There are 13 article(s) tagged Doug McGowen:

• February 2020

  • Anton Mack new leader at Explore Bike Share

    Anton Mack replaces Trey Moore as the leader of Explore Bike Share.

    By Linda A. Moore 8 hours ago

• December 2019

  • Strickland signals solid waste cuts early in new year unless council reconsiders rejection of fee hike

    Mayor Jim Strickland has raised the possibility of layoffs and garbage service cutbacks six days into the new year if the Memphis City Council doesn’t reconsider its decision to reject a solid waste fee hike.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2019

  • City Council addresses length of sanitation employees’ work day

    The city administration lost the vote on a solid waste fee hike, but it has taken one issue with sanitation services off the table as fewer routes mean longer routes and close to an eight-hour work day for sanitation workers. 

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2019

  • Council votes down solid waste fee hikes, delays MLGW rate hike vote

    A solid waste fee rate hike was voted down by the City Council Tuesday in its next to last session of the year and of the current council's term.

    By Bill Dries December 04, 2019

• August 2019

  • Some on council question city’s $3M toward tennis center expansion

    The city's $3 million commitment to the $19 million undertaking would come from a source some city council members say could have been tapped for other priorities.

    By Bill Dries August 07, 2019

• May 2019

  • Memphis budget season offers different path to resolution

    The city council still has some difficult decisions to make. But past budget seasons show there is also still some compromise possible between what the mayor proposed and what the council decided last week.

    By Bill Dries May 25, 2019

  • Council sides with police and fire unions in pay raise impasses

    The Memphis City Council has tentatively approved a bigger raise for police and firefighters than the 3 percent Mayor Jim Strickland proposed for public safety employees.

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2019

• April 2019

  • University of Memphis begins five-year aquifer research project

    The effort to map breaches in the clay layers protecting the city's underground water supply will also include longer-term goals like the best placement of wells and how the aquifers move.

    By Bill Dries April 09, 2019

  • Loews, THM part company on convention center hotel project

    Loews says it is moving ahead with a hotel in Civic Center Plaza across from City Hall. Meanwhile, THM indicated Friday it intends to turn the 100 North Main building into a 500-room hotel.

    By Bill Dries, Wayne Risher April 08, 2019

• March 2019

  • Strickland renews talk of ‘freshwater institute’ on Mud Island

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has renewed talk of a “freshwater institute” on Mud Island to research the Memphis aquifer, which is the source of the city’s drinking water, and the Mississippi River.

    By Bill Dries March 28, 2019

  • Council to vote on Graceland development plan

    A Graceland master plan that does not include an arena tops Tuesday's Memphis City Council agenda. Also on the agenda is the Poplar Arts Lofts project and a discussion about urban art.

    By Bill Dries March 18, 2019

• December 2018

  • Graceland says it’s willing to delay arena plans to get money for other attractions

    There are plans to make two more Hallmark movies in Memphis next year, according to the managing partner of Graceland Holdings LLC.

    By Bill Dries December 18, 2018

  • Repair issues threaten to bring down curtain at Cannon Center

    The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts is in line for up to $300,000 in emergency repairs of stage lighting and rigging and orchestra pit deficiencies that managers say put the facility at risk of turning away shows.

    By Wayne Risher December 13, 2018