City Council ponders next steps after pipeline truce turns to surrender
Back in April, Rev. Dr. William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, spoke during a rally supporting the Memphis Community Against the Pipeline at Alonzo Weaver Park. Plains All-American Pipeline announced Friday, July 2, that it was abandoning plans for the pipeline that would have included part of southwest Memphis in its route. (Brad Vest/Daily Memphian file)
Also on the council’s agenda Tuesday is a first look at the “Union Station” development on Union Avenue east of McLean, buying the Coke bottling plant property by the Fairgrounds and votes on two historic overlay districts in Crosstown and Vollintine-Evergreen.
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