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Once at the center of a controversy over a statue honoring a Confederate Civil War general, the recently renamed Medical District Park is reinventing itself with a new public art installation that honors the community’s caregivers.
The park has been the site of events like fitness classes, happy hour, festivals and A Taste of the District, which spotlights local restaurants.
In recent years, 11 new businesses opened in the Memphis Medical District, and the area has seen community engagement in a corridor that was overlooked for decades. And Memphians aren’t the only ones to notice.
In 2023, 11 new businesses opened in the Memphis Medical District, helped by the district’s pre-development grants and other incentives.
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.
Memphis Medical District Collaborative president Rory Thomas talks about the potential growth from Ford’s planned investment and attracting outsiders to the Medical District.
The grant was in recognition of the MMDC’s work centered on building equity and prosperity through increased economic opportunities for BIPOC communities.
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.
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.
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