There are 5 article(s) tagged Memphis and Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency:

• February 2025

  • Inside Cleveland Street’s 30-year $338M blight fight

    The neighborhood’s plan is somewhat different because it comes directly from community members and not developers. 

    By Dima Amro February 24, 2025

• December 2023

  • Hip-hop artist wins mother’s property back after eminent domain attempt

    Tauheed Rahim II, a native Memphian and artist-in-residence at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., circulated a petition to maintain his rights to a problem property where his mother used to live near St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

    By Ian Round December 29, 2023

• June 2022

  • Community Redevelopment Agency names new leader

    Andrew Z. Murray has worked with the CRA since 2017. 

    By Daja E. Henry June 17, 2022

• May 2022

  • Vacant lot cultivated into tranquility park for New Chicago neighborhood

    In a ceremony Friday, the Community Redevelopment Agency presented residents with plaques that they placed at the foot of their chosen tree.

    By Daja E. Henry May 20, 2022

• October 2019

  • Binghampton’s Promise

    Part one of a three-part series from the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis

    The 100-year-old neighborhood in the middle of Memphis always seems to be under construction and duress, but the people who live and work there still believe in its promise.

    By David Waters October 23, 2019