In this week’s About Town, Gaston Community Center’s renovation lets the sunshine in, and Downtown parking garages are swapping attendants for apps and QR codes. Plus, Memphis-Shelby County Schools interim superintendent Toni Williams discusses funding for a new Frayser high school.

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The windows surrounding three sides of the city’s first and oldest community center were boarded up nearly 50 years ago. The $4 million renovation formally opened Wednesday, June 21, bringing natural light back to the gym, while adding other uses to the center.

Can parking really be fun? More Downtown garages moving to payment by cell phone By Christin Yates

MSCS Interim Superintendent discusses budget and new Frayser high school By Alicia Davidson

$10 Deal: Traditional Honduran food on Jackson Avenue By Joshua Carlucci

Elwood's Shack owner's Texas tomatoes raise money for Special Olympics By Liaudwin Seaberry Jr.

Juneteenth roots run deep in Douglass neighborhood By Alicia Davidson

Tone celebrates Juneteenth By The Daily Memphian Staff

Memphis City Council Scorecard: How a redistricting plan died By Bill Dries

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