Sometimes ‘home’ is a matter of the heart
Paula and James Campbell know the appraised value of their Orange Mound home is far less than the $300,000 they spent to build it. But that’s OK. They intend to stay.
Topic: Orange Mound
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October 2020
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Early Childhood Academy set for Orange Mound
Facility will serve 200 3-, 4-year-olds in the Melrose High School neighborhood.
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September 2020
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Walk-up COVID testing coming to Orange Mound
Patients are asked to pre-register by calling (901) 842-3160 or texting TEST2020 to 91999.
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June 2020
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Orange Mound Gallery settles in to new home for the next half century
The new gallery opens in a community rich with history and with plans for exhibits and programs.
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Drive-thru coronavirus testing coming to several sites this week
The sites include locations in Whitehaven, Binghampton, South Memphis, Hickory Hill and Orange Mound.
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May 2020
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Gospel soul singer meditates on Memphis in new single
Evvie McKinney left Memphis to pursue her career as a gospel artist with crossover appeal. Her new single "Bring the Whole Hood" finds her looking back to Memphis for inspiration.
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March 2020
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YMCA begins food distribution program across Shelby County
YMCA is running 62 meal-distribution sites across Shelby County from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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February 2020
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Conaway: Two cities, one beat
“Memphis has always been racially-fractured, and I don’t know where we’d be without the greatest duct tape and Gorilla Glue in the world ... music.”
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UrbanArt selects Desmond Lewis for Orange Mound public art project
The City of Memphis’ percent-for-art program will fund the project.
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Memphis Heritage Trail extending to Orange Mound, South City, Soulsville
There are now Memphis Heritage Trail markers on display in Orange Mound showcasing the community's history.
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Railroad pulls container operations out of heart of Memphis
Norfolk Southern discontinued intermodal freight operations at its rail yard in the Buntyn area near the Fairgrounds, a move that's expected to reduce truck traffic among other impacts in a congested urban area.
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January 2020
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On the Ground Podcast: Orange Mound artists prepare feast, mural presentation and more
Yancy Villa-Calvo is working on an Orange Mound documentation piece with the students of Melrose and a historian scholar from University of Memphis.
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Task force continues work on plan to improve Orange Mound
The Orange Mound Initiative task force continued to define its plan to improve economic conditions in the neighborhood, and the transfer of Land Bank properties is seen an important early step.
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December 2019
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Board of Adjustment rejects Orange Mound crematorium
Nearly 50 people submitted opposition letters to the proposed crematorium and more than 50 showed up in opposition at the meeting Dec. 18.
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Orange Mound Task Force votes to create neighborhood authority
Creating the authority would require City Council and County Commission approval. The task force will also ask that all Shelby County Land Bank-owned properties in Orange Mound be turned over to the authority.
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Archaeologists help map plantation that became Orange Mound
The tiny Deaderick family cemetery in Orange Mound was once much bigger. And this week, an archaeological effort by the city and several Orange Mound groups found evidence of more graves beyond the wrought iron fence of the cemetery along Park Avenue.
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On the Ground Podcast: Strategy, spare change and speaking for yourself
If there’s no one investing in you, invest in yourself. Britney Thornton, founder of JUICE Orange Mound, is on a mission to mobilize residents to revitalize the neighborhood on their own terms.
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Politics Podcast: Bringing back Orange Mound
Shelby County Property Assessor Melvin Burgess and Ken Washington, deputy administrator over residential appraisal in the assessor’s office, discuss the Orange Mound Initiative.
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November 2019
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Orange Mound Task Force holds first meeting
Shelby County Assessor Melvin Burgess said that the task force would go on a tour of the area.
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Porter-Leath plans early childhood academies in Orange Mound, Hickory Hill after Frayser
Porter-Leath opened its first Early Childhood Academy in 2017 in South Memphis.
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Stepherson Inc. applies for PILOT for Orange Mound Superlo
With the Orange Mound location, Stepherson Inc. will operate nine grocery stores in the Memphis area, including one in Southaven, Mississippi.
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EDGE approves Orange Mound Superlo loan
The Superlo loan is identical to one granted by the same body last year for a new Cash Saver in Southgate Shopping Center.
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Meet the Orange Mound Task Force
Orange Mound homeowners saw property values decrease by 26% from 2009-2019.
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October 2019
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Task force to attack declining property values in Orange Mound gets OK
A task force approved by the Shelby County Commission will look for ways to reverse the devaluation of property in Orange Mound.
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Don’t trade Memphis’ soul for momentum
At a recent Orange Mound Economic Development Summit, a packed house debated questions about the neighborhood's growth.
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