There are 18 article(s) tagged Accelerate Memphis:

• October 2024

  • Memphis City Council approves FedEx parking spaces, more

    The Memphis City Council’s other-action items Tuesday, Oct. 1, included more money for affordable housing and more cameras.

    By Bill Dries October 02, 2024

• June 2023

  • After renovation, sunlight streams into Gaston Community Center again

    The windows surrounding three sides of the city’s first and oldest community center were boarded up nearly 50 years ago. The $4 million renovation formally opened Wednesday, June 21, bringing natural light back to the gym, while adding other uses to the center.

    By Bill Dries June 22, 2023

• December 2022

  • AutoZone Park getting new video board and playing field

    Craig Unger, president of the Memphis Redbirds and Memphis 901 FC, said the 12-year-old video board had “outlived its life.”

    By Don Wade December 19, 2022

• October 2022

  • ‘Mighty, mighty Wildcats’ sing as renovation of Melrose High begins

    The groundbreaking Friday, Oct. 7, for the renovation of the 84-year-old school building ends a 40-year debate about whether the Orange Mound landmark should be renovated or demolished.

    By Bill Dries October 10, 2022

• June 2022

  • Memphis 3.0 presentation tackles pedestrian safety

    More than a dozen community stakeholders in District 5 gathered at Benjamin Hooks Library Wednesday night to give feedback on issues pinpointed in the Memphis 3.0 plan.

    By Daja E. Henry June 23, 2022

  • ‘We didn’t ask for this,’ Frayser residents say about Memphis 3.0 plans

    A couple dozen Frayser stakeholders gathered at Pursuit of God Church Wednesday evening to hear plans for their neighborhood that they say do not include them. 

    By Daja E. Henry June 16, 2022

  • City to host grand opening for Ed Rice Community Center

    The center underwent an $8.4 million renovation that took almost two years since the old building was demolished in August 2020. 

    By Daja E. Henry June 02, 2022

• May 2022

  • U.S. Rep. Cohen steers $3 million to former Melrose High redevelopment

    Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) dedicated $3 million to funding the redevelopment of the Historic Melrose High building in Orange Mound as part of his appropriation request for fiscal year 2023. 

    By Daja E. Henry May 24, 2022

• August 2021

  • 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.”

    By Rob Moore August 05, 2021

• June 2021

  • 13 city parks benefit from ‘Accelerate Memphis’ funds

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland kicked off the city’s $200 million slate of capital projects over the next three years Tuesday, June 29, in a southwest Memphis park.

    By Bill Dries June 29, 2021

• May 2021

  • City Council sides with firefighters union in contract impasse

    The council approved on first reading an ordinance that forbids dumping belongings in an eviction on public rights of way and approved on the second of three readings the creation of a Crosstown Historic District Overlay governed by the Memphis Landmarks Commission.

    By Bill Dries May 19, 2021

  • Coca-Cola bottling plant could become part of Liberty Park plans

    The council will hear, in committees, about the idea of “potential acquisition and adaptive reuse” of a bottling company plant at Southern and Hollywood. On the council agenda is a vote urging Gov. Bill Lee to veto a bill that bans teaching critical race theory.

    By Bill Dries May 17, 2021

  • City shuffles mix of bonds for Accelerate Memphis slate

    The council also approved a new seven-year lease between the city and the Withers Collection Inc., which has been behind on its rent.

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2021

• March 2021

  • Melrose School to be ‘reimagined and repurposed’

    After planning and construction, the project to reimagine the historic school is expected to be completed in 2023.

    By Linda A. Moore March 08, 2021

• February 2021

  • Accelerate Memphis slate and financing clears council

    The $200 million slate of capital projects over a three-year period is on its way to state officials are approval after the pair of council votes Tuesday, Feb. 2. Council members approved both after one more review of the numbers and the reasoning behind the unique financing.

    By Bill Dries February 02, 2021

  • City Council takes up $200 million ‘Accelerate Memphis’ plan, financing

    The agenda also includes changes to the city’s financial policies to allow the balloon debt structure to finance the project. 

    By Bill Dries February 02, 2021

• January 2021

  • Melrose plans include genealogical center, library

    City Council members got their first look at the details of Accelerate Memphis on Tuesday, Jan. 26. 

    By Bill Dries January 27, 2021

  • Strickland proposes $200 million plan for capital projects

    The plan was outlined in a Thursday State of the City speech by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland. Strickland also outlined two violent crime intervention programs.

    By Bill Dries January 21, 2021