The busy LRK has added 14 employees this year as part of its effort to meet the work demands created by a robust economy for new development. 

Marching bands, community leaders and dance groups paraded down Elvis Presley Boulevard. While Christmas cheer was abundant, neighborhood pride remained a prevalent theme among participants.

Memphis organizations held youth-focused Global Entrepreneurship Week events. 

The $600,000 facility, the first in Binghampton, is set to open next summer. 

Rhonda Logan's journey to the District 1 seat included a 100-vote marathon City Council meeting when she repeatedly fell one vote short of getting the appointment in late 2018. 

Residents of Soulsville in South Memphis will come together Saturday to welcome the holiday season with an event that includes music, hot cocoa and the lighting of a Christmas tree.

An emergency shelter is planned in Westwood; in Midtown and the Medical District, a property owner is requesting its apartment buildings be "legitimized."

Pre-apprentice vo-tech program could expand to other local high schools if successful. 

Claudette Boyd, president of the Orange Mound Parade Committee, said the effort will ensure Orange Mound “is not left out of the (holiday) celebration.”

Three substantial developments have been proposed for the north edge of Shelby Farms Park, and it appears the 267-unit Velo at Shelby Farms may be the first to be built.

The Works Inc. owns several vacant lots around its South Memphis office in ZIP code 38106.

When a woman was struck by a motorist near their school in June, a group of Memphis sixth graders dedicated their semester to learning about pedestrian safety. On Saturday morning, they spoke out about what they learned.

Marketplace Development hopes to close on a deal for the property by the first quarter of 2020. 

First 8 Memphis was formed earlier this year to financially support and advocate for more early childhood programming in Shelby County. 

Shelby County Assessor Melvin Burgess said that the task force would go on a tour of the area.

If the plan is approved, Shelby County could start providing solid waste services to Northaven residents by spring 2020. 

The full Shelby County Commission is set to vote on the Raleigh TIF district Nov. 18 and Memphis City Council must also approve it before it goes into effect. 

Porter-Leath opened its first Early Childhood Academy in 2017 in South Memphis. 

The Uptown TIF expansion will include the New Chicago, Smokey City and Bickford neighborhoods. The expansion is set to go into effect Jan. 1. 

With the Orange Mound location, Stepherson Inc. will operate nine grocery stores in the Memphis area, including one in Southaven, Mississippi.

The Shelby County Health Department will operate its Commodity Supplemental Food Program from the warehouse at 1020 S. Bellevue Blvd.

The Superlo loan is identical to one granted by the same body last year for a new Cash Saver in Southgate Shopping Center. 

Orange Mound homeowners saw property values decrease by 26% from 2009-2019.

Shelby County officials presented their plan to provide garbage collection service for Northaven residents at a community meeting Tuesday night. 

Construction on the third phase of Foote Park at South City on the west side of Danny Thomas Boulevard is to be completed by June 2021.