There are 31 article(s) tagged Blight:

• September 2019

  • County Commission votes to give Klondike-Smokey City CDC 150 vacant lots

    The Klondike-Smokey City CDC plans to hire local community members to maintain the lots, before moving forward with a development plan for the lots. 

    By Omer Yusuf September 24, 2019

• June 2019

  • Expansion of Uptown TIF District pursued by CRA board

    The Community Redevelopment Agency wants to make the advantages of the Uptown Tax Increment Financing District available to all residents in the New Chicago, Bickford and Smokey City neighborhoods.

    By Tom Bailey June 07, 2019

• March 2019

  • Collaboration, cooperation are Memphis’ ‘secret sauce’ in blight fight

    Representatives from cities ranging from Pittsburgh to Little Rock are in Memphis this week to learn how local stakeholders came together to equip code enforcement with the power of the law to take down blighted properties. 

    By Michelle Corbet March 29, 2019

  • Blight fight moves from single lot to bigger market-based view

    The $11 million renovation of a Frayser apartment complex owned by The Works, a South Memphis community development corporation, is an indication that the coordinated fight against blight in the city has moved beyond one single-family home at a time.

    By Bill Dries March 15, 2019

• February 2019

  • New round of anti-blight lawsuits by city lists addresses as defendants

    The city is taking 29 blighted properties to Environmental Court, and in some cases the defendant is the address of the property as the city seeks to find the real owner. The new provision in the state law allows the move, which sets the stage for the appointment of a receiver by the court.

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2019

  • Daily Briefs

    • Airport board OKs surveillance, parking system contracts
    • Amazon to fund computer science courses in seven Memphis area high schools
    • Graceland hiring part-time security guards

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 21, 2019