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Opinion: It's a good time to focus on 'Complete Neighborhoods'

cwlayne@memphis.edu (Charles Layne) — Tue, 11 May 2021 04:00:15 -0500

Neighborhoods are the places where life happens, and since the outbreak of COVID-19, they are increasingly where work happens for many of us. Does your neighborhood have everything you need?

Opinion: My car was totaled. Then my world got bigger

cwlayne@memphis.edu (Charles Layne) — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 12:35:17 -0500

Before this experience, I never thought I would get around the city exclusively by bike or seriously take bicycle infrastructure into consideration when considering where I live. But now, it is hard to imagine a future without it.

Opinion: Let's dream of a city that works for everyone

cwlayne@memphis.edu (Charles Layne) — Sat, 8 Aug 2020 10:29:13 -0500

Over the course of a year I saw first hand the renovation and reselling of homes in my neighborhood, and I saw the people who came with it. After all, I was one of them. Who is this “New Memphis” for?

Don’t trade Memphis’ soul for momentum

cwlayne@memphis.edu (Charles Layne) — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:19:43 -0500

At a recent Orange Mound Economic Development Summit, a packed house debated questions about the neighborhood's growth.

Goodbye Nashville, Hello Memphis

cwlayne@memphis.edu (Charles Layne) — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:58:28 -0500

Between 2010 and 2015, Memphis was the fourth fastest growing city for millennials. There's no better place in the United States to grow than Memphis, and right now there's no place growing quite like it.