Orange Mound - The Daily Memphian

June 2020

Orange Mound Gallery settles in to new home for the next half century

The new gallery opens in a community rich with history and with plans for exhibits and programs.

By Linda A. Moore June 24, 2020
Drive-thru coronavirus testing coming to several sites this week

The sites include locations in Whitehaven, Binghampton, South Memphis, Hickory Hill and Orange Mound.

By The Daily Memphian Staff June 16, 2020

Gospel soul singer meditates on Memphis in new single

Evvie McKinney left Memphis to pursue her career as a gospel artist with crossover appeal. Her new single "Bring the Whole Hood" finds her looking back to Memphis for inspiration.

By Jared Boyd May 29, 2020

YMCA begins food distribution program across Shelby County

YMCA is running 62 meal-distribution sites across Shelby County from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.

By Omer Yusuf March 25, 2020

Conaway: Two cities, one beat

“Memphis has always been racially-fractured, and I don’t know where we’d be without the greatest duct tape and Gorilla Glue in the world ... music.”

By Dan Conaway February 19, 2020
UrbanArt selects Desmond Lewis for Orange Mound public art project

The City of Memphis’ percent-for-art program will fund the project.

By Elle Perry February 19, 2020
Memphis Heritage Trail extending to Orange Mound, South City, Soulsville

There are now Memphis Heritage Trail markers on display in Orange Mound showcasing the community's history.

By Elle Perry February 07, 2020
Railroad pulls container operations out of heart of Memphis

Norfolk Southern discontinued intermodal freight operations at its rail yard in the Buntyn area near the Fairgrounds, a move that's expected to reduce truck traffic among other impacts in a congested urban area.

By Wayne Risher February 06, 2020

On the Ground Podcast: Orange Mound artists prepare feast, mural presentation and more

Yancy Villa-Calvo is working on an Orange Mound documentation piece with the students of Melrose and a historian scholar from University of Memphis.

By High Ground News January 31, 2020
Task force continues work on plan to improve Orange Mound

The Orange Mound Initiative task force continued to define its plan to improve economic conditions in the neighborhood, and the transfer of Land Bank properties is seen an important early step.

By Elle Perry January 23, 2020

Board of Adjustment rejects Orange Mound crematorium

Nearly 50 people submitted opposition letters to the proposed crematorium and more than 50 showed up in opposition at the meeting Dec. 18.

By Elle Perry December 18, 2019
Orange Mound Task Force votes to create neighborhood authority

Creating the authority would require City Council and County Commission approval. The task force will also ask that all Shelby County Land Bank-owned properties in Orange Mound be turned over to the authority.

By Elle Perry December 13, 2019
Archaeologists help map plantation that became Orange Mound

The tiny Deaderick family cemetery in Orange Mound was once much bigger. And this week, an archaeological effort by the city and several Orange Mound groups found evidence of more graves beyond the wrought iron fence of the cemetery along Park Avenue.

By Bill Dries December 13, 2019
On the Ground Podcast: Strategy, spare change and speaking for yourself

If there’s no one investing in you, invest in yourself. Britney Thornton, founder of JUICE Orange Mound, is on a mission to mobilize residents to revitalize the neighborhood on their own terms.

By Natalie Van Gundy December 06, 2019
Politics Podcast: Bringing back Orange Mound

Shelby County Property Assessor Melvin Burgess and Ken Washington, deputy administrator over residential appraisal in the assessor’s office, discuss the Orange Mound Initiative.

By Bill Dries December 05, 2019

Orange Mound Task Force holds first meeting

Shelby County Assessor Melvin Burgess said that the task force would go on a tour of the area.

By Elle Perry November 14, 2019
Porter-Leath plans early childhood academies in Orange Mound, Hickory Hill after Frayser

Porter-Leath opened its first Early Childhood Academy in 2017 in South Memphis.

By Elle Perry November 13, 2019
Stepherson Inc. applies for PILOT for Orange Mound Superlo

With the Orange Mound location, Stepherson Inc. will operate nine grocery stores in the Memphis area, including one in Southaven, Mississippi.

By Elle Perry November 08, 2019
EDGE approves Orange Mound Superlo loan

The Superlo loan is identical to one granted by the same body last year for a new Cash Saver in Southgate Shopping Center.

By Elle Perry November 06, 2019
Meet the Orange Mound Task Force

Orange Mound homeowners saw property values decrease by 26% from 2009-2019.

By Elle Perry November 06, 2019

Task force to attack declining property values in Orange Mound gets OK

A task force approved by the Shelby County Commission will look for ways to reverse the devaluation of property in Orange Mound.

By Linda A. Moore October 22, 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
Hardaway: Orange Mound Initiative will be designed, developed, driven by grassroots organizations

Shelby County Assessor Melvin Burgess is hosting an event next week that is billed as an opportunity to collaborate, grow and shape the future of Orange Mound.

By Elle Perry October 04, 2019
Assessor wants county task force to help halt African American home devaluation

Shelby County assessor of property Melvin Burgess said his offices has studied Orange Mound and wants to use the community as a model in the creation of a plan to stop the devaluation of homes on African American communities across Memphis.

By Linda A. Moore October 04, 2019

Superlo Foods to open in closed Orange Mound Kroger store

Superlo Foods, a Memphis-based grocery store chain, hopes to open a location in Orange Mound Dec. 1.

By Elle Perry September 30, 2019