City Council extends moratorium on new car-related businesses along Lamar Avenue
Young Actors Guild dancers rehearse July 15 at Capleville United Methodist. The city of Memphis sold for $1 a former Orange Mound fire station to the organization, which broke ground in July on renovations for what will be the Harriet Performing Arts Center. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
After a year-long moratorium on car lots, tire shops and gas stations on Lamar Avenue, Memphis City Council members extended it Tuesday by an additional six months.
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