September is Library Card Sign Up month, and Memphis Public Libraries is promoting its special edition Black history library cards, which were designed by contestants earlier this year. 

Also on the Tuesday, Sept. 21, Memphis City Council agenda is more discussion of how to spend the council’s $20 million share of the city’s federal ARPA funds and a minimum wage for getting EDGE tax incentives.

FCS was informed the student had been out of school since Aug. 16 due to an unrelated issue before being diagnosed with coronavirus, according to FCS spokesperson Erica Williams.

The tower at 114 N. Main sits at the corner of Adams Avenue and North Main Street. It shares the block with the Fire Museum of Memphis.

Dominique Worthen owns the shop in The Gilmore building in Midtown. Customers, who include Grizzlies legend Tony Allen, are a mix of hard-core sneakers enthusiasts and folks who just want their shoes restored.

A socially distanced gathering returns to the Midtown neighborhood despite coronavirus surges and a daylong drizzle.

A land dedication ceremony Friday, Sept. 17, celebrated the addition to the 1,138-acre park, which features diverse terrain with Mississippi River flood plains and bluff ridges.

A year after Save A Lot’s closure, Binghampton is firmly a food desert again and there are now no immediate plans to find a replacement. 

Broadway-like lights of the Luciann Theater building’s newly restored marquee were turned on Thursday night.

Binghampton Development Corp. Executive Director Noah Gray and Shawn Massey with The Shopping Center Group shared more with the EDGE board about their unsuccessful attempt to lure a new grocer. 

The Downtown Memphis building once known as Raymond James Tower will become the Memphis Waterfront Tower, with more than 300 apartments.

The extra, 5,300 square feet of buried stones would expand the area of the cobblestone-landing project by nearly 2% if state and local officials agree to enlarge the restoration site.

Downtown Nutrition + Energy will be based on the business model of The Nutrition Hub, which is located in Germantown. 

The green space near Poplar Avenue and Manassas Street serves as a gateway between the Medical District and Victorian Village, and as a haven for people experiencing homelessness. 

The BDC could not find another grocer to replace Save A Lot in the Binghampton Gateway Center and changed its approach to find a new tenant. 

In a high-poverty “eviction capital,” Memphians are at greater risk of homelessness and housing instability than most Americans.

Lynn Greer, who has more than 30 years of experience in the cycling industry, started working for Victory Bicycle Studio in Binghampton. 

Ceremonies in Bartlett and at the Fire Museum of Memphis were among the events across Shelby County marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

“This is where the poor are. This is where the Prophet would be. So this is where we need to be.” 

The clinic began touring HBCUs on Sept. 1, having visited Morris Brown College, Alabama State University, Tuskegee University and LeMoyne-Owen College. 

Poll participants identified the need for protected bike lanes, safer pedestrian crossings, more appealing building development, better lighting and increasing the sense of security as issues on a five-mile stretch of Summer.

After hearing from neighbors of the former residence on Lamar Avenue, the Land Use Control Board allowed the design firm to go forward with its request, but stipulated it must monitor the noise generated from live events at the space. 

One of Southwest’s biggest challenges in future years is increasing enrollment at its Gill Center. There are only 17 students taking classes at the Frayser campus.

A group of his friends created the “Herman Strickland Random Act of Kindness Day,” a day-long event where individuals perform a good deed for someone they don’t know, a common trait associated with Strickland by those who knew him best.