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Topic: South Memphis
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September 2022
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On Bullington Avenue, nurse’s aide struggles with rental housing market
In what has been called “America’s fastest-growing rental market,” a South Memphis neighborhood is a microcosm of change as homes that were once owner-occupied are purchased by investment firms and renters find themselves seeking stability.
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August 2022
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EPA is monitoring possible cancer-causing emissions in Southwest Memphis
A recent assessment of a local commercial sterilization facility shows elevated risk of long-term exposure to ethylene oxide, a chemical that is carcinogenic to humans through inhalation.
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Panel highlights Memphis’ impact on national civil rights movement
Community leaders and officials highlighted the legacy of Stax, the record label and museum, with a musical performance and panel in celebration of its addition to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
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July 2022
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Distribution company plans $58M, 2.3 million-square-foot distribution center in South Memphis
Distribution Realty Group plans to build three-warehouse, 2.3 million-square-foot distribution center at 5420 Tulane Road in South Memphis.
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June 2022
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Local developer to build 12 homes, increase area value by $1 million
Developer Dwayne A. Jones is primarily known for building tiny homes.
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May 2022
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Gaston Community Center undergoing $3.4 million renovation
The oldest community center in the city is closing for about 10 months as crews renovate the South Memphis structure to provide services to that neighborhood.
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New LeMoyne-Owen College President Vernell Bennett-Fairs finally inaugurated
Delayed by the pandemic, LeMoyne-Owen College’s new president Vernell Bennett-Fairs was finally inaugurated this week, highlighting the college’s history while highlighting her vision to carry it into the future.
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LeMoyne-Owen College to celebrate presidential inauguration Friday
LeMoyne-Owen College is celebrating its new president Vernell Bennett-Fairs with a series of events this week. The president’s investiture was delayed more than a year by COVID-19.
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March 2022
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Ideas for former drive-in include large park or business hub
Local leaders and members of the Westwood community met Thursday evening to discuss the future of the Southwest Twin drive-in.
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LeMoyne-Owen College celebrates 160 years
“The history of this institution is pivotal to the Black history of Memphis,” Michaela Thomas, a graduating senior who serves as the current Miss LeMoyne-Owen College, said of Memphis’ only HBCU.
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February 2022
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Robert Church, the Hooks family and Aretha: New museum to showcase South Memphis
The South City Museum and Culture Center is collaborating with the Memphis Museum of Science and History (MoSH) on the project.
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About Town: What does funding for developments in South Memphis and Soulsville really mean?
The county approved $1 million in ARPA grant funding for four community development groups in South Memphis, showing signs of growth in the area.
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January 2022
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The Soulsville Foundation to receive a $150,000 grant from ARPA funding
The grant will allow the organization to recover from the pandemic and can be used to save jobs and to fund various operations and promotional efforts to encourage attendance and participation.
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December 2021
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Funding for South Memphis projects takes big step forward
Neighborhoods that would receive the tax-increment financing would include Soulsville/South Bellevue, South Third/Gaston Park area, French Fort, South City and South Main/South End.
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November 2021
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Herrington: Young Dolph’s background formed his music, and his life
It can be tempting to separate the facts of the rapper’s life and the still very murky facts of his death from the music that made him a success and, in some quarters, a star. But, in life, he encouraged listeners to conflate the two.
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September 2021
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What Binghampton’s Save A Lot experiment taught us about food deserts
Neighborhood residents in North and South Memphis have endured the loss of grocers in recent years, leaving them with a yet another challenge to endure.
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Paint Memphis undaunted by vandalism to murals
Paint Memphis will spend hundreds of dollars applying an anti-graffiti coating on murals vandalized shortly after last year’s event in Uptown. Meanwhile, Paint Memphis 2021 will carry on in South Memphis with a festival on Oct. 9.
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August 2021
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About Town: Transformations teed up for two area golf courses
Two notable Memphis golf courses are in different stages of the renovation process and, once they are completed, both are likely to excite regular (and future) golfers.
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Pine Hill golf course poised for major renovation
The $5 million project not only will provide a complete makeover of the old golf course in South Memphis, but build a new golf house in a new place for easier access.
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Accelerate Memphis starts with Gaston Community Center
South Memphis resident Deandrew Thomas calls the center a sanctuary. “It’s our rock. It has played a major part of my life.”
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July 2021
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Opinion: ‘Community TIF’ plan has been inclusive
The formation of the Soulsville USA Neighborhoods Development District was not an overnight creation but was and is, a culmination of years of hard work, planning and community engagement at the grassroots level.
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June 2021
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South Memphis native to share music industry expertise at the U of M
Jeff Cohran brings experience of world tours and years in the music industry with pop star Janelle Monáe to the faculty at the University of Memphis.
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LeMoyne-Owen reopens for first time since pandemic began
LeMoyne-Owen welcomed back students — prospective or current — for the first since the campus closed last March at the COVID-19 pandemic’s beginning; a moment that brought joy and excitement to staff and faculty at Memphis’ only HBCU.
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May 2021
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Proposed South Memphis TIF district could generate $93M for improvements
Residents polled in South Memphis identified blight removal as the No. 1 issue they’d like TIF money to address, but also affordable housing, stronger local retail, and improved streets and sidewalks.
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