There are 9 article(s) tagged Community LIFT:

• July 2021

  • Eric Robertson stepping down as head of Community LIFT

    Eric Robertson plans to step down as CEO and President of Community LIFT and River City Capital Investment Corp., he said in a letter announcing his future plans earlier this week.

    By Omer Yusuf July 29, 2021

• April 2021

  • What cities can do to recover from COVID’s economic impact

    Eric Robertson of Community LIFT joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

    By Eric Barnes April 07, 2021

• June 2020

  • 401 years of oppression led us to this moment

    Local nonprofit leaders who signed a call to action wanted to go beyond solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. 'Like the protesters in the streets, we knew this moment called for us to not only speak out on the policing of Blacks but to the condition of our Black communities as well.'

    By Eric Robertson June 22, 2020

• February 2020

  • More than $50,000 available for neighborhood projects

    Residents and neighborhood associations can apply for grants of up to $2,500 from Community LIFT for projects that promote neighborhoods.

    By Elle Perry February 27, 2020

• January 2020

  • Treasury awards River City Capital $225,000

    River City Capital has been working with local organizations to identify businesses that could benefit from its services. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 08, 2020

• December 2019

  • Bringing equity, effort (and, yes, incentives) to neighborhood development

    Eric Robertson talks about the many ways – some complicated, some simple – that economic development can be brought to neighborhoods all across Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes December 06, 2019

• February 2019

  • Director Tonya Dyson wants Slim House brand to be global

    Memphis Slim House is officially its own nonprofit, after starting off as a program of Community LIFT. Its new director, Tonya Dyson, is thinking globally about the Memphis Slim Collaboratory. 

    By Elle Perry February 07, 2019

• October 2018

  • Local arts groups participating in nationwide ‘For Freedoms’ initiative

    Last September, conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas gave Memphis College Art’s Downing Pryor Lecture.

    By Elle Perry October 22, 2018

• September 2018

  • Report finds broader economic development plan needed

    The city-county Economic Development Growth Engine organization known primarily for granting tax incentives to businesses coming to or expanding in Memphis should be empowered to pursue a broader economic development strategy, according to a new report that compares EDGE to efforts in four other cities.

    By Bill Dries September 29, 2018