Cooper-Young residents will go caroling Saturday. Instead of singing, however, they will use boomboxes, Bluetooth speakers and their phones.

This is the third time that closing dates for the near $1 billion development, slated for Union Avenue near Danny Thomas, have needed to be restructured.

As Mayor Jim Strickland formally opened the Memphis Sports and Events Center on Saturday, he had a contract on his desk for the commercial mixed-use development along Central Avenue.

After the East Memphis barbecue restaurant caught fire earlier this year, owner Jimmy Stovall decided to remodel. And at least one new touch nods to the building’s previous life as a gas station. 

The Summer Avenue Merchants Association president wants to protect area small businesses, but says there’s value in national chains like Starbucks and Chick-fil-A, too.

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Summer Avenue and the neighborhoods that surround it have, like most every area of the city, their fair share of problems with crime.

Marcaren Christian launched the event three years ago because, “I saw the cool things that all these people were doing and I just wanted to put everyone in the same room so that we could all see each other.”

East High grad Brandice Daniel followed her heart to create Harlem’s Fashion Row in 2007. This weekend, she’s back in her hometown with a sold-out show at Nike.

Oak Court, in its day, was a pinnacle of shopping and retail lore. It was also the first project that developers Jack Belz and Henry Turley did together. 

The former pandemic-era pop-up comes into its own with a new location and a menu full of favorites. 

These days, the “meat and three” is almost always a “meat and two,” unless you want to pay extra for another side. Not so at Bob’s Barksdale Restaurant in Midtown. 

“This is the power of the community,” Respect The Haven founder Jason Sharif said. 

“This is a wonderful Christmas present for Cordova,” Memphis City Councilwoman Rhonda Logan said. “This will be the catalyst needed for Cordova … and is a perfect example of a public-private partnership.” 

The delay to the Dec. 20 council session mirrors a delay by the Shelby County Commission. The council also delayed a vote on a settlement to the damage deposit dispute between Memphis River Parks Partnership and the Memphis in May International Festival.

The terms of the tax incentive for adding a 300-room tower to the existing Sheraton convention center hotel include keeping the value of the existing hotel at its 1998 assessment for tax purposes. Although they don’t have a vote on the incentive terms, Memphis City Council members say their concerns are linked to their vote on a hotel tourism surcharge.

Judge Chris Craft set up one of the suspects in the 2018 slaying of Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary with an independent attorney after he was informed of the potential conflict of interest concerning his former defense lawyer becoming an employee of the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office. 

MSCS leaders say they may be going to court. Meanwhile, the commission has delayed what was to be a final vote on a TIF district for redevelopment of Klondike.

“We’re thinking about a Jewish deli and an Irish pub. And what if we could get a really nice Lebanese place that would be a nod to St. Jude. We’d like to honor the history of this being an immigrant neighborhood.” 

When the going gets tough in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon, it helps to remember why you’re running. 

Theo Davies envisions the long-blighted green space as a food source, as well as a habitat for native plants and pollinators, but the ecosystem he’s cultivating violates city ordinances.

“Support Chris Reyes and his quest for a two-year lease of 15,000 square feet inside the Coliseum so he can expand and build his incredible interactive playground.”

The sentiment among almost anyone who can read a balance sheet is developments that couldn’t get off the ground in the past three years are going to need a lot more than luck in the inflation the Federal Reserve is trying to control with interest rates.

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St. Jude Memphis Marathon weekend kicked off Thursday, Dec. 1, with the unveiling of a St. Jude patient art display at the Renasant Convention Center where it completely covers two walls on the center’s second floor.

Their first state championship — and an undefeated season — was a long time coming and quite a celebration for the Whitehaven football community.