165 articles by Michael Waddell :

• October 2018

  • Dinstuhl's opening Collierville location just in time for holidays

    Things are about to get a whole lot sweeter in Collierville as Dinstuhl’s Fine Candy Company returns to town with the opening of a new store in the Poplar Square retail center.

    By Michael Waddell October 15, 2018

  • More senior living choices coming to Collierville

    From fully assisted living to semi-assisted to unassisted in age-restricted communities with amenities, five projects with senior living components are in various stages of development in Collierville.  

    By Michael Waddell October 08, 2018

  • Collierville Planning Commission endorses first step for 297-lot subdivision

    The Collierville Planning Commission last week agreed to a little give-and-take with developer Regency Homebuilders, the body approving a planned development for nearly 300 new homes on 95 acres near Carriage Crossing Marketplace. 

    By Michael Waddell October 07, 2018

  • TraVure moves closer to completion with final phase approval

    After a delay in construction, the ambitious $90 million TraVure mixed-use development on Germantown’s western border is moving to completion.  

    By Michael Waddell October 05, 2018

  • CarreFour gets initial endorsement on plan that could revise Germantown's western border

    Redevelopment of CarreFour at Kirby Woods near Germantown’s western gateway received its initial blessing from the suburb’s Planning Commission this week, setting in motion a possible new look to the city’s border along Poplar.

    By Michael Waddell October 03, 2018

  • Helping Hands: Neighborhood Christian Centers expands to Collierville

    Southeast Shelby County families hoping to break the cycle of poverty have new support in the community as nonprofit Neighborhood Christian Centers (NCC) Inc. has opened a satellite branch at St. Patrick Presbyterian Church in Collierville.  

    By Michael Waddell October 01, 2018

  • Houston High teacher's travels, approach gain recognition with regional award

    Michael Robinson has traveled to a lot of places in his life – journeys that have brought a fresh perspective and a unique vision to his social studies classes at Houston High in Germantown.

    By Michael Waddell October 01, 2018

• September 2018

  • Lost Pizza Co. expanding to Collierville Town Square

    Following steady growth over the past decade, including a successful location in East Memphis, Lost Pizza Co. is bringing its unique style and fresh, homemade food to the Collierville Town Square.

    By Michael Waddell September 25, 2018

  • Luter named to fill vacancy on Germantown school board

    With children in the Germantown Municipal School District, a leadership role in two of the suburb’s churches and a background of education in her family, the Rev. Rebecca Luter believes she brings the necessary traits to her new role on the suburb’s school board.

    By Michael Waddell September 25, 2018

  • Forest Hill-Irene Road improvements pave way for new school, development

    As part of new elementary school plans in Germantown, the suburb is turning the tree-lined, two-lane out-in-the-country-style Forest Hill-Irene Road into a four-lane thoroughfare with a landscaped median between Poplar Pike and Winchester.

    By Michael Waddell September 25, 2018

  • COOKING FOR COWBOYS

    Not very many people have spent a month on a working ranch sleeping under the stars, feeding cowboys three meals a day as they prepared the spring herd. Germantown resident and longtime FedEx employee Steve Gibson is one of those people, cooking from a chuck wagon in an atmosphere far removed from suburbia. “I love being out there and thinking about how it once was like – what were people doing back then and what was it like to eat back then?” said Gibson. “It’s quite interesting studying U.S. history. Everything cowboys are doing now is what vaqueros, descendants from Spain, were doing back then in Mexico.

    By Michael Waddell September 23, 2018

  • Streetscape project to modernize Collierville’s downtown gateway

    Work is underway in Collierville on a new Center Connect streetscape project that promises to transform Center Street leading to the historic Town Square, establishing a new gateway to Downtown Collierville.

    By Michael Waddell September 20, 2018

  • Germantown mixed-use moratorium hits halfway mark

    Germantown's self-imposed 18-month mixed-use multifamily moratorium just passed its halfway point, and only two of the four projects approved before the action took effect are still alive.

    By Michael Waddell September 18, 2018

  • Strong development activity on all fronts underway in Collierville

    Collierville development should continue its optimistic trend with anticipated growth expected for residential, office, industrial, hotels and retail, according to town leaders.

    By Michael Waddell September 18, 2018

  • Developer unveils Carrefour development outline plans

    Neighborhood leaders and concerned citizens met at the Carrefour shopping center on Monday, Sept. 17 to discuss a proposed mixed-use redevelopment of the property at Germantown’s western border. The outline plans from property owners Cannon, Austin and Cannon were submitted to the Germantown Planning Commission earlier this month.

    By Michael Waddell September 18, 2018