There are 19 article(s) tagged Blight:

• June 2022

  • City Council rejects used-car lot on Elvis Presley Boulevard

    The council also discussed the riverfront’s Cobblestone Landing, a blight and illegal dumping task force and police escorts for Donald Trump’s Southaven speech.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2022

  • City Council to take final vote on partisan primaries

    The ballot question would be the second amending the city charter in this election year. Also on the budget are Memphis Area Transit Authority funding and the city’s blight problem.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2022

• November 2021

  • Olive Branch focuses on controlling blight

    Concerns about absentee landlords have led Olive Branch and other DeSoto County cities to look at ordinances to control blight.

    By Toni Lepeska November 29, 2021

• June 2021

  • City budget, tax rate votes await further details on federal funding

    The Tuesday council session includes discussion about proposed home improvement grants, an extension of the contract with the company that runs Liberty Bowl stadium for the city and a delay until June 15 on final votes that would set the city budget and property tax rate.

    By Bill Dries June 01, 2021

• May 2021

  • Opinion: Memphis should invest in blighted housing

    Blighted properties cost the city, rather than bringing in tax revenue. The city pays dearly for police, fire, board-up, lot clearing and other services required for abandoned properties.

    By Steve Lockwood May 04, 2021

• April 2021

  • Council members split over blight priorities

    Meanwhile, the council delayed for two weeks a first reading vote on historic overlay district status for the Crosstown area.

    By Bill Dries April 21, 2021

• January 2021

  • Why neighborhoods matter

    Hearing Steve Barlow talk about what a neighborhood truly is will change how you look at the world around you.

    By Eric Barnes January 08, 2021

• February 2020

  • City Council starts dialogue on Frayser blight remediation plan

    A City Council committee took no action on Lorenzo Williams' $600,000 plan and wants to have further discussions on the proposal before doing so. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 04, 2020

• January 2020

  • Frayser organizations raise questions over $450,000 blight remediation plan

    The plan, which may be considered by city government later this month, would address blight in an area near Northgate Shopping Center. 

    By Omer Yusuf January 05, 2020

• December 2019

  • Shelby County holding Northaven cleanup event this weekend

    The neighborhood cleanup is part of Shelby County's proposal to bring sanitation services to the area. 

    By Omer Yusuf December 13, 2019

  • National consulting firm proposes Frayser blight remediation plan

    A Houston-based business consultant is proposing a solution to blighted and vacant properties in northwest Frayser after touring the neighborhood several months ago. 

    By Omer Yusuf December 07, 2019

• November 2019

  • Residents express support for sanitation proposal for Northaven

    Shelby County officials presented their plan to provide garbage collection service for Northaven residents at a community meeting Tuesday night. 

    By Omer Yusuf November 06, 2019

• October 2019

  • Shelby County wants more feedback on Northaven sanitation services plan

    Northaven residents would pay about $27 a month if the county rolls out a garbage collection service in the area for the first time. 

    By Omer Yusuf October 29, 2019

• September 2019

  • County Commission votes to give Klondike-Smokey City CDC 150 vacant lots

    The Klondike-Smokey City CDC plans to hire local community members to maintain the lots, before moving forward with a development plan for the lots. 

    By Omer Yusuf September 24, 2019

• June 2019

  • Expansion of Uptown TIF District pursued by CRA board

    The Community Redevelopment Agency wants to make the advantages of the Uptown Tax Increment Financing District available to all residents in the New Chicago, Bickford and Smokey City neighborhoods.

    By Tom Bailey June 07, 2019

• March 2019

  • Collaboration, cooperation are Memphis’ ‘secret sauce’ in blight fight

    Representatives from cities ranging from Pittsburgh to Little Rock are in Memphis this week to learn how local stakeholders came together to equip code enforcement with the power of the law to take down blighted properties. 

    By Michelle Corbet March 29, 2019

  • Blight fight moves from single lot to bigger market-based view

    The $11 million renovation of a Frayser apartment complex owned by The Works, a South Memphis community development corporation, is an indication that the coordinated fight against blight in the city has moved beyond one single-family home at a time.

    By Bill Dries March 15, 2019

• February 2019

  • New round of anti-blight lawsuits by city lists addresses as defendants

    The city is taking 29 blighted properties to Environmental Court, and in some cases the defendant is the address of the property as the city seeks to find the real owner. The new provision in the state law allows the move, which sets the stage for the appointment of a receiver by the court.

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2019

  • Daily Briefs

    • Airport board OKs surveillance, parking system contracts
    • Amazon to fund computer science courses in seven Memphis area high schools
    • Graceland hiring part-time security guards

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 21, 2019