$44.8 Million From Taxpayers To The Grizzlies: The Back Story
It is hard to cut through a simple, memorable narrative with the facts. One of these simple...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Apr 14, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Economic Development, Livability, Shelby County government | 0
It is hard to cut through a simple, memorable narrative with the facts. One of these simple...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 3, 2022 | Arts and Culture, Leadership, Livability | 0
OK, I admit it. I don’t listen to podcasts. It’s not about the podcasts; it’s about me. I don’t...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 2, 2022 | Arts and Culture, Livability | 1
Three months ago, Iris Orchestra announced that it would disband at the end of this, its 22nd...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 28, 2022 | Livability | 0
By John Branston Dateline: PASS CHRISTIAN Here on the Mississippi gulf coast we are headed full...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Sep 23, 2021 | Livability, Trends and Issues | 0
By John Branston Sometimes the obvious...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Aug 30, 2021 | Downtown Revitalization, Leadership, Livability, Planning and Urban Design | 0
What Memphis often seems to lack most is an urban sensibility, that is, a widely understood and...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Aug 26, 2021 | Data Points, Livability | 0
The National Low Income Housing Coalition has released the 2021 version of its Out of Reach report...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Aug 19, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Economic Development, Livability, Politics and Government, Shelby County government, Talent, Uncategorized | 0
Thumbnail: The consolidation campaign has adopted a jobs theme, but government structure has nothing to do with economic success. The two facts that determine economic success are talent and livability, and Memphis and Shelby County lacks the consensus program to improve educational attainment and to create a livable community
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | May 24, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Livability, Parks and Greening | 0
Thumbnail: Accelerate Memphis could be the jump start that the Memphis parks master plan needs, kicking off what could be the city’s return to one of the country’s great park systems. Today, it is ranked 88th out of 97 cities and to climb to the middle of the rankings, it needs more and varied facilities and more acreage for parks.
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | May 14, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Civil Rights, Livability, Neighborhoods | 0
Thumbnail: The Byhalia Pipeline mobilizes a well-funded PR and government lobbying program to convince Memphians to sell out their neighbors in Boxtown and Southwest Memphis. Amid the flurry of talking points, one answer is missing: how does this pipeline help the people of Boxtown?
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 9, 2021 | Arts and Culture, Downtown Revitalization, Leadership, Livability, Talent | 0
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.
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.
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