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

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.

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. 

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.

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

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

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. 

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

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. 

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.