Author: Smart City Memphis

Would someone in city or county governments please buy copies of the current issue of Fast Company for members of the Memphis and Shelby County Industrial Development Board?While you are at it, mark the article, “Rise of the...

The current controversy about the FedExForum garage is quickly becoming about more than why plans were changed and how $6.3 million in federal funds were lost. There are resurrected questions about the contract between Memphis...

Dell Inc. is expanding its Nashville operations by as many as 1,000 employees, adding to 3,500-person workforce that has grown there since the computer giant started its $200 million Middle Tennessee operations in 1999. For the...

It is the fundamental nature of negotiations that they are always susceptible to second guessing by anyone not involved directly in them. That’s the case whether the negotiation is for the sale of a business or for construction...

Some weeks, newspaper articles make for an interesting point-counterpoint.That’s certainly the case this week. One day, the city attorney says that a loss of $6.3 million in federal funding for air quality improvements has “very...

Business Week reports this week on a new innovations workshops to help cities and they will involve Memphis:Detroit, reeling from decades of auto-industry layoffs and a dwindling population, has a new plan for stimulating...

From Forbes magazine this week comes this report on the PILOT program that waives more than $50 million a year (city and county taxes combined; this article only addresses city tax freezes):States and cities lure businesses with...

Located as we are near the foot of Union Avenue, we have a front row seat as witnesses for the consternation and confusion felt by visitors when they wander down from the Peabody Hotel and nearby restaurants to experience the...

Memphis is # 345 on a list of world cities with the most people.Memphis is # 70 on a list of world cities with the largest land areas.Memphis is tied at # 638 on a list of world cities with the highest densities.A study of...

See if this sounds familiar:* New school construction is dramatically raising property taxes.* New schools are used to attract families with students to sprawling areas.* Building new facilities to combat overcrowding can...