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December 2021
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About Town About Town: Residents welcome Orange Mound community center
RedZone Ministries Opportunity Zone Center is due to break ground in December and will house a large recreation facility, game room, cafe, multipurpose room, classrooms and offices.
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Downtown Downtown shop owners to film ‘Dreamers’ Revival’ TV show
During each season, the couple will help 13 local business owners spruce up their new shops with a minimum budget of $377 — the amount it cost them to fix up their storefront before it opened in the South Main Arts District in September 2016.
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About Town About Town: Inside the Memphis Medical District’s transformation
The Memphis Medical District is currently undergoing a transformation with several private and public developments and redevelopments in the works.
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Spirit of Memphis Church hosts gas giveaway for Raleigh-Frayser
Brown Missionary Baptist Church, which is based in DeSoto County, is hosting a Gas Up for Blessings event in Frayser, Saturday, Dec. 18.
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About Town About Town: ASD releases 4 Frayser schools but it has little to do with gains
Four Frayser schools will soon return to Shelby County Schools after a 10-year turnover with the Achievement School District, run by the Tennessee Department of Education.
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Health Care St. Jude postpones A.W. Willis parking garage application
ALSAC/St. Jude revealed at a community meeting Thursday evening that they are holding their application for its proposed parking garage for an additional 30 days.
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Midtown ‘Santa’s Workshop’ gives Binghampton kids, their families gift of the holidays
During a “high-pressure season,” the Binghampton Development Corporation’s annual “Greatest Gift” Christmas store offers families toys at heavily discounted prices.
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North Memphis Artist rolls into Summer Avenue, ready for street’s new chapter
A new gallery and studio space, owned by architect and artist Brantley Ellzey, has opened on Summer Avenue in the Highland Heights neighborhood.
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South Memphis New community center will soon break ground in Orange Mound
The RedZone Ministries Opportunity Zone Center will stand at 30,000 square feet and will house a large recreation facility, game room, cafe, multi-purpose room, classrooms and offices.
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North Memphis Binghampton’s Business Hub boosts job skills, recycling
‘We can launch 30 graduates a year, possibly 40 a year, into industries and living-wage careers,” said Noah Gray, executive director of Binghampton Development Corp.
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North Memphis North Memphis residents to receive job training opportunities
Memphis Medical District Collaborative partners with Whole Child Strategies to bring information about training and hiring opportunities to residents.
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Spirit of MemphisBlack Men Crowned event to ‘put Memphis on the map in a positive way’
The awards show dedicated to honoring Memphis Black men and their accomplishments will be held Dec. 9 at the National Civil Rights Museum.
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South Memphis Neighborhood leaders oppose workforce housing project in Whitehaven
Michael O. Harris of GWERC sent a letter of opposition to the City of Memphis regarding One Stop Housing LLC’s proposed project that would convert the former Red Roof Inn hotel on Elvis Presley to workforce housing.
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South Memphis Funding for South Memphis projects takes big step forward
Neighborhoods that would receive the tax-increment financing would include Soulsville/South Bellevue, South Third/Gaston Park area, French Fort, South City and South Main/South End.
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South Memphis Young Dolph could have Memphis street named for him
Memphis Councilman JB Smiley plans to sponsor a Memphis City Council resolution naming a street after the rapper.
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About Town About Town: Pedestrians hit twice with ‘Naming’ vandalism
But there may be a small silver lining after most of the art installation was destroyed.
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Metro MATA celebrates Rosa Parks Day
The United States has celebrated Rosa Parks Day since 2000, and each year transit systems around the country recognize her stance.
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North MemphisOfficials near final plans for Summer Avenue improvements
Summer Avenue may soon receive some much-needed improvements between East Parkway and I-240 to become a “complete street” that is safer for everyone, including drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists.
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November 2021
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About Town About Town: What a week for Whitehaven
This week was a busy one for Whitehaven as it wrapped up its appreciation week, Elvis Presley Boulevard received new Christmas ornaments, and a restaurant moved locations.
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South Memphis New Christmas ornament decorations hang in Whitehaven
Ornaments shaped like snowmen, stars, poinsettias and snowflakes hang on light poles along Elvis Presley between East Brooks Road and East Shelby Drive.
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North Memphis Immigrant families receive free Thanksgiving dinner
Su Casa gave boxes of turkey, produce and canned goods to families who attend the ministry’s adult English classes and bilingual preschool programs in Berclair.
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Spirit of Memphis Kosten Foundation honors lives lost to pancreatic cancer
To honor lives lost, nearly two dozen people affected by pancreatic cancer gathered at Cancer Survivor’s Park on World Pancreatic Cancer Day.
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North Memphis Klondike-Smokey City to get fall cleaning
The organization will enlist the help from volunteers in the community and from four partner organizations to give the neighborhood a good fall cleaning.
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South Memphis Urge to preserve early Black inventors’ stories fuels author’s work
Debra Rich, a cosmetologist and active community member in South Memphis and Horn Lake, spent years researching these inventors and published her findings in “Black Inventors Who Changed History” this year.
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