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.
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.
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.
About Town: Former church becomes resource for the community
Last month, Frayser saw the addition of the new Legacy Impact Community Resource Center.
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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.
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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.
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About Town: Northside High project taps into newer PILOT
Klondike-Smokey City project will use an incentive first applied for the Binghampton Gateway Center.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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About Town: Changes abound in the Shelby County Schools
Shelby County Schools is part of a national trend that shows public school enrollment declining.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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About Town: Pedestrians hit twice with ‘Naming’ vandalism
But there may be a small silver lining after most of the art installation was destroyed.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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