Beale Street Landing: Paying For Itself And Then Some
Thumbnail: Beale Street Landing, when the river cruise industry is not hobbled by COVID-19,...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 4, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Economic Development, Taxation, Tourism | 0
Thumbnail: Beale Street Landing, when the river cruise industry is not hobbled by COVID-19,...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 25, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Livability, Neighborhoods | 0
Thumbnail: Memphis Food Waste Project has set an audacious goal for the next years but with an active collaboration, there is hope that it will contribute to reducing Memphis’ carbon footprint while reducing food waste in a city where three out of four people live in food desserts.
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 10, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Civil Rights, Neighborhoods, Shelby County government | 0
Thumbnail: The Byhalia Pipeline mobilizes a well-funded PR and government lobbying program to...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 5, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Economic Development, Shelby County government, Taxation | 0
My op-ed published in The Commercial Appeal February 2, 2021: There’s little in our over reliance...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jan 28, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Shelby County government | 0
Thumbnail: A new administration in Washington offers new hope for cities who have spent four years...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jan 26, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Planning and Urban Design | 0
Thumbnail: Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s $200 million investments in Memphis will ripple...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jan 4, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Economic Development, Shelby County government | 0
Thumbnail: The new year offers a continuation of the challenges brought by COVID, demonstrates the importance of leadership, threatens marquee downtown projects, and points toward the next mayor’s election.
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 18, 2020 | City of Memphis Government | 0
Thumbnail: Now, 2,500 is the number of police officers Memphis needs, and it’s the number...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 16, 2020 | City of Memphis Government | 0
Thumbnail: Meeting after meeting, Memphis City Council continues to use “same day minutes” to skirt public discussions. It’s simply become a way for a member to advance a resolution, vote on it, and to get the minutes approved at the same meeting. There was a time when it was used for major issues, and even then, it was a way to sidestep robust public debate and it rewarded questions brought to the Council at the 11th hour.
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 11, 2020 | City of Memphis Government, Poverty, Shelby County government, Taxation | 0
EDGE Tax Subsidies For Apartment Developers: The following data are from MLK50.com articles about...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 9, 2020 | City of Memphis Government, Economic Development, Neighborhoods, Shelby County government | 0
Thumbnail: Memphis is blessed to have passionate, committee leaders fighting for the future of their neighborhoods like Quincey Morris of Klondike/Smokey City. She speaks truth to power, she stands resolutely for neighborhoods, and she represents the kind of leadership found throughout Memphis.
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 7, 2020 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Economic Development, Poverty | 0
Thumbnail: It’s not like we haven’t been warned about the racial disparity in income, thje poverty, the economic segregation, etc. This blog post from 15 years ago also suggests that we shouldn’t allow our enthusiasm about downtown’s progress to obscure the sluggish economic growth that continues to be a drag on our trajectory. It also suggests that our rhetoric regularly outstrips our actions to improve things, or we wouldn’t still be talking about the need to address some of these issues today.
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