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.
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.
A 60-lot subdivision being planned near the intersection of James and Highland in Raleigh may be marketed to new employees of the Amazon fulfillment center nearby.
The PTSA will send a group of middle and high school students to the state Legislature in Nashville on Feb. 12.
Bendy Beast Fitness currently operates in a home studio in Downtown Memphis.
Memphis outdoor enthusiasts will have another regional bike and walking trail to enjoy covering 85 miles along the Mississippi River, thanks to the Walton Foundation.
Marci Clark establishes a storefront location for her food trailer in the Whitehaven community where she grew up.
Neighborhood leaders hope new jobs will go to area residents, and some say increasing the frequency of bus routes in Frayser and Raleigh would improve the odds for those who don't own cars.
Sometimes you want to go to a place where everybody knows your name. Regulars say the old Rogers store was that kind of place.
Whitehaven economic development officials have long bemoaned the fact that residents have to cross the Mississippi state line nearby to have a selection of dining places to choose from, taking those revenues and sales taxes with them.
MAAR's president-elect says the 2019 data reflects a “competitive” housing market citywide.
Klondike-Smokey City residents will ultimately determine what happens to the lots its community development corporation was put in charge of Friday.
Landowners affected by the pipeline could expect an offer that is above fair market value, would still own the property and would have few restrictions, but could not build a permanent structure on the land.
The Orange Mound Initiative task force continued to define its plan to improve economic conditions in the neighborhood, and the transfer of Land Bank properties is seen an important early step.
A City Council committee took no action on Lorenzo Williams' $600,000 plan and wants to have further discussions on the proposal before doing so.
Memphians volunteered across the Bluff City Monday, Jan. 20, to lend hands and serve the community in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy.
Memphis National Cemetery may be surrounded by obstacles that could keep visitors away, but the park-like burial grounds are undergoing a $10 million upgrade to make it easier to celebrate and pay respects to the heroes buried there.
Food at participating restaurants ranges from West African to smoothies and wraps.
Anthony Anderson, executive director of charter school operator Memphis Business Academy, calls Cherokee's decision a "game-changer" for the Frayser community.
In 2018, the group of parents embarked on a courtyard renovation at White Station High School.
The story of Memphis’ role in Tennessee ratifying the 19th Amendment has become the story of the Memphis woman who has worked tirelessly to make sure people know how that victory was won.
Every unit in Hunter’s Ridge, Timber Pines and Watkins Manor apartments will be renovated in the $24 million project.
“In Orange Mound, if you have space, you have power. Juice Orange Mound is about giving people power in Orange Mound,” the organization’s founder Britney Thornton said.
As Christmas approached and 2019 came to a close, the last Catholic contemplative monastery in Tennessee quietly closed.
The Klondike-Smokey City CDC purchased 150 vacant lots from the Shelby County Commission in September. They are now taking the first step in creating a plan for the lots.
All 30 schools under the state's Achievement School District would return to their local school districts by 2022, but the process and details of such a transition remain unclear.