New Agape report highlights poverty reduction, workforce efforts
Agape is making progress in reducing poverty for families it serves in Frayser, Hickory Hill and Whitehaven, but its CEO says there are still "huge systemic matters to be addressed."
Elle Perry
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October 2019
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Business Meet the 3 Memphis ‘Summer of Acceleration’ companies
There is a history of Memphis startups entering the Summer of Acceleration and three more are spreading their wings in the incubator intensive right now.
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Business UpSkill901 career fair provides access to employers, resources
The career fair is part of a Greater Memphis Chamber effort to “upskill” 10,000 people for jobs in the Memphis market.
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November 2019
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South Memphis Work to begin on third, fourth phases of Foote Park at South City
Construction on the third phase of Foote Park at South City on the west side of Danny Thomas Boulevard is to be completed by June 2021.
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South Memphis Meet the Orange Mound Task Force
Orange Mound homeowners saw property values decrease by 26% from 2009-2019.
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South Memphis EDGE approves Orange Mound Superlo loan
The Superlo loan is identical to one granted by the same body last year for a new Cash Saver in Southgate Shopping Center.
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South Memphis Stepherson Inc. applies for PILOT for Orange Mound Superlo
With the Orange Mound location, Stepherson Inc. will operate nine grocery stores in the Memphis area, including one in Southaven, Mississippi.
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South Memphis South Memphis Alliance warehouse lands first tenant
The Shelby County Health Department will operate its Commodity Supplemental Food Program from the warehouse at 1020 S. Bellevue Blvd.
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Business Nonprofit Slingshot Memphis taking its poverty-fighting algorithm to Paris
Slingshot Memphis has grown from four partner organizations to 17 in three years and has tripled the funds going to these partners to help reduce poverty.
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South Memphis Aretha Franklin birthplace ‘very stable,’ receiver says
South Memphis Renewal CDC executive director and court-appointed receiver of Aretha Franklin's birthplace said the property at 408 Lucy Ave. is “very stable now.”
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South Memphis Porter-Leath plans early childhood academies in Orange Mound, Hickory Hill after Frayser
Porter-Leath opened its first Early Childhood Academy in 2017 in South Memphis.
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Neighborhoods Orange Mound Task Force holds first meeting
Shelby County Assessor Melvin Burgess said that the task force would go on a tour of the area.
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South Memphis Why a South Memphis CDC is turning vacant lots into a park
The Works Inc. owns several vacant lots around its South Memphis office in ZIP code 38106.
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South Memphis Snowflake streetscape decorations installed in Orange Mound
Claudette Boyd, president of the Orange Mound Parade Committee, said the effort will ensure Orange Mound “is not left out of the (holiday) celebration.”
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South Memphis Westwood youth shelter planned, apartment owner seeks future assurances
An emergency shelter is planned in Westwood; in Midtown and the Medical District, a property owner is requesting its apartment buildings be "legitimized."
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South Memphis Memphis teens learn about entrepreneurship
Memphis organizations held youth-focused Global Entrepreneurship Week events.
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South Memphis Memphis neighborhoods promote shopping local on Black Friday and throughout the holidays
Organizations and businesses in several Memphis neighborhoods are employing different tactics to encourage holiday consumers to shop there.
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South Memphis Soulsville climbing gym adds vegan brunch
Film director Tom Shadyac opened the indoor rock-climbing gym in March 2018. It is now offering a vegan brunch every third Sunday adjacent to its "Juice Almighty" juice bar.
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December 2019
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South Memphis Muggin’ Coffeehouse plans January opening
Muggin' Coffeehouse was one of two building permit applications filed recently for Whitehaven.
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Spirit of Memphis Fred Davis, Charles and Patra Temple receive Southwest Foundation honors
Southwest's foundation honored Fred Davis, Charles and Patra Temple, student scholarship recipients, sponsors and donors.
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Metro LeMoyne-Owen students protest dismissal of administrator Strayhorn
Student government association leads protest at LeMoyne-Owen College after learning vice president of academic & student affairs Dr. Terrell Strayhorn and other college administrators were fired by president Carol Johnson-Dean.
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South Memphis St. Jude call center at LeMoyne-Owen to expand
A $300,000 project will expand a donor call center for ALSAC on the college’s campus that first opened in March 2018.
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South Memphis Amid turmoil, LeMoyne-Owen receives interim accreditation review
LeMoyne-Owen College’s interim president is pleased with feedback from the school's accreditation body.
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South Memphis Orange Mound Task Force votes to create neighborhood authority
Creating the authority would require City Council and County Commission approval. The task force will also ask that all Shelby County Land Bank-owned properties in Orange Mound be turned over to the authority.
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Health Care Senior medical centers coming to Whitehaven, Sea Isle
ChenMed plans to open multiple locations in each of its five new markets, including three in Memphis.
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