Memphis Lift announced the hiring of Rhoda Hickman as chief of staff July 19. The organization's goal is to "make the powerless parent powerful." 

The site for a new Raleigh farmers market and community park is near the Raleigh Town Center development site. 

The Memphis City Council last month approved $3.8 million in funding for a new Frayser library. The overall cost of the project is expected to be $10 million. 

The City of Memphis has an option to purchase the buildings that served as the former MLK Transition Academy, Porter Junior High School, and Boys and Girls Club location at 620 S. Lauderdale St.

People told South Memphis native Quavisa Henderson she should open a juice bar in Cordova or Germantown, but Henderson says those communities already have plenty of options. Instead, she opened her first location in Whitehaven and will soon be opening another in Parkway Village. 

Local muralist Jamond Bullock was awarded the opportunity to do a mural in his hometown neighborhood of Frayser eight months ago, and is set to unveil it July 27. 

Yancy Villa-Calvo and Mauricio Calvo, local coordinators for the Gateways for Growth initiative, discuss the economic, cultural and civic contributions of local immigrants, and how Memphis can harness and grow those impacts.

McDonald's workers in Memphis held a rally Friday demanding the fast-food corporation raise its minimum wage for all McDonald's employees to $15 an hour. 

As many as 30 more new homes could follow two new homes completed recently on Whitney Avenue in Frayser. The effort comes with some city investments and some remaining challenges from the Great Recession.

A suit filed by the LeMoyne-Owen College Faculty Organization against the college and its board of trustees reveals the mistrust that existed between the administration and faculty before the college president was fired.

Thanks to active residents and city representatives, a new arts center serving youth will soon be constructed at a former fire station site.

Yvonne Bobo's project to create space for 15 artists and a nonprofit called Off the Walls that will serve at-risk youth and adults in South City may receive additional incentives. 

At least 100 former Universal Life Insurance employees were on hand Thursday for an event commemorating the building’s 70th anniversary.

The High Ground team welcomes Mark Fleischer, founder and editor of Storyboard Memphis. The monthly newspaper focuses on stories and issues of local interest. 

Carnell Vann has spent the past 10 years trying to open a barbershop in his Frayser neighborhood. Now he's close to realizing his dream.

The academy will work with the nonprofit GROW, which aims to help teen girls work through issues like bullying, drug use, alcohol and peer pressure to make good decisions for themselves.

The center is located in Madison Heights, which has a high concentration of low-income residents and people experiencing homelessness. Recently the area – surrounded by Crosstown, Midtown and the Medical District – has seen business development, which has the potential to displace vulnerable residents.

The vacant Fuel Cafe on Madison could be renovated into a new pizza and pasta restaurant by a local grower who sells handmade pastas at local farmers markets. 

This week's demolition of a small shopping center is attributed to the future project to replace the Poplar Viaduct. 

Alpha Omega Veterans Services got in the farm-to-table movement more than a year ago. Now, with its first full growing season unfolding, it's marketing produce and the power of horticultural therapy. 

Developers of two large projects south of Interstate 240 are seeking amendments to their plans, one for a truck terminal expansion on American Way, the other for a gated residential community at Forest Hill-Irene and Shelby Drive.

The planning cases to be heard in August include a new single-family subdivision south of Downtown and three proposed sites for automobile sales.

Education is a primary component of YouthBuild, a federally funded program that will enable the CDC to select, train, certify and employ 70 aspiring tradesmen and tradeswomen.

As The Central Station’s first general manager, Jeremy Sadler is busy forming his management team and meeting with potential clients in preparation for the hotel’s expected opening in September. 

The owner of the long-vacant, 108-year-old Central Police Station Building has a Plan A and Plan B for renovating the historic Central Police Station Building at 128 Adams. Which plan is used depends on how the legal dispute over the convention center hotels is resolved.