Teri Dockery was appointed to the vacant District 4 council seat last month. She isn’t a candidate in the Nov. 8 special election for the council seat but is eyeing a full four-year term on the October 2023 ballot.
The existing restaurants and bars will be converted into an upscale Memphis-themed sports bar. Additionally, an event deck will be built on the second floor, according to the application.
In what has been called “America’s fastest-growing rental market,” a South Memphis neighborhood is a microcosm of change as homes that were once owner-occupied are purchased by investment firms and renters find themselves seeking stability.
The special meeting is the second in a week for the council. The compromise involving $10 million was announced by Mayor Jim Strickland before the Labor Day weekend.
The redeveloped Fairgrounds is not just a bet on the lucrative youth sports industry, it’s based on the expected benefits to surrounding neighborhoods such as Cooper-Young and Overton Square.
The old fairgrounds is being repurposed as Liberty Park, a $126 million mixed-used project anchored by the 227,000-square-foot Memphis Sports & Events Center, including apartments, retail, a hotel and more. Mid-South Coliseum’s future uncertain despite Liberty Park transformation Fond memories of old Fairgrounds and analysis of the competition led to Liberty ParkRelated articles:
The Fairgrounds transition to Liberty Park began with a 2003 fire that brought down a 1920s landmark. What followed was a complex, political and at times contradictory path to change.
“For more than seventy years, Audubon Park has been a significant site of recreation and entertainment for Memphis residents,” the proposal states. A state board will consider the proposal in two weeks.
Inches Taco Shop & Bar opened about six weeks ago in Harbor Town and serves a simple, fresh and tasty menu with a some $10 Deals at lunch.
The agreement announced Thursday, Sept. 1, bypasses a city backstop of a reserve fund Carlisle Corp. had sought. Instead, the city puts up $10 million to be repaid by the One Beale developers in 10 years.
As tensions continue between Memphis in May and the Memphis River Parks Partnership, the festival’s stance has communicated to potential ticket-buyers that anything different than the old festival on the old footprint is destined to be a lesser experience. But it doesn’t have to be.
The nonprofit is accepting submissions for a Memphis-themed tea box.
The Memphis-based real estate and investment firm has acquired six properties so far in 2022, including two in Shelby County.
The city filed in Federal Court this past month following two elevated walkways collapsing and a fire that burned the apartment leasing office to the ground.
Reggae at The Shed brings island sounds, along with food, drinks and local vendors to the Carolina Watershed, 141 E Carolina Ave.
Choose901, Grind City Brewing and the Memphis Grizzlies are among organizations and businesses celebrating the unofficial local holiday, which falls on Thursday, Sept. 1.
The festival, named after the first Black child to integrate an elementary school in New Orleans, returns to the National Civil Rights Museum after a two-year hiatus.
All work is weather permitting, and a detour will be posted for all closures.
A final site plan and demolition permit have been submitted for the former Third Church of Christ, Scientist building near the U of M.
Memphis in May is eager to return to Tom Lee Park but cites issues with a lease and damage deposit lead to ‘uncertainty’ at its annual meeting.Related story:
The Memphis Landmarks Commission board approved plans for a Scooter’s Coffee drive-thru location at 1698 Poplar Ave.
The Downtown, Whitehaven, Lamar and Millington offices will return to their previous capacity, but the Summer Avenue location’s lobby will remain closed as MLGW scouts a new office space.
The goal was to set new boundaries for the District 4 special election in November but the map, released just ahead of the Tuesday vote, featured changes to other districts. The council appeared likely Tuesday, Aug. 23, to reopen and redraw the map next year ahead of regular October 2023 city elections.
During an emergency meeting Monday evening in response to the area’s recent violent crime, leaders announced a new Raleigh Community Action Plan.
Olympian Rochelle Stevens is running a new race, trying to help LeMoyne-Owen College cross the finish line as a winner by shepherding the school through its first track season in 24 years.