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  • South Memphis

    Whitehaven businesses to receive funding for exterior improvements

    The $40,000 2022 Small Business Exterior Improvement Grant Fund, supported by the Memphis City Council Community Grant Program, will match up to $5,000 for commercial property owners in Whitehaven, allowing them to make high-quality exterior improvements to their buildings.

    By Julia Baker January 25, 2022
  • About Town

    About Town: Changes abound in the Shelby County Schools

    Shelby County Schools is part of a national trend that shows public school enrollment declining. 

    By Julia Baker January 21, 2022
  • East Memphis

    Trash or treasure? Illegally dumped tires become bicycle lane barriers

    Binghampton Development Corporation and artist Tad Pierson have turned 420 illegally dumped tires into bicycle lane barriers and have begun installing them along Broad Avenue in Binghampton.

    By Julia Baker January 21, 2022
  • Education

    Boys & Girls Clubs to open in 10 new locations

    Students in these clubs will learn life skills to help them reach their full potential, learning about healthy choices, character development, education and leadership, athletics and the arts. 

    By Julia Baker January 20, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Council votes no on Binghampton gas station

    The elaborately designed convenience store with gas pumps and retail bays would have been built at 2977 Broad Ave. at Tillman Street and Sam Cooper Boulevard.

    By Julia Baker January 18, 2022
  • Metro

    Wintry storm hits Memphis area

    Snow flurries began to enter the Mid-South around 5 a.m. Sunday morning, leaving behind about 1.5-2 inches in most areas.

    By Jasmine McCraven January 16, 2022
  • North Memphis

    About Town: Former training center to house homeless veterans

    Alpha Omega Veterans Services was given the former training center through a federal grant by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

    By Julia Baker January 14, 2022
  • Premium Real Estate

    Edge District’s revival inches onto Union Avenue

    The old Coleman Taylor Transmission shop on Union is leaving the Edge District. Its departure frees more room for new apartments that would be called The Rise on The Ravine.

    By Tom Bailey January 14, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    Graceland Elementary site could house new subdivision

    The 13.35-acre subdivision would house one- and two-story market-rate homes with prices as low as $150,000.

    By Julia Baker January 13, 2022
  • South Memphis

    RedZone receives $150,000 Chick-fil-A grant for work with Orange Mound youth

    RedZone Ministries will use a $150,000 Chick-fil-A grant to help build an “opportunity center” for kids in the Orange Mound community. 

    By Jennifer Biggs January 11, 2022
  • Real Estate

    Downtown PILOT approved for proposed Butler Row development

    Over the course of the 12-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, the increase in taxes generated by the project is estimated at more than $3 million.

    By Rob Moore January 11, 2022
  • Real Estate

    Former Marine Corps training center will provide housing to veterans in need

    “Getting this property was a godsend because it came at just the time when we needed it,” said Alpha Omega Veterans Services Executive Director Cordell Walker. The nonprofit acquired the former Marine Corps Reserve Center at 3114 Jackson Ave. through a federal grant process. 

    By Rob Moore January 10, 2022
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Orange Mound nonprofit to host cleanup for man struggling with homelessness

    Juice Orange Mound, an organization dedicated to uplifting the neighborhood, is hosting a cleanup event in the wooded area in which Mike Miller resides.

    By Julia Baker January 09, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Application for affordable housing project in Whitehaven pulled

    A statement announcing the withdrawal of the application, sent by councilman JB Smiley, came Thursday, Jan. 6, just one week before it was to be presented to the Land Use Control Board. 

    By Julia Baker January 07, 2022
  • About Town

    About Town: Fight continues against proposed gas station in Binghampton

    The City Council delayed a vote on the convenience store that would be built on Tillman Street between Broad Avenue and Sam Cooper Boulevard in Binghampton. 

    By Julia Baker January 07, 2022
  • Downtown

    Community members react to Tom Lee Park lawsuit

    After a meeting held by plaintiffs suing the city and Memphis River Parks Partnership over the $61 million Tom Lee Park redesign, community members expressed a few concerns about the project.

    Related story:

    Tom Lee Park redesign plaintiffs want parking lots restored

    By Julia Baker January 06, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Tom Lee Park redesign plaintiffs want parking lots restored

    The plaintiffs are taking the city and Memphis River Parks Partnership to court over the $61 million Tom Lee Park redesign.

    Related story: 

    Community members react to Tom Lee Park lawsuit

    By Bill Dries January 06, 2022
  • South Memphis

    Mobile clinic offers free dental services to Whitehaven residents

    The services are provided through the Christian Mobile Dental Clinic organized by Bellevue Baptist Church and Whitehaven-based grassroots nonprofit organization Red Door Urban Missions. 

    By Julia Baker January 04, 2022
  • Downtown

    Design Review Board to consider eye-popping Downtown mural

    At a meeting Wednesday, Jan. 5, local artists’ colorful image for the Hyatt Centric — on a concrete wall facing the intersection of Beale and Wagner streets — will be considered. 

    By Rob Moore January 03, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    Neighborhood leaders oppose proposed gas station in Binghampton

    The City Council will once again be voting on a special use permit for a proposed gas station on Tillman Street between Sam Cooper Boulevard and Broad Avenue during Tuesday’s 10 a.m. City Council meeting. 

    By Julia Baker January 03, 2022
  • South Memphis

    Whitehaven hotel could become mixed-use facility

    The hope is for the potential mixed-use facility with multi-family units to provide “needed housing opportunities” for people who work in the area.

    By Julia Baker January 03, 2022
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Organization builds tiny homes to tackle homelessness

    Homes measuring around 280 square feet are planned to be built in cottage courts in Raleigh, Orange Mound and other neighborhoods by Homes for Hearts and its partner organizations. 

    By Julia Baker January 09, 2022
  • Real Estate

    Mixed-use development planned for South Main

    Butler Row would span more than 2 acres, including the intersection at East Butler Avenue and B.B. King Boulevard.

    By Rob Moore January 03, 2022
  • Real Estate

    Edge District development to go before Design Review Board

    The folks at cnct. development say infill projects are as important to revitalizing the Edge District as larger projects like Orleans Station and The Ravine. 

    By Rob Moore December 30, 2021
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Nail Haven Salon & Spa to open in Whitehaven

    “My goal is to be a part of the revitalization of Whitehaven,” owner Yulonda Ewing said.

    By Julia Baker January 09, 2022

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