There are 49 article(s) tagged Memphis 3.0:

• April 2025

  • Memphis 3.0: Midtown residents divided on future land use map

    MidtownMemphis.org is encouraging residents to speak out against Memphis 3.0’s future land use map, but other residents say the city’s zoning plan will be beneficial.

    By Dima Amro April 07, 2025

• October 2022

  • Greenlines, bike lanes, resiliency and the sea change in city planning

    A set of long-range plans for the city and region are starting to take shape. A trio connected to the developments talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the change from “a culture of planning.” 

    By Bill Dries October 01, 2022

• June 2022

  • Memphis 3.0 presentation tackles pedestrian safety

    More than a dozen community stakeholders in District 5 gathered at Benjamin Hooks Library Wednesday night to give feedback on issues pinpointed in the Memphis 3.0 plan.

    By Daja E. Henry June 23, 2022

  • ‘We didn’t ask for this,’ Frayser residents say about Memphis 3.0 plans

    A couple dozen Frayser stakeholders gathered at Pursuit of God Church Wednesday evening to hear plans for their neighborhood that they say do not include them. 

    By Daja E. Henry June 16, 2022

  • Guest column: Memphis finally has an opportunity to invest in public transit

    “We ask every reader to call your city councilperson or county commissioner and let them know you support Memphis and Shelby County dedicating retiring PILOTs to building a viable and sustainable public transit system.”

    By Sweetrica Baker, Mary Lou McCaa, Sandy Smegelsky June 06, 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

• March 2022

  • After years of neglect, parks, community centers getting serious makeover

    More than $139 million will be pumped into parks and community centers managed by several entities within the city, an investment that will change the face of the city for years to come.

    By Julia Baker March 22, 2022

• January 2022

  • Final public meeting on proposed Summer Avenue improvements held

    The 5.5 mile section on the main thoroughfare may soon become a “complete” or multimodal street that is safer for everyone, including drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists. The improvements may also attract new businesses and people to the area.

    By Julia Baker January 10, 2022

• September 2021

  • Land Use Control Board approves widespread commercial rezoning

    At its meeting Thursday, the board accepted requests for omission, including the Overton Square, Broad Avenue and Coro Lake areas to allow for further study. 

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    By Rob Moore September 10, 2021

• August 2021

  • Proposal bars new gas stations, used-tire shops from 21 areas in Memphis

    Gas stations and used-tire shops no longer fit within the long-range plans for 21 commercial districts across Memphis, according to a new recommendation from the Division of Planning & Development.

    By Tom Bailey August 09, 2021

• July 2021

  • City Council Scorecard: The impact of Memphis 3.0 where commercial and residential meet

    The Council Scorecard follows the saga of a used car lot in Raleigh that has come to symbolize the complexity of trying to move toward less-intense commercial development on major roads that have neighborhoods just behind them.

    By Bill Dries July 29, 2021

• May 2021

  • 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? 

    By Charles Layne May 11, 2021

• March 2021

  • From suburban sprawl to Greenprint to Memphis 3.0

    John Zeanah talks about the evolution of regional planning on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.

    By Eric Barnes March 09, 2021

• February 2021

  • New leadership for group promoting Whitehaven businesses

    As the new board president, Andre Gibson plans to help the Greater Whitehaven Economic Redevelopment Corp. bring more economic development to Whitehaven.

    By Linda A. Moore February 18, 2021

• December 2020

  • Lamar Avenue leads the way in how Memphis 3.0 could change city’s look

    The six-mile stretch through Orange Mound is changing, using the year-old Memphis 3.0 land use and development plan. Lots of other parts of the city want to follow the same path.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2020

• October 2020

  • 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.

    By Charles Layne October 31, 2020

• February 2020

  • After Margaritas, what’s next for Whitehaven?

    While the possibility of a Highland Row-style, mixed-use development is generating excitement, small businesses' growth also is contributing to more activity and optimism in Whitehaven.

    By Elle Perry February 10, 2020

  • City projects in Whitehaven include welcome mural, intersection improvements

    The city's investment of at least $100,000 is just the beginning of support Whitehaven area residents will see, the Office of Comprehensive Planning indicated.

    By Elle Perry February 04, 2020

• December 2019

  • Eight agencies are first to benefit from city’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund

    The grants to eight nonprofits announced at City Hall Monday cover areas outside Downtown and Midtown where the housing stock is old and could use some help to encourage private development. The fund works with the city's recently approved Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines.

    By Bill Dries December 23, 2019

  • Bringing equity, effort (and, yes, incentives) to neighborhood development

    Eric Robertson talks about the many ways – some complicated, some simple – that economic development can be brought to neighborhoods all across Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes 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

• October 2019

  • Don’t trade Memphis’ soul for momentum

    At a recent Orange Mound Economic Development Summit, a packed house debated questions about the neighborhood's growth. 

    By Charles Layne October 19, 2019

• September 2019

  • Council explores making state’s cellphone ban in cars effective in Memphis

    With a short agenda Tuesday, the city council appears to have booted a final vote on the long-delayed Memphis 3.0 plan until after the Oct. 3 city elections. The council is scheduled to take a final vote on new rules for public art on city property.

    By Bill Dries September 16, 2019

• August 2019

  • Council could take final vote on Memphis 3.0

    Memphis City Council members take final votes Tuesday on the Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines, a new set of rules for public art projects funded by the city and a ban on plastic bags.

    By Bill Dries August 06, 2019

• July 2019

  • Memphis 3.0 may face more delays with council seeking financial study

    The city council approved the long-range land use and development guidelines Tuesday on the second of three readings. But the council also approved a $15,000 study on the financial impact of the guidelines that would be due in mid-September.

    By Bill Dries July 16, 2019