Despite ‘doom loop,’ Downtown Memphis makes progress
“You can not have a strong city without a strong downtown,” Memphis Mayor Paul Young said at the DMC State of Downtown 2025 on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Dima Amro/The Daily Memphian)
Downtown Memphis is progressing with more projects, population and initiatives despite the “doom loop,” said Brookings Institution fellow Tracy Hadden Loh.
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Dima Amro is a native Memphian who covers commercial real estate and economic development for The Daily Memphian. She received her B.A. in journalism at the University of Memphis and M.A. in investigative journalism at American University.
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