There are 10 article(s) tagged Knowledge Quest:

• November 2022

  • South Memphis community garden celebrates $250K expansion

    “Many years ago, this area today where we are was a combination of 30 blighted and vacant lots and it is now a place of growth, hope and celebration,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said.

    By Alicia Davidson November 16, 2022

• July 2022

  • Gov. Bill Lee says 2,000 families in Memphis, Nashville have applied for school vouchers

    Lee said Friday, July 29, at Knowledge Quest’s Teen Tech Center that more than 2,000 families in Memphis and Nashville have applied for school vouchers and 40 schools have expressed interest in accepting those vouchers.

    By Bill Dries July 29, 2022

• May 2022

  • Gaston Community Center undergoing $3.4 million renovation

    The oldest community center in the city is closing for about 10 months as crews renovate the South Memphis structure to provide services to that neighborhood.

    By Daja E. Henry May 09, 2022

• January 2021

  • Anonymous donors to fund Universal Parenting Place

    Anonymous donors are willing to fund the operation of a Universal Parenting Place, if they can find a qualified site operator. 

    By Daja E. Henry January 22, 2021

• December 2020

  • ACE Awareness Foundation and its parenting places closing in March

    More than 5,000 counseling sessions have been conducted since the first two Universal Parenting Places opened in Memphis in 2015.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 23, 2020

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus forces adjustments by community development groups

    Community development corporations in Memphis are having to adjust strategies on the fly to continue serving the communities they serve in often economically distressed areas. 

    By Omer Yusuf March 31, 2020

• October 2019

  • Knowledge Quest preps for college students to move into dorms

    The dorms were created in a recently renovated, former vacant apartment building across from Knowledge Quest’s main campus.

    By Elle Perry October 10, 2019

• May 2019

  • What should be done with Memphis’ 56 square miles of vacant land?

    Several organizations shared this week the ways they have repurposed vacant land and removed blight in various parts of Memphis, which planners say is one of the city's biggest problems.

    By Elle Perry May 26, 2019

• December 2018

  • Knowledge Quest students bring design thinking to Tom Lee Park redesign

    The Knowledge Quest students helping with the reimagining of the Memphis riverfront and Tom Lee Park spent this past summer engaged in a Stanford University-style design thinking lab.

    By Elle Perry December 22, 2018

• October 2018

  • Soul music is being celebrated this weekend at 4th annual Soulsville USA Festival

    With the mission of tying Memphis’ soul music history to the city’s soul music of today, the Soulsville USA Festival is returning to College Street and McLemore Avenue.

    By Elle Perry October 19, 2018