Mayor visits derelict structures getting ‘Blight Zero’ demolition
Mayor Paul Young speaks to the press with the Blight Zero team behind him at the initiative kickoff at St. John Missionary Baptist Church. (Submitted)
Memphis Mayor Paul Young and members of the Blight Zero team filed into a bus and rode to the sites of several active or recent demolitions on Friday, Sept. 20.
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CJ Davis Memphis Mayor Paul Young Douglass Vanessa Luellen Blight Zero Greater First Baptist ChurchStevie Paige
Stevie Paige is a graduate of the University of Memphis where she served as managing editor and editor-in-chief of The Daily Helmsman. A native Memphian, born to local musicians, Stevie has written for several regional magazines and news publications and has performed at venues across the city.
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