Germantown
Germantown to develop detailed citywide roadmap
Germantown is working to develop its first true major road plan. The city’s last review of its roadways was in the 1990s.
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Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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Germantown is working to develop its first true major road plan. The city’s last review of its roadways was in the 1990s.
Aldermen approved the first 150 homes and amenities for the Glasgow development, the first steps in the plan for the former Germantown Country Club.
Boyle’s proposal for 242 townhomes and row houses was denied by Germantown’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Monday.
Collierville leaders could soon take action impacting the future of a Confederate relic in Town Square Park. Town staff is preparing a proposal for the board to consider later this year.
Collierville leaders reviewed a large mixed-use development in the southwest portion of the suburb.
As Germantown and Memphis-Shelby County School leaders debate the ownership and operation of three schools within Germantown city limits, they differ on a 2013 settlement’s role in the matter.
Amid an FBI investigation coming to a head, lawmakers found time to advance Gov. Bill Lee’s school funding overhaul.
Collierville leaders did not move forward with their pursuit of a parking garage north of the Town Square and the contract for the project has expired.
This week, Arooj Aftab and Bang on a Can All-Stars perform at Crosstown Theater, Pussii Dusse’s music and art come to the Benjamin L. Hooks Library, bluegrass is back on the Collierville Town Square and the Metal Museum puts on “RINGS!”
Tennessee’s House of Representatives will likely soon vote on a bill affecting the ownership and operation of Germantown High, Middle and Elementary schools.
“We’ve really got a problem,” Mayor Stan Joyner said, adding the town is “searching for solutions.”
A permit is currently pending with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation for Topgolf Memphis.
Tennessee senators delayed action on a bill impacting Germantown’s namesake schools. The bill will go before a house committee later this week.
Tennessee senators will vote on legislation affecting Germantown’s namesake schools next week. If the legislation becomes law, there is still much work on the local level.
A bill sending ownership and operation of Germantown Elementary, Germantown Middle and Germantown High schools from Memphis-Shelby County Schools to Germantown Schools passed the state’s Senate Education Committee Wednesday.
Topgolf looks like it might finally be headed to Memphis. An application for a large golf and entertainment venue was submitted to the Memphis and Shelby County Land Use Control Board.
Manjit Kaur will likely challenge Alderman Scott Sanders in Germantown’s November election.
IMC Companies chose Collierville for its new headquarters. The building in Schilling Farms is high-end and high-tech for about 400 employees.
Buddy Billings remembers when Collierville was less than 4,000 people. After 44 years, he’s ending his career in the town he loves.
Germantown Half Marathon and Mayor’s Cup 5K is back after a year hiatus, causing a number of street closures in the northern part of the city.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen is looking at possible revisions in light of The Parke at Houston Levee.
Germantown Municipal Schools District hired a demographer who predicts little growth, which doesn’t help efforts to control Germantown Elementary, Germantown Middle School and Germantown High.
Gov. Bill Lee was present for a night where Collierville celebrated the best of its community.
Legislation that would transfer ownership of Germantown’s namesake schools from MSCS to the suburb is under consideration again by state lawmakers.
The 25-acre Viridian project sits on 25 acres in the southwest quadrant of the suburb, and the residential options will be for rent.