There are 11 article(s) tagged Ashley Cash:

• August 2024

  • 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. 

    By Laura Testino August 19, 2024

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries August 14, 2024

• April 2024

  • Orange Mound Library breathes new life into old Melrose High building

    The $17 million renovation is the first public library in Orange Mound. Mayor Paul Young said the project is an answer to the gunfight last week in the community that killed two and wounded seven.

    By Bill Dries April 28, 2024

• January 2024

  • Memphis housing doesn’t help when it comes to extreme temps

    “A lot of our residents just don’t have enough money to make regular repairs or regular upgrades to their homes, especially if they are living in one of those older homes,” said Ashley Cash, the city’s housing director. 

    By Keely Brewer, Ben Wheeler January 28, 2024

  • What Mayor Young’s appointees have planned

    The Memphis City Council wanted Young’s appointees to come to them with plans for the next four years. Here are some of those plans and goals from some of the city’s divisions.

    By Bill Dries January 15, 2024

• December 2022

  • Fairgrounds transformation to Liberty Park has more ground to cover

    As Mayor Jim Strickland formally opened the Memphis Sports and Events Center on Saturday, he had a contract on his desk for the commercial mixed-use development along Central Avenue.

    By Bill Dries December 13, 2022

• November 2022

  • How a new single-family subdivision in Frayser came to be

    The 34-home subdivision is near the site of a new Frayser public library and the Rodney Baber Park trailhead for the Wolf River Greenway. 

    By Bill Dries November 10, 2022

• 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

• April 2021

  • New Housing and Community Development director nominated

    Ashley Cash led the team that developed the comprehensive Memphis 3.0 plan that covers residential and commercial development across the city. 

    By Bill Dries April 08, 2021

• February 2020

  • City projects in Whitehaven include welcome mural, intersection improvements

    The city's investment of at least $100,000 is just the beginning of support Whitehaven area residents will see, the Office of Comprehensive Planning indicated.

    By Elle Perry February 04, 2020

• April 2019

  • North Memphis 3.0 showdown moves from courtesy to accusations

    The latest meeting on the Memphis 3.0 plan demonstrated the lingering confusion – and some suspicion – about what the long-range development plan recommends and how it works.

    By Bill Dries April 18, 2019