There are 8 article(s) tagged Soulsville TIF:

• May 2022

  • High school expansion in Whitehaven approved

    In other City Council actions Tuesday, Juneteenth was added as a paid holiday for city employees and the Soulsville TIF District was up for a vote. 

    By Bill Dries May 25, 2022

  • Memphis City Council moves closer to hiring energy consultant

    MLGW is currently requesting proposals from various providers for a possible move to a new electric power provider.

    By Bill Dries May 10, 2022

  • Council begins property tax votes Tuesday, moves ahead with ballot question decisions

    The council will mix a first vote on the city property tax rate Tuesday with more discussion and votes on two ballot questions for the August ballot — one on expanding term limits and the other allowing for partisan city primaries.

    By Bill Dries May 10, 2022

• April 2022

  • Soulsville TIF, Northside High PILOT get commission approval

    In addition to advancements on Northside and Soulsville TIFs, the commission approved on second reading an ordinance keeping in place a residency waiver for prison guards. But some commissioners may try to kill it on third reading next month.

    By Bill Dries April 11, 2022

  • Northside and Soulsville tax incentives move to County Commission

    The commission agenda also includes a call on County Clerk Wanda Halbert for a corrective plan to clear up some problems in a recent audit of her office’s financial statements.

    By Bill Dries April 11, 2022

  • City backs bonds for One Beale project in ‘unprecedented move’

    “This is not something we have taken lightly,” said Memphis COO Doug McGowen. “The world has changed and the Loews hotel is not coming. Those are two things that have caused us to act.”

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    City Council urges early voting expansion in county primaries

    By Bill Dries April 06, 2022

  • City Council takes up One Beale debt, Soulsville TIF and Northside PILOT

    The economic development items are part of a council agenda that could see the formal end of a city-county consolidation bid and the end of council discussion of police and fire residency requirements.

    By Bill Dries April 05, 2022

• March 2022

  • City Council questions Soulsville TIF

    Several Memphis City Council members said Tuesday, March 22, they don’t think it is large enough or generates enough property tax increment to get much going in terms of economic development in the Soulsville area.

    By Bill Dries March 23, 2022