Creating the authority would require City Council and County Commission approval. The task force will also ask that all Shelby County Land Bank-owned properties in Orange Mound be turned over to the authority.
Porter-Leath’s NEXT Memphis founder Chloe Moore makes the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
A $300,000 project will expand a donor call center for ALSAC on the college’s campus that first opened in March 2018.
The TIF could potentially generate $1 million in annual additional property tax revenue pending further investments in Raleigh.
A Houston-based business consultant is proposing a solution to blighted and vacant properties in northwest Frayser after touring the neighborhood several months ago.
The Shelby County Assessor and his director of residential appraisal, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, pointed to bringing back commercial development first in Orange Mound and working on seeding infrastructure for a later residential revival.
Southwest's foundation honored Fred Davis, Charles and Patra Temple, student scholarship recipients, sponsors and donors.
Calvin Lacy said he is working to get a 501(c)3 for his organization, The Lacy Foundation, which would be housed at 1655 Lamar. Its mission is to elevate the community both intellectually and economically.
Muggin' Coffeehouse was one of two building permit applications filed recently for Whitehaven.
The Broad Avenue Arts District and Carpenter Art Garden are holding holiday shopping events during the first weekend of December.
Frayser Community Schools officials are hopeful the changes will help the high school return to the progress it made during the 2015-16 school year.
The murals are a reflection of different perspectives of how people perceive Binghampton and what they want it to become.
Momentum of Small Business Saturday continues to grow every year.
Film director Tom Shadyac opened the indoor rock-climbing gym in March 2018. It is now offering a vegan brunch every third Sunday adjacent to its "Juice Almighty" juice bar.
Organizations and businesses in several Memphis neighborhoods are employing different tactics to encourage holiday consumers to shop there.
The busy LRK has added 14 employees this year as part of its effort to meet the work demands created by a robust economy for new development.
Marching bands, community leaders and dance groups paraded down Elvis Presley Boulevard. While Christmas cheer was abundant, neighborhood pride remained a prevalent theme among participants.
Memphis organizations held youth-focused Global Entrepreneurship Week events.
The $600,000 facility, the first in Binghampton, is set to open next summer.
Rhonda Logan's journey to the District 1 seat included a 100-vote marathon City Council meeting when she repeatedly fell one vote short of getting the appointment in late 2018.
Residents of Soulsville in South Memphis will come together Saturday to welcome the holiday season with an event that includes music, hot cocoa and the lighting of a Christmas tree.
An emergency shelter is planned in Westwood; in Midtown and the Medical District, a property owner is requesting its apartment buildings be "legitimized."
Pre-apprentice vo-tech program could expand to other local high schools if successful.
Claudette Boyd, president of the Orange Mound Parade Committee, said the effort will ensure Orange Mound “is not left out of the (holiday) celebration.”
Three substantial developments have been proposed for the north edge of Shelby Farms Park, and it appears the 267-unit Velo at Shelby Farms may be the first to be built.
The Works Inc. owns several vacant lots around its South Memphis office in ZIP code 38106.
When a woman was struck by a motorist near their school in June, a group of Memphis sixth graders dedicated their semester to learning about pedestrian safety. On Saturday morning, they spoke out about what they learned.
Marketplace Development hopes to close on a deal for the property by the first quarter of 2020.
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