There are 3 article(s) tagged Orange Mound Initiative:

• December 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

  • Orange Mound comeback won’t be easy, Burgess says

    The Shelby County Assessor and his director of residential appraisal, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, pointed to bringing back commercial development first in Orange Mound and working on seeding infrastructure for a later residential revival. 

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2019

• October 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