Audubon’s clubhouse could get $14M upgrade
In an interview last week, Memphis Parks director Nick Walker said the city plans to start work on the new clubhouse in 2025.
Topic: city of Memphis
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September 2024
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For Joann Massey, supporting small businesses makes a big difference
Joann Massey will lead the economic development efforts for Memphis and Shelby County, spearheading efforts to attract investments, create jobs and help local businesses.
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Murders down 21% so far this year
In 2023, Memphis hit a record 398 homicides, which include murders, justifiable homicides, negligent vehicular manslaughter and negligent manslaughter.
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901 Day Celebration takes over Beale Street
The 901 Day festival had a jookin’ flashmob, youth talent showcase, spoken word performances, a fashion show and plenty of music.
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August 2024
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MATA to eliminate routes and lay off about half of staff
Such steep cuts are necessary to balance the Memphis Area Transit Authority’s budget, officials said several times in Tuesday’s meeting, as the agency fights to find stable footing after years of financial difficulties.
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MATA may lay off half its staff
The agency’s interim CEO said significant cuts are coming unless it receives additional funding. MATA also stopped operations on the Main Street trolley line.
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She teaches special education. The city helped her buy a house.
The City of Memphis is expanding its down payment assistance program to help more educators move to and live in Memphis.
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Here’s the city spending that sparked bond agency worry
After the City of Memphis spent $74.5 million of its fund balance in fiscal year 2024, The Daily Memphian filed a Tennessee Public Records Act request to see how the money was spent.
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Judge rules MPD sergeants can be part of lawsuit
The lawsuit stems from the department’s decision to create a second lieutenant position, a move that the sergeants say harms their career prospects.
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July 2024
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‘Relentless advocate for Memphis neighborhoods’ retires from City Hall
Property by property, curb by curb and street by street, Steve Shular worked to make Memphis a little cleaner and a little safer. After nearly four decades, he retired from the City of Memphis July 19.
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June 2024
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City plans zoning update, looks to plan new growth
The City of Memphis could reshape how development happens with a wholescale zoning update, its first since the 1950s.
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Brent Taylor addresses crime, ‘making Memphis matter’ in Collierville
Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Eads, spoke at Collierville’s Rotary Club Tuesday, saying if Memphis doesn’t handle its crime issue, it will become an “example of a failed American city.”
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City’s annual payment for Grizzlies’ shortfalls coming out of rainy day fund
On Tuesday, the Memphis City Council is scheduled to amend the existing budget so the city can pay the Grizzlies; the payment was not part of the budget when it passed last summer.
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May 2024
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Steve Mulroy says city subpoena was ‘mix-up’
The City of Memphis subpoenaed all correspondence, documents and communication between Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy and attorneys for Tyre Nichols’ estate two weeks ago.
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City of Memphis releases two online crime-data dashboards
The Weekly Crime Trend Report and the Crime Analytics Dashboard track Memphis Police Department data. Soon, the city intends on adding data from other entities, such as the court systems and the Shelby County DA’s Office.
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Memphis subpoenas DA’s correspondence with Nichols’ attorneys, DOJ
In the subpoena, the city is seeking any information that Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy’s office passed on information to attorneys for Tyre Nichols’ estate.
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City to ink High 5 Entertainment to 30-year lease at Liberty Park
High 5 would build an entertainment facility that would include a full-service restaurant and bar with bowling, video games and laser tag.
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April 2024
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Memphis got less COVID money than other cities. It’s hurting the budget
Had Memphis received more money under the American Rescue Plan Act, Memphis Mayor Paul Young might not be facing a shortfall in his first budget, something the mayor acknowledged in an interview Friday.
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Appeals court hears arguments in ongoing rape-kit lawsuit against city
Oral arguments were heard Tuesday, April 9, in an appeal of a class-action lawsuit against the City of Memphis about its alleged lack of testing more than 12,000 sexual assault evidence kits, some dating back decades.
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March 2024
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City, U of M working to finish stadium transfer
It has been more than a month since the Memphis City Council voted to give the University of Memphis Auxiliary Services Foundation ownership of Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and $120 million in cash. The stadium still belongs to the City of Memphis.
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February 2024
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‘There was nothing I could have done,’ to save Nichols, says fired EMT
The notes detailing the immediate internal investigation are a part of the thousands of pages of documents the City of Memphis released Wednesday, Feb. 14.
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‘There was nothing I could have done,’ fired EMT says on Nichols’ death
A fired MFD private said his failure to immediately render aid to Tyre Nichols on the scene of the Jan. 7, 2023, beating was because he did not think anything he could have done would have prevented Nichols’ death.
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Three former officers charged in Nichols’ death were new to specialized unit
Three of the five officers who were part of the SCORPION Unit at the time of Tyre Nichols’ death had only been on its parent unit, the Organized Crime Unit, for less than a year.
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January 2024
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Here’s the city’s priority roads for snow plowing and treatment
Priority roads for the City of Memphis are major roads — generally defined as roads with four or more lanes — and roads with bridges, inclines, declines or overpasses.
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Former city communications chief headed to Atlanta
Fouché served in city government for years, succeeding Ursula Madden for the top communications job in September 2022.
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