MATA launches new transit service
Riders can reserve a pick-up or drop-off ride within the designated service area by phone.
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Riders can reserve a pick-up or drop-off ride within the designated service area by phone.
Pose 901 offers a place for visitors to snap photos in a variety of Memphis-themed settings.
“Goshen Place” would be a nearly 16-acre, gated subdivision for luxury homes near the planned BLP Film Studios site in Whitehaven.
First Horizon officials confirmed that it plans to close three Memphis branches and one in Southaven next month.
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.
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.
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.
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.
City of Memphis COO Doug McGowen said the city and county are going door-to-door to increase vaccine uptake in Shelby County.
Renters’ rights is an issue that’s again risen to the surface since the COVID-19 pandemic.
A proposed 85-acre film lot and new YMCA are two ongoing projects in Whitehaven – though each are on significantly different timelines.
The new facility will offer a community resource center, early childhood learning center, wellness center, gymnasium — and, yes, a new indoor swimming pool.
The application states that the 85-acre filmmaking studio will rival any facility in Hollywood, Atlanta or London.
Memphis Area Transit Authority will offer pick-up and drop-off service to addresses in Boxtown, Whitehaven and Westwood.
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.
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.
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.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s Gift of Comfort program helped 86 families with their bills in March.
Freedom Preparatory Academy charter schools will re-open their school buildings, starting with kindergarten and first- graders, Monday, March 8.
Saturday’s event – one that featured many elected officials and community organizations – was the second unity walk in a three-month span.
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.
Thousands of extra COVID-19 vaccine doses are headed to Shelby County from the state and Centers for Disease Control.
The location is expected to open late next week.
The new initiative will help students move toward reading at grade level.
The Greater Whitehaven Economic Redevelopment Corp. has money available to help Whitehaven small business that have been hurt by the coronavirus.