Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | Taylor Berger https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/174 The Daily Memphian is the must-read, daily online newspaper for in-depth, local journalism in Memphis and the Mid-South. Sign up for morning and evening editions, plus breaking news. (c) 2024 Guest Column: Time for Beale Street Music Festival to evolve https://dailymemphian.com/article/37781 <p>&ldquo;The leadership of Memphis in May has not changed since 1998. We should be grateful for their work over the years, keeping the festival going through all of the rain and mud and years. But it&rsquo;s time for a change.&rdquo;</p> tcbmem@gmail.com (Taylor Berger) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/37781 Wed, 9 Aug 2023 04:00:08 -0500 Opinion: Surviving another round of pandemic-related restrictions https://dailymemphian.com/article/18880 <p>Taylor Berger:&nbsp;&ldquo;Time spent fighting change, whether out of fear or resentment, is time wasted. Acceptance of the new normal is the key to growth, which sometimes even leads to gratitude.&rdquo;</p> tcbmem@gmail.com (Taylor Berger) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/18880 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:57:37 -0600 Life after COVID-19: What's it gonna be like? https://dailymemphian.com/article/12411 <p>Most people I&rsquo;ve spoken to in business and health care are questioning the old ways. What&rsquo;s the point of these massive office buildings, inefficient meetings and travel?&nbsp;The new ways will save money and free up time, so why go back?&nbsp;</p> tcbmem@gmail.com (Taylor Berger) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/12411 Wed, 1 Apr 2020 09:30:46 -0500 Berger: Lost my jobs and income, then I went for a run https://dailymemphian.com/article/12118 <p>Yesterday I scraped up someone&rsquo;s leaky trash bags from the side of the road and threw them into the back of a truck to haul off. It&rsquo;s hard to believe just two weeks ago I was planning parties, booking bands and editing menus.</p> tcbmem@gmail.com (Taylor Berger) Opinion Guest Columnists Food Metro Spirit of Memphis https://dailymemphian.com/article/12118 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:48:35 -0500 A letter to Tom Intrator https://dailymemphian.com/article/9400 <p>'Imagine someone wrote you a letter describing who you are, what you need to do, and how you should go about it. Imagine it wasn&rsquo;t someone you really knew, and yet they act like they know you better than you know yourself. That&rsquo;s kinda how we feel.'</p> tcbmem@gmail.com (Taylor Berger) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists Food https://dailymemphian.com/article/9400 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 04:00:01 -0600 Music Fest needs an overhaul https://dailymemphian.com/article/4964 <p><span lang="EN"><span lang="EN">What happens at Music Fest in Memphis feels like a frantic cash-grab to break even on the massive production costs of creating a miniature city at Tom Lee Park every May. </span></span><span lang="EN">New Orleans&rsquo; Jazz Fest and Austin&rsquo;s South by Southwest do a better job of dispersing throughout the city cores, which boosts businesses while drawing tourists. </span></p> tcbmem@gmail.com (Taylor Berger) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/4964 Fri, 10 May 2019 04:00:05 -0500 Successful cities are defined by imaginative leadership, not stasis driven by hordes of naysayers https://dailymemphian.com/article/3018 <p>Cities evolve or die. Look at places like Nashville, New Orleans, Atlanta and even Louisville and Austin. Compare those to Little Rock and Jackson, Mississippi. Which do we want to be more like?</p> tcbmem@gmail.com (Taylor Berger) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/3018 Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:00:07 -0600 Memphis’ code amendments are squelching small, creative developers https://dailymemphian.com/article/2613 <p>Who exactly is driving the opaque process by which the Office of Planning and Development amends the UDC, and what does it mean for a city struggling to attract and retain people and businesses?</p> tcbmem@gmail.com (Taylor Berger) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/2613 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 04:00:00 -0600 Union Row points out inequities in development process https://dailymemphian.com/article/2297 First, let me say I&rsquo;m pretty much all for development, especially in the Memphis city core, but I think the massive Union Row project demonstrates an inequity in the development process that we need to examine. The beauty of this problem, however, is the solution would have a positive impact, helping create new small &ldquo;infill&rdquo; development across Memphis in neighborhoods that might otherwise be ignored. tcbmem@gmail.com (Taylor Berger) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/2297 Wed, 9 Jan 2019 04:00:01 -0600