Making MLK-Riverside The Grand Place It Should Be
Photo: Postcard of Riverside Park circa 1925 The Young Administration’s recently announced...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Aug 19, 2024 | Neighborhoods, Parks and Greening
Photo: Postcard of Riverside Park circa 1925 The Young Administration’s recently announced...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Aug 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Former Memphian and Commercial Appeal cartoonist Bill Day is the recipient of numerous...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Aug 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Note: All of us who have pets know they are in fact special members of the family. Because of it,...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Aug 15, 2024 | Data Points, Media
The following are the number of visits to local and selected media websites for July 2024 and the...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Aug 12, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Parks and Greening
It may have taken 100 years to create the riverfront Memphis deserves, but the administration of...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Aug 8, 2024 | John Branston, Media
By John Branston The Atlantic Monthly magazine has a clever, timely cover story boasting that it...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Aug 5, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Civil Rights, Shelby County government, Tennessee Legislature
There’s a tendency in our community for pessimism to overwhelm signs of progress and for negative...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Aug 1, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice, Tennessee Legislature
Authoritarian politicians hate nothing more than when their rhetoric is factchecked. The recent...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 29, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Economic Development
The earlier Smart City Memphis post, June 12: Memphis and Musk While our daily newspapers have...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 27, 2024 | Cartoons
Former Memphian and Commercial Appeal cartoonist Bill Day is the recipient of numerous...
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, author of two books, and consultant on public policy. 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 that “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.