There are 82 article(s) tagged Whitehaven:

• September 2021

  • Friday football preview: Battle of Germantown among the Week 6 highlights

    Red Devils travel to Houston with city pride, and serious region ramifications, at stake.

    By John Varlas September 28, 2021

• August 2021

  • Popular West African restaurant looks to new Whitehaven location

    Tounkara opened his eponymous restaurant in 2019, in a small strip on Raines Road, very near the Memphis International Airport, serving such staples as goat curry, chicken peanut stew and jollof rice. 

    By Chris Herrington August 30, 2021

• July 2021

  • MATA launches new transit service

    Riders can reserve a pick-up or drop-off ride within the designated service area by phone.

    By Omer Yusuf July 31, 2021

  • Grab your phone and pose: It’s a selfie studio

    Pose 901 offers a place for visitors to snap photos in a variety of Memphis-themed settings.

    By Rob Moore July 23, 2021

  • Luxury home development proposed for Whitehaven

    “Goshen Place” would be a nearly 16-acre, gated subdivision for luxury homes near the planned BLP Film Studios site in Whitehaven.

    By Tom Bailey July 09, 2021

• June 2021

  • First Horizon closing 4 branches in Memphis market

    First Horizon officials confirmed that it plans to close three Memphis branches and one in Southaven next month.

    By Tom Bailey June 28, 2021

  • About Town: Film studio can help city reel in movie projects

    If it all comes together the undeveloped intersection of Elvis Presley Boulevard and Holmes Road in Whitehaven could be home to the second-largest Black-owned film studio in the U.S. within a few years.

    By Omer Yusuf June 24, 2021

  • EDGE awards Whitehaven economic development group 100K grant

    EDGE awarded a $100,000 grant focusing on Whitehaven as part of a large effort to work with local economic development partners throughout the county.

    By Omer Yusuf June 16, 2021

  • 85-acre film compound receives approval

    It all started years ago when Jason Farmer’s grade-school-age son said he wanted to be a filmmaker. On Thursday, the Land Use Control Board approved a planned development for an 85-acre film- and TV-production complex in Whitehaven.

    By Tom Bailey June 10, 2021

  • Another film-related development proposed for Whitehaven

    Proposed is a 15,000-square-foot building that includes a 7,000-square-foot soundstage, all to help young Memphians prepare for careers in film and television.

    By Tom Bailey June 04, 2021

  • Whitehaven, Germantown COVID vaccination sites to close at end of month

    City of Memphis COO Doug McGowen said the city and county are going door-to-door to increase vaccine uptake in Shelby County.

    By Omer Yusuf June 03, 2021

• May 2021

  • Local nonprofits educate renters on rights in Shelby County

    Renters’ rights is an issue that’s again risen to the surface since the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Omer Yusuf May 16, 2021

  • About Town: Film lot, new Y could create economic spark in Whitehaven

    A proposed 85-acre film lot and new YMCA are two ongoing projects in Whitehaven – though each are on significantly different timelines.

    By Omer Yusuf May 14, 2021

  • New YMCA offers promise of rich resource for Whitehaven

    The new facility will offer a community resource center, early childhood learning center, wellness center, gymnasium — and, yes, a new indoor swimming pool. 

    By Omer Yusuf May 10, 2021

  • Hollywood-scale film lot planned for Memphis

    The application states that the 85-acre filmmaking studio will rival any facility in Hollywood, Atlanta or London.

    By Tom Bailey May 07, 2021

• April 2021

  • MATA to offer ‘curb-to-curb’ service in 3 areas

    Memphis Area Transit Authority will offer pick-up and drop-off service to addresses in Boxtown, Whitehaven and Westwood.

    By Omer Yusuf April 24, 2021

  • Community leaders address root causes of crime

    Crime impacts neighborhoods across the city. From Frayser to Whitehaven, community leaders discuss how to address the problem and the causes that contribute to it.

    By Omer Yusuf April 18, 2021

  • Whitehaven school’s ‘store’ rewards positive behavior

    Students at Robert R. Church Elementary School in Whitehaven can now exchange points for prizes after a $10,000 donation funded their new incentive store. 

    By Daja E. Henry April 15, 2021

• March 2021

  • Ice cream business, self-storage, Orleans Station among new zoning cases

    The new Board of Adjustment applications include a business that wants to produce ice cream in Whitehaven, a 3-acre self-storage business in South City and a 10-acre mixed-use development in the Medical District.

    By Tom Bailey March 31, 2021

  • $23K from community, businesses assists 86 families with MLGW bills

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s Gift of Comfort program helped 86 families with their bills in March.

    By Allyson Brown March 22, 2021

  • Freedom Preparatory Academy schools to reopen March 8

    Freedom Preparatory Academy charter schools will re-open their school buildings, starting with kindergarten and first- graders, Monday, March 8.

    By Daja E. Henry March 04, 2021

• February 2021

  • Unity walk a first step, not final solution in fight against gun violence

    Saturday’s event – one that featured many elected officials and community organizations – was the second unity walk in a three-month span.

    By Omer Yusuf February 28, 2021

  • Whitehaven welcomes vaccine site with relief, gratitude

    The Shelby County Health Department partnered with Southwest Tennessee Community College to begin administering first doses of the Pfizer vaccine Friday at the school’s Whitehaven center at 1234 Finley Road.

    By Omer Yusuf February 08, 2021

• January 2021

  • 5,000-6,000 extra weekly doses headed to Shelby County

    Thousands of extra COVID-19 vaccine doses are headed to Shelby County from the state and Centers for Disease Control.

    By Jane Roberts January 30, 2021

  • Health Dept. announces Whitehaven vaccination site

    The location is expected to open late next week.

    By Jane Roberts January 28, 2021