Hickory Hill forum focuses on blight, absentee property owners
The Hickory Hill One Memphis forum is the seventh since Mayor Paul Young took office this past January.
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October 2024
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With MATA’s future uncertain, city steps in. But how much will it need to do?
The Young administration recently decided to pay $30 million to save the Downtown Memphis Sheraton from the auction block. The MATA overhaul could be just as expensive and resonate over just as long of a time period.
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New MATA board approved as city tries to avoid bus cuts
Mayor Paul Young told council members in a Tuesday, Oct. 15, committee discussion that the immediate task is to find short-term funding for MATA to avoid a set of bus route cuts and employee layoffs the old MATA board approved that take effect Nov. 3.
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Mayor Young replaces MATA board amid overhaul of transit authority
Transpro’s draft report said ridership has declined 82% since 1991, the system needs 18 more buses to function properly and its current capital project plans are “financially unsustainable.”
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Economic Development Growth Engine receives national recognition
EDGE received the “Outstanding Local Development Finance Agency of the Year” award from the National Council of Development Finance Agencies.
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City of Memphis wants to buy Downtown Sheraton for $22M
Memphis Mayor Paul Young said the city wanted to find a creative way to redevelop the hotel in an interview Monday, Sept. 23.
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Sheraton’s impact worth risk despite hotel’s volatile past, mayor says
The 39-year-old Sheraton hotel has a history of bond defaults, the first one a year after it opened.
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In the nation’s No. 2 city for cargo theft, experts seek answers
The city is positioned to be a transportation powerhouse, but crime is a problem. Cargo thefts in Memphis were up nearly 60% in the first six months of 2024 over all of 2023, said Memphis Logistics Summit panelist Melzie Wilson.
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September 2024
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Biden signs gun-safety executive order, Memphis mayor attends event
“This bold action will help save lives and protect our neighborhoods from the devastating effects of gun violence,” Mayor Paul Young wrote in a post on Instagram.
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Why the City of Memphis is trying to buy a hotel
Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he felt “very compelled” to purchase Downtown’s Sheraton because of the financial risks associated with not buying it.
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Mayor visits derelict structures getting ‘Blight Zero’ demolition
Memphis Mayor Paul Young and members of the Blight Zero team filed into a bus and rode to the sites of several active or recent demolitions on Friday, Sept. 20.
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MATA’s future governance up in the air, says Paul Young
The mayor’s comments about governance come after MATA has laid off employees, is weighing route closures, and has faced weeks of headlines about its negative financial worth.
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Memphis Mayor Young, Tennessee Gov. Lee not happy with gun-control referendum
Mayor Young says he still thinks the referendum is not the best approach, but told The Daily Memphian he understands the sentiment. Gov. Lee says the referendum is about finding a way to “circumvent the law.”
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Young talks MATA, crime, consultants at One Memphis forum
Memphis Mayor Paul Young met with around 150 people at his latest town hall at the McWherter Senior Center in East Memphis.
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Does Memphis win the battle but lose the war with gun-control referendum?
The gun referendum has stoked partisan enthusiasm on both sides of the aisle. JB Smiley Jr. and Jerri Green said the council won’t back down. Conservative talk radio has called the body’s moves a “gun grab.”
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Memphis entrepreneurs, mayor head to Nashville for LaunchTN conference
Memphis will be represented at this week’s 3686 Conference, where people from across the state and country will come together to learn about Tennessee’s startup scene.
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August 2024
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Mayor Young calls gun control referendum futile
He said the city council’s lawsuit to get the referendum on the ballot could hurt efforts to work with Republican leaders of the legislature.
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Mayor Young, MPD’s Davis tout initiative to help businesses hurt by crime
A new initiative from the city’s Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE) offers money to local businesses to help them pay for adequate lighting or landscaping, both of which can deter crime.
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Orange Mound houses inch Memphis toward more homeownership
Four affordable homes planned for a vacant lot in Orange Mound are part of the drive in the city’s competition between owned and rented single-family homes.
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Greenlaw Community Center to offer Shelby County services
In a program announced Aug. 9, the Uptown community center will have offices for several county government services, including offices and meeting places.
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City of Memphis hires forensic auditor for MATA
Mayor Paul Young also said the City plans to hire an outside transit consultant to help plot the transit system’s next steps.
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Young plans to make city’s CFO, COO permanent
Antonio Adams and Walter Person have served in an interim capacity since Memphis Mayor Paul Young took office Jan. 1.
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July 2024
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New EDGE president nominated
Memphis Mayor Paul Young and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris have nominated an Economic Development Growth Engine president after more than two years without one.
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Young hires former NYPD official as public safety consultant
After Memphis Mayor Young won the election last year, he pledged a pandemic-like response to crime and that his administration would tame the chaos in the streets.
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Young: We need smart, capable leaders on school board
Memphis Mayor Paul Young writes: “Even if you do not have kids participating in the system, I ask you to treat the current school board election as a key vote worthy of your highest attention.”
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