New neighborhoods division would consolidate some city functions

By , Daily Memphian Updated: January 22, 2025 7:20 AM CT | Published: January 21, 2025 6:36 PM CT

The Division of Neighborhood Improvements was outlined as a more focused approach to persistent blight in the city’s residential areas. City Council members want to know more about the latest shift in the city’s blight strategy.

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Memphis City Council Memphis Neighborhood Improvements Division Antonio Adams Walter Person Chase Carlisle Rhonda Logan

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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