There are 36 article(s) tagged Memphis Medical District Collaborative:

• March 2025

  • Aldi to open Medical District store next week

    The latest from the no-frills national grocery chain will be located at 785 Union Ave., in a building that once housed an Office Depot. 

    By Aisling Mäki March 31, 2025

• February 2025

  • Regional One Health build could bring new life to Downtown ‘gateway’

    Regional One Health’s new billion-dollar hospital, which will be built on The Commercial Appeal’s former campus, could forge a new gateway to Downtown and help generate more business and residential activity.

    By Sophia Surrett, Aisling Mäki February 01, 2025

• January 2025

  • Health Sciences Park gets new name and owner

    The park has been the site of events like fitness classes, happy hour, festivals and A Taste of the District, which spotlights local restaurants. 

    By Aisling Mäki January 23, 2025

• May 2024

  • Aldi eyes Memphis Medical District for new supermarket

    The no-frills discount retail chain, based in Batavia, Illinois, is one of the fastest-growing grocery retailers in the U.S., with more than 2,000 stores in 36 states and more than 25,000 employees. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 30, 2024

• February 2024

  • The impact of smart urban design in the Medical District

    Rory Thomas, the president of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

    By Eric Barnes February 14, 2024

• December 2023

  • Hire Local develops health care jobs in Memphis Medical District

    Launched in 2018 by Memphis Medical District Collaborative, Hire Local connects residents with training programs to help them qualify for living-wage jobs close to home while filling the health care worker shortage. 

    By Aisling Mäki December 18, 2023

• September 2023

  • Wellness Festival slated for Saturday in Morris Park

    The festival will offer free blood pressure checks, vision screenings and Church Health will host an “Ask the Docs” station.

    By Aisling Mäki September 15, 2023

• May 2023

  • MATA to continue $1.25 ride share service

    The original service zone of Downtown and New Chicago was expanded to include Presidents Island and areas of South Memphis.

    By Rob Moore May 31, 2023

  • ‘Zebra crosswalk’ brings more visibility to local pedestrians

    “We live in a very distracted world ... This is kind of a fun and silly way to get that serious messaging out,” said Sydney Sepulveda of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative.

    By Alicia Davidson May 09, 2023

• 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