Author: Smart City Memphis

We don’t find many occasions when we agree with Tennessee Representative Brian Kelsey.On his worse days, he comes across as an inveterate publicity hound, and on his best days, he comes across as youthfully doctrinaire. But in...

One of the best things about going to college is that we’re asked questions that lead us to see life in new ways and to ask our own provocative questions so we can make the best possible choices for ourselves.But, while these...

To help out the American Planning Association’s Great Places in America campaign to find America’s 10 great streets and 10 great neighborhoods, we are looking for the best of Memphis.Here’s what you suggested, so...

This week, we’re trying to help out the American Planning Association’s Great Places in America campaign to find America’s 10 great streets and 10 great neighborhoods. That’s why we’re asking...

Urban redevelopment has been fun to watch over the past decade. Surprising projects are popping up everywhere, and our guests this week are behind some of the most interesting.Eve Picker is transforming Pittsburgh’s...

The weekly question in our suggestion box generated a lot of interest, not to mention some really perceptive comments. That’s as it should be, because all of us need to be doing whatever it takes to revitalize Whitehaven.Here’s...

A few weeks ago, we praised the Winchester Park/Intown Charrette, and we were asked when the report from the charrette would be released.Here’s the answer: the “post-charrette paper” will be released at 4:30...

Our question of the week is inspired by the American Planning Association’s Great Places in America program. This year, it’s looking for 10 great streets and 10 great neighborhoods to be recognized later this year for the way...

About one in five of the “No Deals” cases of the Shelby County Attorney General’s Office ends up in deals or they are dismissed. That’s the word from insiders in the prosecutors’ office who say the program is rooted as much in...

So far, our question of the week isn’t inspiring much interest, and in case you’re still thinking about it, what are the impact of the aerotropolis concept on Whitehaven?We hope you’ll weigh in, and as a...