There are 25 article(s) tagged Memphis Medical District Collaborative:

• November 2022

  • The To-Do List: Downtown has a field day, and Bigfoot stomps in one last time

    This week, The PRLVG plays a free happy hour show, Visible Music College students drum for 24 hours and coffee lovers perk up at the Grind City Coffee Xpo. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry November 03, 2022

• October 2022

  • Calkins: Tommy Pacello would’ve been 45 today. A new fellowship helps continue his work.

    Nearly two years after Tommy Pacello died of pancreatic cancer, his friends and colleagues are celebrating the visionary city planner’s birthday by unveiling a fellowship that will support his work. 

    By Geoff Calkins October 31, 2022

• July 2022

  • Historic Dixie Greyhound Station, Schlitz Brewery to see new life

    The $44 million Uptown redevelopment project is expected to begin later this summer. But the original office of Dixie Greyhound chairman James Frederick Smith — his title still on the door — will be kept much as it is today. 

    By Neil Strebig July 19, 2022

  • Opera Memphis to sing a new song in a new place

    Opera Memphis is currently considering four properties for its new home, three of which are located in the Edge District, an area that Ned Canty said “was deeply appealing from the beginning.”

    By Christin Yates July 05, 2022

• June 2022

  • Mixed-use projects in Medical District, former Porter Junior High School site approved

    The Board of Adjustment approved plans for a 49-unit apartment building in the Medical District along with plans at the historic Greyhound Station in Uptown and the former Porter Junior High School in South Memphis. 

    By Neil Strebig June 22, 2022

• March 2022

  • Inked: South Point Grocery to open, Northside High project gets 20-year PILOT

    A new grocery store ready to open in South Main. More funding has been arranged for several development projects in Uptown, Medical District. 

    By Neil Strebig March 02, 2022

• December 2021

  • About Town: Pedestrians hit twice with ‘Naming’ vandalism

    But there may be a small silver lining after most of the art installation was destroyed. 

    By Julia Baker December 03, 2021

  • Memphis Medical District Collaborative receives $300,000 grant

    The grant was in recognition of the MMDC’s work centered on building equity and prosperity through increased economic opportunities for BIPOC communities.

    By Rob Moore December 01, 2021

• November 2021

  • Hit & ruin: Vandalism destroys art honoring dead pedestrians, cyclists

    The 69 symbolic figures represented the record number of walkers and bikers who were killed on Memphis streets last year.

    By Tom Bailey November 29, 2021

• October 2021

  • Mural to be demolished along with old MATA building

    UrbanArt Commission announced last month that the old MATA building on North Main Street will soon be demolished, taking along with it a data visualization mural painted by Khara Woods.

    By Julia Baker October 22, 2021

• August 2021

  • Medical District demolition to give way to new housing, less ‘pass-through’

    The demolition work now underway on a block of Jefferson Avenue west of Manassas Street is one of several changes to the Medical District landscape toward that end.

    By Bill Dries August 06, 2021

• July 2021

  • $30M loan fund created for Medical District housing, mixed-use buildings

    The $30 million Memphis Medical District Investment Fund is designed to spur inclusive real estate development in the impoverished neighborhoods ringing the robust Memphis Medical District.

    By Tom Bailey July 19, 2021

  • ‘Missing middle’ housing to rise near Le Bonheur, St. Jude

    Pockets of new duplexes, quadplexes, cottage courts, live/work spaces and small single-family homes may provide affordable homes for workers and serve as an example for reviving other core-city neighborhoods.

    By Tom Bailey July 06, 2021

• May 2021

  • Memphis Medical District Collaborative names new president

    Rory Thomas is charged with making the blocks and blocks — north to south — between Midtown and Downtown, glimmer with personality and vitality of their own.

    By Jane Roberts May 25, 2021

  • Pristex’s heart for medical community starts with family ties to St. Jude

    The manufacturing and sales operation, which aims hire up to 400 Memphians, has partnered with Memphis Medical District Collaborative’s Buy Local program and also TNEX, a minority-owned business formed to promote local manufacturing, sales and contracting.

    By Christin Yates May 10, 2021

• November 2020

  • Tommy Pacello’s legacy lives in corners, city blocks he improved

    Founder of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative saw huge potential in the bustling swath of land that is home to six hospitals, two colleges.

    Related story: Calkins: Tommy Pacello was given a year to live — and he lived like all of us should

    By Jane Roberts November 17, 2020

• October 2020

  • Taste of the District goes virtual; you can join if you hurry

    Taste of the District gives restaurants in the Medical District a chance to show their neighbors what they’re cooking up.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 30, 2020

  • On-demand ride service coming to Downtown, Medical District, New Chicago

    A 7.5-square-mile area will be served by a fleet of passenger vans that fill the big gap between fixed-route buses and the personal, more expensive rides from taxis and Uber.

    By Tom Bailey October 29, 2020

• July 2020

  • Victorian Village ‘outcast’ makes a comeback

    The restored columns of the circa 1840s Pillow-McIntyre House at Adams and Orleans were reinstalled last week, signalling at turn in fortunes for a sometimes forgotten house with some secrets.

    By Bill Dries July 19, 2020

• June 2020

  • How the Memphis Medical District is coping during the shutdown

    MMDC’s President Tommy Pacello talks about the group’s effort to support small businesses, residents in need, and future development on this week’s Extra Podcast.

    By Eric Barnes June 04, 2020

• February 2020

  • Proposed signs move park further beyond Forrest legacy

    An old Memphis park with a controversial history will soon be publicly rebranded Health Sciences Park.

    By Tom Bailey February 05, 2020

• September 2019

  • BOXLOT focuses on pop-up fun, retail with edgy urban vibe

    IKEA Lounge installation will be the center of activities this weekend when the BOXLOT retail concept formally opens in the Memphis Medical District.

    By Jane Roberts September 18, 2019

• July 2019

  • South City art space up for DMC Good Neighbor Grant

    Yvonne Bobo's project to create space for 15 artists and a nonprofit called Off the Walls that will serve at-risk youth and adults in South City may receive additional incentives. 

    By Elle Perry July 12, 2019

• June 2019

  • Memphis takes on Commute Challenge

    During May, Memphians and local companies can log the miles they travel by bike, foot or shared transport for work, lunch and meetings to get points for prize drawings.

    By Cole Bradley June 21, 2019

• May 2019

  • On The Ground Podcast: Spotlight on Madison Heights

    High Ground News' Emily Trenholm hosts Abby Miller and Susannah Barton from the Memphis Medical District Collaborative for a discussion about assets, opportunities and more. 

    By Natalie Van Gundy May 31, 2019