Drop-in center will offer rest, food, safety for prostitutes
Whitney Fullerton, administrative assistant of The Lisieux Community, sorts through donated clothes Oct. 7, 2020 to give to the prostitutes the nonprofit provides aid for. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The transaction shows a typical real estate exchange: $225,000 for a property near Summer Avenue. But the plan for the building may be like nothing Memphis has seen before.
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Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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