Author: Smart City Memphis

It’s always a good day when our work leads to an article on page one of the New York Times, as it did Saturday, when it was reported that Atlanta was launching a new campaign to attract the “Young and Restless.”Basing its...

Memphis was a star of the Progressive Era a century ago, building a national reputation for parks, parkways and city beautiful programs that ushered in an era of economic growth.History does indeed repeat itself, but normally,...

Revisiting a post from earlier this spring:Everybody’s all for government acting more businesslike until it affects their special cause. This comes to mind when we listen to some of the arguments from grassroots leaders who...

Teach For America is a national corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit to teach in our nation’s public schools for two years. Earlier this year we talked with two Teach for America corps members, Donique...

There are times when Tennessee’s annexation laws seem as much a curse as a blessing. And because it’s hard to decide which category the proposed annexation of Southeast Shelby County falls into, it’s time to put it on hold for...

Many communities owe their existence to the routing first, of the railroad, later, of the highway, and then of the interstate. Transportation is fundamental to land values and the way communities grow.This week’s guests...

The blowup about a second Juvenile Court Judge seems destined to become a defining moment for the Democratic-controlled Shelby County Board of Commissioners.Finally, after 15 years as the minority party, they achieved the...

Los Angeles — Planetizen, the leading news and information website for the urban planning, design and development community, has partnered with Smart City Radio to produce a monthly segment airing on public radio stations...

The release each year by the Tennessee Department of Education of its State Report Card is accompanied by celebration and rhetoric about improving schools, but it’s the educational equivalent of the Detroit Tigers popping the...

The Memphis Regional Chamber is back from the brink. With a vengence.Just slightly more than a year ago, the city’s lead economic development agency was looking for a new president, and it was uncertain which would come first...