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<strong>Residents from the Klondike and Smokey City neighborhood walk the market together in 2021.</strong> (Lucy Garrett/Special to the Daily Memphian)Neighborhoods

Community groups to host May Day at Northside High building

Klondike Smokey City Community Development Corporation, The Works, Inc. and Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. will host a May Day Saturday at Northside High School. 

By Daja E. Henry May 18, 2022
Neighborhoods

About Town: College Park begins transition to affordable housing

Six months after residents at College Park, a government-subsidized housing complex in South Memphis, received letters informing them they would need to temporarily move out due to renovations, the site’s new owners hosted a groundbreaking ceremony. 

By Julia Baker March 18, 2022
Neighborhoods

About Town: Restaurants opening, closing have impact in Cooper-Young

If there’s anything we can take away from this last week, it’s that the Cooper-Young neighborhood, although it has its stable businesses and celebrations, is constantly evolving while maintaining its unique character.

By Julia Baker March 11, 2022
Neighborhoods

About Town: Former church becomes resource for the community

Last month, Frayser saw the addition of the new Legacy Impact Community Resource Center.

By Julia Baker March 04, 2022

  • Neighborhoods

    Frayser center to make an ‘impact’

    The center in Frayser will bring multiple benefits to the community for everyone from youths to veterans to seniors.

    By Julia Baker March 04, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Former Frayser CDC director joins Blight Authority

    In something of a “surprise,” even to himself, Steve Lockwood is the new interim executive director of BAM. 

    By Julia Baker February 25, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Northside High project taps into newer PILOT

    Klondike-Smokey City project will use an incentive first applied for the Binghampton Gateway Center. 

    By Julia Baker February 18, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: What does funding for developments in South Memphis and Soulsville really mean?

    The county approved $1 million in ARPA grant funding for four community development groups in South Memphis, showing signs of growth in the area.

    By Julia Baker February 11, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: New fire headquarters part of a changing Memphis landscape

    The Memphis Fire Department reached a new milestone Monday, Jan. 31, when it hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new fire headquarters at its “fire campus” at 2670 Avery Ave.

    By Julia Baker February 04, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Widening roads and recycling tires

    If new barriers are deemed effective on Broad Avenue, they could be used in other areas of the city. Plus, a project finally gets going in Southeast Memphis. 

    By Julia Baker January 28, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Changes abound in the Shelby County Schools

    Shelby County Schools is part of a national trend that shows public school enrollment declining. 

    By Julia Baker January 21, 2022
  • North Memphis

    About Town: Former training center to house homeless veterans

    Alpha Omega Veterans Services was given the former training center through a federal grant by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

    By Julia Baker January 14, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Fight continues against proposed gas station in Binghampton

    The City Council delayed a vote on the convenience store that would be built on Tillman Street between Broad Avenue and Sam Cooper Boulevard in Binghampton. 

    By Julia Baker January 07, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Inside the Memphis Medical District’s transformation

    The Memphis Medical District is currently undergoing a transformation with several private and public developments and redevelopments in the works. 

    By Julia Baker December 24, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: ASD releases 4 Frayser schools but it has little to do with gains

    Four Frayser schools will soon return to Shelby County Schools after a 10-year turnover with the Achievement School District, run by the Tennessee Department of Education. 

    By Julia Baker December 17, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Residents welcome Orange Mound community center

    RedZone Ministries Opportunity Zone Center is due to break ground in December and will house a large recreation facility, game room, cafe, multipurpose room, classrooms and offices. 

    By Julia Baker December 29, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Pedestrians hit twice with ‘Naming’ vandalism

    But there may be a small silver lining after most of the art installation was destroyed. 

    By Julia Baker December 03, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: What a week for Whitehaven

    This week was a busy one for Whitehaven as it wrapped up its appreciation week, Elvis Presley Boulevard received new Christmas ornaments, and a restaurant moved locations. 

    By Julia Baker November 26, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: New fire station has a side benefit for St. Jude

    The City of Memphis Division of Fire Services celebrated the construction of the firehouse, its third new fire station in the last four years, during a groundbreaking ceremony. 

    By Julia Baker November 19, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Meet neighborhoods reporter Julia Baker

    The Daily Memphian’s new neighborhoods reporter is a native Memphian who has lived all over the city.

    By Julia Baker November 12, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Raleigh-Frayser projects bring improvements and TLC to area

    Kennedy and Rodney Baber Parks, which were both victim to the “Great Flood of 2011,” will receive improvements funded by the Shelby County Resilience Grant.

    By Julia Baker November 05, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Prospero’s relocation is a statement for Downtown

    The home health company’s decision to move a short distance from 40 S. Main to 30 S. B.B. King Blvd. reflects commitment to the area. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 29, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Frayser park set to undergo a transformation

    Rodney Baber Park on James Road was permanently altered after the 2011 floods that ravaged Shelby County. A once vibrant park now waits for the necessary adjustments to make comparable or better than its previous version.

    By Omer Yusuf October 28, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Memphis Parks plan future with return to the past

    “Several generations of Memphians grew up with fond memories of going to their neighborhood park and participating in a pageant or being in a softball league.” 

    By Omer Yusuf October 15, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Growing brand agency boosts Black-owned business cluster

    After adding a new principal and more staff, Baby Grand is looking for a new location in the Edge District. 

    By Omer Yusuf October 08, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Merger takes aim at ‘one of the more important issues’ in Memphis

    Could a merger between The Works and NPI help solve Memphis’ lack of quality affordable housing in the long term?

    By Omer Yusuf October 01, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: The threat of bus route cuts in Memphis neighborhoods

    Memphis Area Transit Authority bus riders in several neighborhoods could see some significant changes to their commute if the transit agency’s new proposal is implemented later this fall.

    By Omer Yusuf September 24, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: The search for Binghampton grocery continues

    A year after Save A Lot’s closure, Binghampton is firmly a food desert again and there are now no immediate plans to find a replacement. 

    By Omer Yusuf September 24, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: 901 Comics bounces back from pandemic

    The Midtown-based comic store closed for two months at the pandemic’s onset in the spring of 2020, then adjusted to its new reality.

    By Omer Yusuf September 30, 2021

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