are with us this week to discuss their findings.Charles Leadbeater, who consults worldwide on innovation strategy, suggests that cities now face problems more like...