Plans include affordable housing, office and retail tenants, and a Northside High Hall of Fame.

Cooper-Young residents and other Memphians swapped freshly cut houseplants, herbs and flowers for their first in-person “plant swap” since 2019.

In partnership with the Community Redevelopment Agency, Hattiloo will renovate a church building with a storied Civil War-era history. 

Even as housing prices are rising substantially in some parts of the area, the value of housing in other areas has been stagnant or even falling. 

Some City Council members think the city could take on more risk with One Beale’s Grand Hyatt, while some say other projects come first.

Stax Music Academy’s executive director and a longtime local arts advocate is set to head the Memphis music foundation beginning in August. 

The banner read, “Thou shall aid & abet abortion,” was placed on the tower by art collective organization, Indecline. 

Interim Director of Construction for Memphis Habitat Alan Massing noted with more than 20 houses projected to be completed by the end of 2022, things will get bigger for Habitat Memphis in 2023.

Artist and fashion designer Ramona Sonin’s “Flowerful: Fashioning the Armored Feminine,” went on display at Dixon Gallery July 17 and will run through Oct. 23.

Memphis Parks’ Family Fun Fridays are headed to Frayser’s newly-renovated Ed Rice Community Center for a second time Friday evening, July 22.

The death of a Cooper-Young resident is drawing international attention after a Memphis man is accused of murdering his wife on their honeymoon in Fiji.

The Memphis and Shelby County Economic Development and Growth Engine is looking to buy four parcels near the old Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant in North Memphis.

Bryant’s plate lunches may even make a comeback after the expansion of the Summer Avenue breakfast spot is complete. 

The Hospitality Hub is ready to debut its new campus at 590 Washington Ave., featuring expanded emergency housing and case management services, three green spaces, a family room, a children’s play area and more.

The break-ins follow a larger pattern seen in the city, according to Memphis police. 

The $44 million Uptown redevelopment project is expected to begin later this summer. But the original office of Dixie Greyhound chairman James Frederick Smith — his title still on the door — will be kept much as it is today. 

The Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center includes state-of-the-art classrooms, rehearsal spaces and a performance hall that can accommodate nearly 1,000 people.

“We want to be a real partner in the community,” said Steve Swain, senior vice president and community lending manager for Pinnacle. “That includes creating a safe space, another resource where people can meet and bring in members of the underserved community.” 

Felicia Suzanne’s is one of three businesses seeking grants from the Center City Development Corp. 

The stop in one of the first communities in the nation built by and for African Americans is part of a series of listening tours the Greater Memphis Chamber is holding. 

On Thursday, July 14, the Memphis and Shelby County Land Use Control Board approved plans for a three-part expansion at the Junior League of Memphis. 

Frayser’s summer concert series will return Friday with a performance by local band Black Cream.

The Thursday 4 p.m. session at City Hall comes after the city administration balked at a change in the terms of a city-funded backstop for the hotel project. The delayed Tuesday vote came as the administration got some expressions of concern from state officials.

The decision was one of several by the Memphis City Council in a Tuesday, July 12, agenda that was heavy with planning and development items.