Cooper-Young festival returns after 2-year gap
A socially distanced gathering returns to the Midtown neighborhood despite coronavirus surges and a daylong drizzle.
Topic: Cooper-Young
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September 2021
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Chick-fil-A 5K supports kids in need of miracles
This year, the annual Chick-fil-A 5K benefitted My Town Miracles, which provides financial assistance to low-income families.
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July 2021
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Demonstrators rally in support of Palestine
Memphis Voices for Palestine, along with the Memphis chapter of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, led a march down Cooper Street holding signs that read ‘Zionism Equals Violence’ and ‘Free Palestine.’
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June 2021
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After 15 months, live music returns to ‘intimate’ Bar DKDC
Live music was one of the first sacrifices when the COVID pandemic hit last spring, and it has unsurprisingly been among the slowest to return.
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Rock of ages: New Midtown home may embody old stone church
A Midtown infill developer plans to incorporate the front of a small, stone church building into the construction of one of three houses planned for a remote pocket of Cooper-Young.
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May 2021
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Opinion: It’s a good time to focus on ‘Complete Neighborhoods’
Neighborhoods are the places where life happens, and since the outbreak of COVID-19, they are increasingly where work happens for many of us. Does your neighborhood have everything you need?
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April 2021
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Midtown’s Lululemon Pop Up store closes
The Lululemon Pop Up store in Midtown, which opened last year as the pandemic spread, has closed.
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Oh, snap: This week’s best photos
Little steps make a difference, whether it’s ridding the world of pesky insects or spreading kindness one doughnut at a time. Check out these pictures of optimistic activism.
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New Eats: Parish Grocery comes to Cooper-Young
Parish Grocery has moved from Evergreen to Cooper-Young and they’re frying up oysters, and getting ready to serve frozen drinks on the patio.
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Cooper-Young proves ‘perfect’ for Porchfest
Neighborhood leaders thought the tree-lined streets, where almost every home has a veranda, would be ideal for outdoor mini-concerts.
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February 2021
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New Eats: Beauty Shop reopens for lunch
As favorite restaurants have reopened during the past year, it’s felt like visiting old friends when you walk back through the doors.
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January 2021
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Zoning variance approved for Cooper-Young project
The Board of Adjustment approved zoning variances for a planned retail center in East Memphis, an expansion of Memphis Country Club, a retail and townhouse development in Cooper-Young, and the expansion of a funeral service on Lamar.
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December 2020
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Commercial space, townhouses planned for Cooper-Young
The firm’s plans for 2197 Central is just a block east of a much larger mixed-use development that is planned by another developer.
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New Eats: Maciel’s
Maciel’s in Cooper-Young delivers the same fresh Mexican favorites as the original restaurant Downtown. For the time being, it all comes on paper and with plastic for our safety — but the food is still great.
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Exception approved for small-lot subdivision in Cooper-Young
A planned, Cooper-Young subdivision of 11 lots on just 1.2 acres won approval from the Land Use Control Board after the developer made substantial changes to make the site connect better with with the neighborhood.
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Whiskey is passion, pleasure for pub owner everyone calls DJ
DJ Naylor lives life with purpose and passion, loves a properly drawn Guinness, his family, his pub and most definitely, his whiskey.
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November 2020
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Central Yards’ central goal: Blend in with Cooper-Young
Fleming Architects believes it has met the challenge: Design a $60 million development of 348 apartments, parking structures and 53,000 square feet of retail so that it fits in with Cooper-Young’s older, smaller buildings.
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Board to review plan for 12 residential lots on 1.2 acres in Cooper-Young
A proposal to develop a dozen lots on less than 1.17 acres in Cooper-Young drew seven letters of opposition to the Land Use Control Board. But the planning board’s staff has “collaborated” with the developer and neighborhood association to resolve a number of the issues.
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Central Yards: 6-, 7-story buildings planned
The developers say Central Yards meets the intent of the Midtown Overlay District except for some of the building heights, which they say are necessary to provide enough public parking that already is in demand in Cooper-Young.
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CBU students unveil art installation in Cooper-Young
VoicesUnited created the installation in partnership with the Mariposas Collective.
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October 2020
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Opinion: My car was totaled. Then my world got bigger
Before this experience, I never thought I would get around the city exclusively by bike or seriously take bicycle infrastructure into consideration when considering where I live. But now, it is hard to imagine a future without it.
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September 2020
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A pandemic can’t diminish the delights at Tsunami in Cooper-Young
Tsunami continues to serve the best Chilean sea bass in town, but any fish that comes from Ben Smith’s kitchen is going to make you happy, even if it’s trimmings in a taco.
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Cooper-Young apartments getting new owner, new name
The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. transferred a tax-break incentive for the building at 999 S. Cooper to Jeffrey Little, who plans to rename the mixed-use property The Flats at Cooper-Young.
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August 2020
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Opinion: Let’s dream of a city that works for everyone
Over the course of a year I saw first hand the renovation and reselling of homes in my neighborhood, and I saw the people who came with it. After all, I was one of them. Who is this “New Memphis” for?
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July 2020
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Fourth of July weekend activities in Shelby County
This Fourth of July weekend will look a lot of different because of COVID-19, but there are still multiple activities throughout Shelby County for those to celebrate and enjoy the holiday.
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