As many as 30 more new homes could follow two new homes completed recently on Whitney Avenue in Frayser. The effort comes with some city investments and some remaining challenges from the Great Recession.
Thanks to active Orange Mound residents and city representatives, a new arts center serving youth will soon be constructed at a former fire station site.
The academy will work with the nonprofit GROW, which aims to help teen girls work through issues like bullying, drug use, alcohol and peer pressure to make good decisions for themselves.
Yancy Villa-Calvo and Mauricio Calvo, local coordinators for the Gateways for Growth initiative, discuss the economic, cultural and civic contributions of local immigrants, and how Memphis can harness and grow those impacts.
McDonald's workers in Memphis held a rally Friday demanding the fast-food corporation raise its minimum wage for all McDonald's employees to $15 an hour.
A suit filed by the LeMoyne-Owen College Faculty Organization against the college and its board of trustees reveals the mistrust that existed between the administration and faculty before the college president was fired.
Yvonne Bobo's project to create space for 15 artists and a nonprofit called Off the Walls that will serve at-risk youth and adults in South City may receive additional incentives.
At least 100 former Universal Life Insurance employees were on hand Thursday for an event commemorating the building’s 70th anniversary.
The High Ground team welcomes Mark Fleischer, founder and editor of Storyboard Memphis. The monthly newspaper focuses on stories and issues of local interest.
Carnell Vann has spent the past 10 years trying to open a barbershop in his Frayser neighborhood. Now he's close to realizing his dream.
The center is located in Madison Heights, which has a high concentration of low-income residents and people experiencing homelessness. Recently the area – surrounded by Crosstown, Midtown and the Medical District – has seen business development, which has the potential to displace vulnerable residents.
The vacant Fuel Cafe on Madison could be renovated into a new pizza and pasta restaurant by a local grower who sells handmade pastas at local farmers markets.
This week's demolition of a small shopping center is attributed to the future project to replace the Poplar Viaduct.
Alpha Omega Veterans Services got in the farm-to-table movement more than a year ago. Now, with its first full growing season unfolding, it's marketing produce and the power of horticultural therapy.
Developers of two large projects south of Interstate 240 are seeking amendments to their plans, one for a truck terminal expansion on American Way, the other for a gated residential community at Forest Hill-Irene and Shelby Drive.
The planning cases to be heard in August include a new single-family subdivision south of Downtown and three proposed sites for automobile sales.
Education is a primary component of YouthBuild, a federally funded program that will enable the CDC to select, train, certify and employ 70 aspiring tradesmen and tradeswomen.
As The Central Station’s first general manager, Jeremy Sadler is busy forming his management team and meeting with potential clients in preparation for the hotel’s expected opening in September.
The owner of the long-vacant, 108-year-old Central Police Station Building has a Plan A and Plan B for renovating the historic Central Police Station Building at 128 Adams. Which plan is used depends on how the legal dispute over the convention center hotels is resolved.
The college’s new funeral services program is designed to prepare students to become either a funeral director or an embalmer.
A faith-based, nonprofit residential facility is an alcohol and drug treatment program for men 18 and older, who staff BAM, or Business as Ministry, and a car wash as part of their recovery process.
A panel of chefs and other food professionals will select the first Ground Up Chef-in-Residence in mid-July.
According to the conditional use permit application, the office would house six to 10 business support staff.
Whitehaven teenagers spent the past month researching the neighborhood’s history and preparing to lead a bus tour Tuesday that included songs and event re-enactments.
There are two dedicated gay bars operating in Memphis, both located in Madison Heights. Though gay bars are on the decline across the U.S., Dru's Bar and The Pumping Station are still well-loved spots to socialize and to organize politically.
The developers of a townhouse project in Cooper-Young presented four different site plans to residents, saying fewer units will mean higher prices.
Habitat for Humanity’s Jessica Hord and Habitat homeowner Brandi Hunter talk homeownership and building community in Memphis’ Uptown neighborhood and beyond.
Parents and teachers at Winchester Elementary were largely critical of the Memphis Teacher Residency partnership — saying the teachers would be less experienced, the model hasn’t been tested, and the school had recently undergone a lot of leadership changes.
Methodist church officials will soon list for sale the just-closed Highland Heights United Methodist Church building. The property anchors a corner of two busy streets, which should draw interest from prospective buyers.
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