The Frayser Community Development Corporation has a robust program that helps residents buy their own homes. There are investments being made in parks, streetscapes, the library and more. Porsche Stevens of Frayser Connect joined Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about what is happening in Frayser.

Four of the six suburban towns and cities in Shelby County either have property tax hike proposals pending or have already approved property tax hikes as their budget seasons approach the July 1 start of the new fiscal year. Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner and Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald talked on “Behind The Headlines” about property tax hikes.

Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington have been busy, but they were able to catch up on this week’s Sound Bites. They talked about the Restaurant Iris move to the former Grove Grill space in East Memphis — and pondered what will happen in the present Restaurant Iris building.

By the fall, the administration of Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland hopes to have a map of where broadband access and coverage is the best and the worst and from there develop the city’s first broadband strategic plan. Interim Housing and Community Development Director Mairi Albertson was on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast to talk about the citywide plan.