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    Strickland embraces Countrywood, opposes its de-annexation

    Mayor Jim Strickland and all four of Countrywood's City Council representatives attend its neighborhood association meeting.

    By Tom Bailey March 01, 2020
  • South Memphis

    Developer accumulates Whitehaven retail properties

    The owner of 26 Little Caesars is buying more property in Whitehaven as commercial development there continues to grow.

    By Elle Perry March 01, 2020
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    Black-owned dance company could have moved from Binghampton

    Collage Dance Collective's new facility on the intersection of Sam Cooper Boulevard and Tillman Street will be 10 times the size of its current location on Broad Avenue.

    By Omer Yusuf February 29, 2020
  • South Memphis

    Entrepreneur is ‘first money in’ for new STEM project

    Jim Herbert's beginnings can be traced back to a former dairy farm in Whitehaven. 

    By Elle Perry February 27, 2020
  • North Memphis

    Plans ‘going full steam ahead’ to replace smallest library

    The new Frayser library is expected to be four times the size of the neighborhood's current branch location at 3712 Argonne St. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 27, 2020
  • South Memphis

    Twin brothers carry on father’s business of underground construction

    Work with the city of Memphis' SARP10 program, which aims to reduce sanitary sewer overflows, has helped the contracting company grow to about 50 employees.

    By Elle Perry February 26, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Famous ‘Friend’ Courteney Cox to host Memphis event

    Cox appeared in Memphian Tom Shadyac’s directing debut, “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” and is well-known for portraying Monica Geller on NBC’s “Friends.”

    By Elle Perry February 24, 2020
  • Neighborhoods

    First phase of new $45M Civic Center set to open this spring

    The new Raleigh Springs Civic Center includes a library, walking trail, lake and police station. The city is building it on the former Raleigh Springs Mall site. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 25, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Frayser could get new high school, Harris says in State of the County address

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris sees Frayser as a good place to start expanding educational opportunities for students.

    By Linda A. Moore February 21, 2020
  • Neighborhoods

    Historic Soulsville organization plans $15M expansion

    The new Soulsville Cultural Arts Center would take up an entire block, expanding from an existing former fire station the Memphis Black Arts Alliance currently operates from.

    By Elle Perry February 21, 2020
  • South Memphis

    Neighborhood ‘matriarch’ has vision for new arts center

    Details are still being worked out about programming and specific uses for the arts space, but one component will be like a museum of Orange Mound's history. 

    By Elle Perry February 20, 2020
  • Health Care

    Nurses want to do their jobs without physician oversight

    Nurse practitioners and other advanced-practice nurses say mandatory supervision is a way for doctors to keep control. They have taken the battle to work without physician oversight, including prescribing drugs, to the Tennessee Legislature for the fourth time since 2014.

    By Jane Roberts February 19, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Anton Mack new leader at Explore Bike Share

    Anton Mack replaces Trey Moore as the leader of Explore Bike Share.

    By Linda A. Moore February 18, 2020
  • North Memphis

    Longtime neighborhood director stepping down later this year

    After 18 years, Frayser Community Development Corp. leader Steve Lockwood is stepping down later this year. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 18, 2020
  • North Memphis

    Ed Rice center to close in May for construction

    Demolition on the current Ed Rice Community Center is set to begin in May, but community members still have questions about what the new facility will offer and what alternative services will be available during construction. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 27, 2020
  • North Memphis

    ALCO purchases 7th apartment complex in Frayser

    ALCO Management has invested more than $50 million in its Frayser properties dating back to the 1970s. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 17, 2020
  • North Memphis

    Local pastor helps others cope with trauma through his own struggles

    Charlie Caswell nearly died after being held a gunpoint as a teen. He's now helping others cope with their childhood trauma through his work with the Legacy of Legends CDC. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 17, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Board backs office building over a neighborhood’s objections

    The Land Use Control Board also approved plans for a gated, 19-lot subdivision in East Memphis, modifications to a commercial development in Raleigh and a request to close a public street at Memphis Country Club.

    By Tom Bailey February 13, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Developer plans rare new build in historic neighborhood

    Spencer Shadrach plans to sell the home for $230,000 to $250,000, while the average home sale price in the neighborhood the last two years is $50,278.

    By Elle Perry February 13, 2020
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    City backs Sheraton deal to boost conventions

    City touts Sheraton hotel incentive deal, expansion or not, for boosting ability to host larger conventions, putting tax-exempt land back on tax rolls.

    By Wayne Risher February 12, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Harding sells Cordova campus to charter school

    Memphis School of Excellence buys Harding Academy of Memphis' 20-acre campus in Cordova for $6 million. 

    By Tom Bailey February 11, 2020
  • South Memphis

    After Margaritas, what’s next for Whitehaven?

    While the possibility of a Highland Row-style, mixed-use development is generating excitement, small businesses' growth also is contributing to more activity and optimism in Whitehaven.

    By Elle Perry February 10, 2020
  • South Memphis

    Memphis Heritage Trail extending to Orange Mound, South City, Soulsville

    There are now Memphis Heritage Trail markers on display in Orange Mound showcasing the community's history. 

    By Elle Perry February 07, 2020
  • South Memphis

    Loans offer new home for fitness studio, new life for old Rogers store

    The projects just east of Downtown in Annesdale-Snowden and in the Alcy Ball area of South Memphis would activate vacant buildings. 

    By Elle Perry February 06, 2020
  • North Memphis

    Frayser sees wave of new home starts

    Seizing an opportunity near Amazon's new $200 million fulfillment center, a local developer is investing the first private residential dollars since the Great Recession. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 05, 2020

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