With this column we offer food for thought. We want to start a conversation and encourage people to find a way we can protect historically black neighborhoods and grow them through inner-city, nonprofit land conservancies that African-Americans establish, contribute to, fundraise for, are actively involved in and govern.

U.S. 72 in Mississippi is now four lanes from Tennessee to Alabama.

As a junior studying English at Vanderbilt University, Leland McNabb was working on Spectrum, a student newspaper focused on publishing honors papers, when he was tasked with profiling Vanderbilt University Law School.

What’s so great about live video?

The founder of Memphis-based AutoZone Inc. is retiring from the company’s board of directors.

The two large passenger vans stopped at Union and Front on a gorgeous morning Wednesday and disgorged more than 20 architects from around the U.S. and world as well as Tennessee and Memphis.

A "great achievement in museum design." That is what the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art leaders are telling architects they want for the museum’s future home overlooking the Mississippi River in Downtown Memphis.

Take a spin Downtown in an all-electric Moke and you’ll undoubtedly notice the double-takes from passersby. Clever and compact, this ride is so fresh it fairly begs a second glance. “Is that a cutdown Jeep?” a construction worker asked as we passed by. Fair enough. It’s got an open-air ride and sporty grill, not to mention bold paint options (think bubblegum pink and canary yellow).

A new sport has set up shop next to the Rec Room adding to the area’s eclectic social scene. Civil Axe Throwing, owned by Jorge and Erin Lima, is Memphis’ first axe throwing venue. After opening locations in Chattanooga and Huntsville and Birmingham, Alabama, Lima expanded to Memphis with an official opening last week.

Five panelists representing major companies in the Memphis area will share their thoughts and perspectives on diversity in the workplace at the 11th annual Leadership Memphis Multicultural Breakfast and diversity panel with the theme “ROI of Diversity,” Friday, Nov. 2, at Holiday Inn - University of Memphis.

Emily Long was 38 weeks pregnant when she noticed her usually active baby wasn't moving. Long and her husband, Joel, called their doctor who advised them to come to the hospital immediately.

Elephants and wolves were very much part of the conversation among 300 dog trainers gathered at the Memphis Cook Convention Center this week.

Memphis International Airport has announced its 2019 lineup of free behind-the-scenes tours designed to familiarize the public with airport operations and economic impact.

The city’s new professional football team will be headquartered Downtown at the 88 Union Center building.

The Downtown Memphis Commission will posthumously honor Phil Trenary during an Oct. 26 awards program that was postponed after Trenary’s death.

Which department acts like a lightening rod within your organization? You know that if they are called to participate in a meeting it will be both productive and enjoyable. You smile anticipating the meeting, even leaving your smartphone and laptop on your desk because you know it will be completely engrossing.

The last 20 years have seen a dramatic rise in employee class-action lawsuits against employers. Hoping to mitigate the trend, employers increasingly use mandatory arbitration provisions in employment contracts, often requiring employees to waive their right to pursue claims as a class if a dispute arises.

The grocery store and gathering spot that has served Harbor Town for 20 years will celebrate its renovation and rebranding on Saturday.

Neighborhood grocery Montesi’s announced this week that it will close by the end of October, becoming the second independent grocery in two weeks to shut its doors along the hard-hit Summer Avenue corridor.

It began on a winter day in 1886, when a retail jeweler in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, received a package of watches that had been shipped to him by a Chicago company. The jeweler refused the package. He did not order the watches, and he had no interest in them.

Growing up in Memphis, Tamera Malone, instructional coach at Gestalt Public Schools, was excited for a fresh start at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was making great strides in her pursuit of a degree in political science, which would soon propel her into law school, or so she thought. Then she took a role as an assistant for a college class that would dramatically alter her perspective and plans for the future.

October in Memphis: a high of 92 and sweat. October in Boston: 65, partly sunny and how I imagine autumn should feel.

FedEx on Thursday announced an agreement to buy Australian logistics services company Manton Air-Sea Pty Ltd.

The city committee trying to build a better way of pursuing economic development will meet later this month with the two organizations that play the major roles in the existing system – the Greater Memphis Chamber and the Economic Development Growth Engine.

Ray’s Take: Everyone loves to set big goals. I’m going to lose 30 pounds and get in shape in a month. I’m going to travel around the world. I’m going to retire at 50. And the list could go on and on. While goal setting is important and helps shape our dreams, goals like these are virtually unattainable and when they aren’t met can leave us feeling like a failure.