There are 14 article(s) tagged Antonio Adams:

• March 2025

  • City floats a raft of riverfront improvements

    Could recreational uses come back to McKellar Lake? Or a dock of paddle boats in the Wolf River Harbor? 

    By Bill Dries March 26, 2025

• January 2025

  • New neighborhoods division would consolidate some city functions

    The Division of Neighborhood Improvements was outlined as a more focused approach to persistent blight in the city’s residential areas. City Council members want to know more about the latest shift in the city’s blight strategy.

    By Bill Dries January 22, 2025

• August 2024

  • City COO and CFO win council approval after turbulent budget season

    Antonio Adams and Walter Person have been working in the Young administration on an interim basis for seven months. That included being the point persons in a tense budget season.

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    Council approves Joann Massey for EDGE president

    By Bill Dries August 09, 2024

  • City working toward total riverfront plan

    Meanwhile, Mud Island’s River Terrace restaurant has a new tenant and the I-55 construction near the set of three bridges will include a pedestrian path.

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    By Bill Dries August 07, 2024

  • Memphis City Council talks over mayor’s executive appointments

    The City Council also could take final action on ground leases for the planned development at Liberty Park. The leases for an entertainment venue, hotel and apartments would bring much-needed sales tax to the Liberty Park Tourism Development Zone.

    By Bill Dries August 05, 2024

  • 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. 

    By Samuel Hardiman August 02, 2024

• May 2024

  • City Council Scorecard: the road to a 75-cent property-tax hike proposal

    The City Council Scorecard looks at the April surprise that scuttled plans by Mayor Paul Young for a budget proposal with no property-tax hike.

    By Bill Dries May 21, 2024

  • Alternatives to 75-cent property-tax hike kicked around at town hall

    City Council members talked Thursday, May 16, about at least whittling down the tax hike proposed by Mayor Paul Young, with discussing other revenue sources, during a town hall forum at New Salem Baptist Church in South Memphis.

    By Bill Dries May 17, 2024

• October 2022

  • Vote for the high school football player of the week, Week 9

    Standouts from Cordova, Covington, KIPP, Memphis University School, Northpoint and St. Benedict are up for consideration this week. 

    By John Varlas October 22, 2022

• May 2021

  • Former Coke bottler could become Liberty Park parking and city maintenance yard

    The city would buy the 16.9 acre Coke bottling plant at Southern and Hollywood under a tentative letter of intent council members were briefed on Tuesday, May 18. 

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2021

  • Short-term Audubon Park golf course plans could get longer look by city

    The temporary fix of cart paths on the golf course could wait to get a feel for what a larger makeover similar to that underway on the Overton Park golf course might involve. 

    By Bill Dries May 06, 2021

• November 2020

  • City envisions selling Midtown property for big-impact development

    The City of Memphis is taking extra time to write a request for proposals for bidders on its 4.5 acres at 1925 Union. City Hall wants not just a high bid, but a “highest and best” use that can be felt from Downtown to the University of Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey November 05, 2020

• February 2020

  • City Hall ceiling leaks force Council chamber closure

    The city council is using its committee rooms for council sessions in a temporary move that could last through the end of June. City crews are replacing carpet that has mildewed from persistent leaks in recent years.

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2020

  • Former Orange Mound fire station to house performing arts organization

    Thanks to active residents and city representatives, a new arts center serving youth will soon be constructed at a former fire station site.

    By Elle Perry February 22, 2020