There are 11 article(s) tagged Cooper-Young Community Association:

• December 2022

  • Boombox, Bluetooth speaker caroling coming to Cooper-Young

    Cooper-Young residents will go caroling Saturday. Instead of singing, however, they will use boomboxes, Bluetooth speakers and their phones.

    By Jasmine McCraven December 14, 2022

• September 2022

  • Cooper-Young Festival returns Saturday

    One of the standards of the festival season — the Cooper-Young Festival will take over the Midtown neighborhood Saturday with vendors, artists and entertainment.

    By Alicia Davidson September 15, 2022

• April 2022

  • The To-Do List: Spring fashion, weird beers and lots of ballet

    This week, cheer on the Memphis Grizzlies at Fourth Bluff watch parties, catch local music shows on porches throughout Cooper-Young and see Memphis soul singer Talibah Safiya at Crosstown Arts.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry April 21, 2022

• March 2022

  • Cooper-Young Porchfest returns, offering music from metal to bluegrass

    The porch festival returns, offering an unconventional way to enjoy a wide range of music, including metal, bluegrass, Americana and country. 

    By Julia Baker March 10, 2022

• September 2021

  • It’s shots before suds at Cooper-Young Beerfest

    If you want to drink beer at Cooper-Young Beerfest, you need to have a shot — in the arm — first. Proof of coronavirus vaccination will be required at the gate.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 14, 2021

• April 2021

  • 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.

    By Omer Yusuf April 19, 2021

• February 2021

  • Arrow Creative finds permanent home in Midtown

    The nonprofit organization Arrow Creative will lease 23,000 square feet at 653 Philadelphia, on the northern edge of the Cooper-Young neighborhood.

    By Tom Bailey February 09, 2021

• November 2020

  • 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.

    By Tom Bailey November 12, 2020

• July 2019

  • Fewer, more expensive townhouses approved for Cooper-Young

    After neighbors criticized a proposed 10-townhouse development on a quarter-acre, the developers cut the density in half but said the prices must rise.

    By Tom Bailey July 12, 2019

• June 2019

  • Developers present townhouse options to Cooper-Young residents

    The developers of a townhouse project in Cooper-Young presented four different site plans to residents, saying fewer units will mean higher prices. 

    By Tom Bailey June 25, 2019

• October 2018

  • Bar Talk: Memphis Made Brewing

    Memphis Made Brewing is one of six breweries in Memphis and so happens to be the one in Cooper-Young, just across the street from where the ninth Cooper-Young Beerfest will be held Oct. 20.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 11, 2018