Honoring and Remembering Tommy Pacello
Anyone who ever met Tommy Pacello knows that the ULI award named in his honor is well-deserved and...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 23, 2023 | Livability, Planning and Urban Design, Uncategorized | 0
Anyone who ever met Tommy Pacello knows that the ULI award named in his honor is well-deserved and...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 2, 2023 | Planning and Urban Design, Transportation | 1
The following commentary was published in The Hill and is written by Jeff Speck. He is a city...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jan 9, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Planning and Urban Design, Poverty, State Government | 2
One person appeared to be missing from the ribbon-cutting to open the Memphis Sports and Events...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 28, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Planning and Urban Design, Shelby County government, Taxation | 0
Because little has changed since I wrote two articles in October, 2020, for MLK50.com about...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Aug 22, 2022 | Livability, Neighborhoods, Planning and Urban Design | 0
The Central Gardens Annual Home and Garden Tour returns after its COVID hiatus on Sunday,...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Aug 18, 2022 | Livability, Planning and Urban Design | 0
By Owen Traw Why would you turn down $20 billion to lower fossil fuel emissions? You wouldn’t,...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jun 14, 2022 | Planning and Urban Design, Regionalism | 2
Almost 15 years ago, the headline on this blog was “Super Regions Bring Super-sized Challenges for...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | May 23, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Planning and Urban Design, Trends and Issues | 0
Memphis has made some monumental decisions and because of it, it’s on the leading edge of a movement. At a time when most cities are still coming to grips with whether their monuments skew their real histories, our community...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 31, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Planning and Urban Design, Shelby County government, Taxation | 0
The last blog apost reported on how the Memphis region will spend more on higher gas prices than...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 21, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Economic Development, Planning and Urban Design, Tourism, Uncategorized | 0
By John Branston Here’s the question: are downtowns — here and elsewhere — in...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 18, 2021 | Leadership, Planning and Urban Design | 0
ULI MEMPHIS TAPS TONYA MEEKS, NEW DISTRICT COUNCIL COORDINATOR ULI MEMPHIS SERVES AS CONVENING...
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 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.