There are 25 article(s) tagged Orange Mound:

• December 2019

  • 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

• November 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

• October 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

• September 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

  • Friends, family remember ‘Mayor of Orange Mound’

    Affectionately known as “The Mayor of Orange Mound,” restaurateur and notable Memphian Tyler Glover Sr. was laid to rest on Saturday.

    By Jared Boyd September 24, 2019

  • Orange Mound adding to New Ballet’s dance pipeline

    LeAnthony Douglas, a teaching and performing artist at New Ballet Ensemble and School, started in the organization’s first cohort of Dunbar Elementary School students. 

    By Elle Perry September 21, 2019

• May 2019

  • Orange Mound nonprofit featured in annual Google Economic Impact Report

    Orange Mound nonprofit organization My Cup of Tea announced Thursday it has been featured in Google’s tenth annual Economic Impact Report.

    By Natalie Martin May 30, 2019

  • Bicentennial day marked on Mud Island and in Orange Mound

    Local leaders cut the ribbon Wednesday on a new social media icon on Mud Island, and Orange Mound celebrated Memphis' bicentennial day by marking 100 years since it was annexed by the city.

    By Bill Dries May 23, 2019

• February 2019

  • Orange Mound Black Restaurant Week spotlights cuisine in the historic neighborhood

    Inspired by Whitehaven's recent weeklong culinary celebration, Orange Mound is serving up its own restaurant week.

    By Jared Boyd February 15, 2019

• January 2019

  • The CLTV re-creates iconic photo in celebration of arts in Orange Mound

    A group of more than 100 creatives representing the African-American arts community in Memphis gathered Saturday to recreate an iconic 1958 photograph. Dubbed “A Great Day in Orange Mound,” the location was a very deliberate backdrop for both the photo and a co-working space The CLTV will soon be opening.

    By Jared Boyd January 06, 2019

• December 2018

  • The CLTV finds home in Orange Mound

    Founded in 2015, The Collective (CLTV) has a three-part mission: empowering black artists, using their creative expression to elevate the black community and using the first two parts to shift the culture in Memphis.

    By Elle Perry December 23, 2018

  • O.C. Pleasant Jr. was a great man, husband, father, brother, mentor, community leader and Memphian

    Ocie Cleveland “O.C.” Pleasant Jr. always offered a quip and a smile upon an encounter. When expressing the standard Southern inquiry as to his well-being, he would simply reply, “I’m pleasant.”

    By Roshun Austin December 13, 2018

• October 2018

  • Shuttered for 40 years, old Melrose High School to open for weekend Orange Mound celebration

    Melrose High School’s homecoming on Friday, Oct.19, drew a sea of maroon and gold to Melrose Stadium in Orange Mound.

    By Madeline Faber October 20, 2018

  • Urban Art selects Desmond Lewis for Orange Mound public art project

    The Urban Art Commission and City of Memphis have selected Memphis-based artist Desmond Lewis for a new public art project in Orange Mound.

    By Elle Perry October 18, 2018