Portion of Germantown’s Arthur property finds no takers in tax sale
The Arthur family has 32 acres zoned for urban development. However, they have not found a buyer and Andrew Arthur is behind more than $650,000 on taxes.
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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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The Arthur family has 32 acres zoned for urban development. However, they have not found a buyer and Andrew Arthur is behind more than $650,000 on taxes.
Thornwood in Germantown is looking to add another hotel and office to the existing hotel, retail and residential uses already present in the mixed-use development. Spence Ray hopes to seek Planning Commission approval in December.
Carrefour at The Gateway, a mixed-use development including retail, hotel, office and multi-family components, was endorsed by Germantown's Planning Commission Tuesday.
Six Riverdale students spent a couple hours of their day off school Tuesday visiting senior residents and participating in a spell-off. The winners will participate in a Memphis-area spelling bee next week.
Germantown Municipal School District students got the day off Tuesday while their teachers participated in training designed to prevent bullying.
Houston High School in Germantown, with a 26.3, has given the Germantown Municipal School District the highest average ACT score among Tennessee public school districts, according to information released Monday by the state.
The state's first rainbow crosswalk has been unveiled in Cooper-Young.
Collierville Public Services crews are narrowing access to Frank Road Tuesday to repair a broken waterline.
Germantown Municipal School District is hoping gardening teaches students with special needs skills they can use past their time at Houston High. A grant from the Germantown Education Foundation helps fund Harvest Houston.
Despite the weekend’s less-than-ideal weather, artists, vendors and craft-seekers gathered on Riverside Drive for the annual RiverArtsFest.
Collierville's Board of Mayor and Aldermen met with the town's Board of Education Tuesday and identified six finalists for the school board seat being vacated by state Rep. Kevin Vaughan.
Collierville is asking residents willing to serve in the community to apply for boards and commissions.
About 200 artists from across the country offered crafts including handmade jewelry, paintings, pottery and sculptures for the 12th RiverArtsFest.
Suburban police departments have been able to recruit and retain officers in recent years. The pay and opportunities vary in the suburbs, which face different challenges than Memphis.
Germantown is considering appointments of Taylor Cates and Nicholas Pierotti to vacant prosecutor positions.
Residents expressed favor and concern of Cannon, Austin & Cannon's proposed Carrefour at The Gateway. Developers expect to receive a formal recommendation for approval or rejection from the Germantown Planning Commission Nov. 5. Developers hope aldermen review the outline plan before the end of the year.
The Germantown Planning Commission is expected to consider at its Nov. 5 meeting recommending the city amend its Smart Growth guidelines to eliminate future single-use, standalone apartment developments.
Power restoration and other cleanup and repair efforts continued Wednesday, two days after an EF-1 tornado touched down in Southeast Memphis as part of a Monday morning storm system.
Germantown Municipal School District has opened its permanent central office on Forest Hill-Irene. The space offers an additional 20,000 square feet for district staff.
Family and friends remembered loved ones who served visiting the Vietnam Memorial Wall as it stopped in Collierville. Event organizers said 5,000 visited the wall during its stop in the Mid-South.
Happy Glaze Donuts opens Friday in Germantown, offering miniature made-to-order donuts.
John Porter is appealing the Collierville Planning Commission’s rejection of his Quinn Ridge development to the mayor and aldermen. The plan is for 400 lots on 177 acres of family-owned land.
A replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall will be in Collierville Thursday through Sunday at Central Church.
Latoshia Daniels entered a not guilty plea Wednesday. Daniels is accused in the shooting death of Brodes Perry, Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church executive pastor.
John Porter's proposed Quinn Ridge development failed to gain residential zoning approval from Collierville aldermen Monday night, effectively killing the project for now.