Calkins: Tommy Pacello would’ve been 45 today. A new fellowship helps continue his work.
Tommy Pacello (center) died from pancreatic cancer in November 2020. This year, his friends are starting the Tommy Pacello Placemaking Fellowship in his honor to help people who are doing the city revitilization work he was passionate about. (The Daily Memphian file)
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Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
Nearly two years after Tommy Pacello died of pancreatic cancer, his friends and colleagues are celebrating the visionary city planner’s birthday by unveiling a fellowship that will support his work.
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