There are 36 article(s) tagged Billy Orgel:

• June 2020

  • No digital devices yet for SCS students; still too many questions for the board

    School board chairwoman Miska Clay-Bibbs said with so many questions about electronic devices for students, it's not yet time to vote on the purchase.

    By Linda A. Moore June 03, 2020

  • Unanswered questions for SCS board might slow down $37M tech buy

    SCS board members agree that students need digital devices, but say they want a better plan from the school district.

    By Linda A. Moore June 03, 2020

• May 2020

  • Sports betting is coming to Memphis, in the right way at the right time

    And if the lottery board were less greedy, the state would actually make more money.

    By Michael Nelson May 25, 2020

  • Shelby County Schools board approves $1.37 billion budget

    Board members also approved a $65 million capital improvement budget — more than double the $25 million that the county mayor has proposed for school building needs.

    By Jacinthia Jones May 13, 2020

• March 2020

  • $26M Cotton Row renovation moves forward

    Two river bluff buildings will be converted into 112 apartment units and 5,300 square feet of commercial space on Front Street.

    By Tom Bailey March 25, 2020

  • ‘Full steam ahead’ for Snuff District, Union Row despite virus turbulence

    The coronavirus has roiled the financial markets just as primary construction for Union Row and the Snuff District is about to start. Yet the developers are plowing ahead. 

    By Tom Bailey March 14, 2020

• February 2020

  • Developers prep for selected demolition at Snuff District

    Selective demolition of a relatively small part of the historic American Snuff Factory complex may soon start in preparation for a nearly $200 million mixed-use redevelopment.

    By Tom Bailey February 13, 2020

• January 2020

  • Developers: Snuff District plan won’t block public access to river

    Keel Avenue runs west through Uptown, crosses what will be the future Snuff District mixed-use development and dead ends at a floodgate immediately west of where Keel goes under a small CN Railroad bridge.

    By Tom Bailey January 23, 2020

• December 2019

  • Snuff District may embrace ‘cool’ silos

    The Snuff District developers have just purchased an adjacent, old cement plant and its tall silos. Instead of tearing them down, the developers of apartment, office and retail space may may preserve the silos as a landmark.

    By Tom Bailey December 31, 2019

• June 2019

  • Lots of new windows proposed for Downtown historic building

    The preservation and conversion of two historic Downtown buildings for apartments include a plan to create dozens of new windows.

    By Tom Bailey June 05, 2019

• January 2019

  • SCS board votes to close Gateway charter, delays superintendent search committee

    The Shelby County Schools board unanimously voted Tuesday to close Gateway University charter school at the end of the current academic year.

    By Bill Dries January 29, 2019