Our Era of Yes! (?)
By John Branston The line forms this week outside the door of Mayor Paul Young’s office on...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 3, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, John Branston | 3
By John Branston The line forms this week outside the door of Mayor Paul Young’s office on...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jan 15, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Economic Development, Planning and Urban Design, Politics and Government, Poverty, Taxation, Tennessee Legislature | 0
The following blog posts were the most read in 2024: 1) City Council’s New Salary-Setting Power...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 18, 2024 | City of Memphis Government | 2
Elon Musk’s supercomputer project and 86 other MLGW industrial customers pay a discounted rate for...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 9, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Shelby County government, Tourism | 0
Guests in Memphis hotels regularly suffer from sticker shock when they check out. That’s because...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 2, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Parks and Greening, Transportation | 0
There are so many reasons to take a new and bold look at the street network in downtown Memphis,...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 25, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Federal Government | 0
The 3,000 residents of Boxtown on the east side of the Horn Lake Cutoff in southwest Memphis know...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 20, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Leadership | 0
So, now, Memphians will see if they have put the foxes in charge of the henhouse. That’s...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 18, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Health, John Branston | 0
By John Branston Bill Bryson is the author of The Body, A Guide for Occupants, an informative and...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 12, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 0
The majority of Memphis zip codes have recorded declines in crimes. It’s a trend line that...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 28, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Parks and Greening | 2
The Daily Memphian headline got it wrong. It said Memphis parks are in the top 1% of city parks...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 16, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Shelby County government, Taxation | 0
Only one county in the United States gave away more tax money in the form of business incentives...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 14, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization | 1
Even if you supported the purchase of the Sheraton Hotel, as I did, the speed in which it rushed...
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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 at Memphis magazine, author of two books and a museum exhibition, and consultant on public policy and strategic planning. 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: “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.