Thumbnail: Projects on the horizon – Tom Lee Park’s transformation, The Walk at Union construction, a new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the projects of the Downtown Memphis Commission – position the city for a burst of momentum unseen in decades. Carl Person is at the center of much of it, and he’s the subject of today’s blog post.
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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.
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Thumbnail: While other cities are closing cities because of COVID and to improve the quality of life, Memphis City Council is focused on Riverside Drive and it asking the wrong question.
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Thumbnail: Memphis Medical District Collaborative has hired a Chief Operating Officer with a...
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Thumbnail: Public places like the riverfront can be powerful engines for equity, economy, and...
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Thumbnail: The Board of Adjustment vote on the proposed gas station/convenience store in the Broad Avenue Arts District is about more than a project. It is a vote on whether the vision captured in Memphis 3.0 it more than empty words.
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Thumbnail: Jan Gehl, influential architect of cities for people rather than cars and for vibrant public spaces reflects on 60 years of work, and his colleagues endorsed a world-class riverfront park for a world-class riverfront.
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Thumbnail: Memphis lags significantly behind comparable cities in its investment in affordable housing. If it halved the $19.3 million increase in the police and fire budgets and used that half to fund bonds, it could invest $106 million to address the city’s serious affordable housing deficit.
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Thumbnail: Memphis can be a leader in a movement that downsizes or removes waterfront streets to improve quality of life. Downtown Commission’s Master Plan calls for a reevaluation and a possible road diet for Riverside Drive.
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Thumbnail: Levitt Shell weathers the brutal financial storm caused by Covid-19 and prepares for a city without concerts and festivals this year while looking ahead to better days.
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File this under the high cost of being poor. Just when you think low-income families have dealt...
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In light of the proposal to increase the county wheel tax by $20 to create new funding for...
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