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    Whitehaven shows pride for Black-owned businesses during appreciation week

    Festivities include Black Restaurant Week, State of the City radio special hosted by Pearl Eva Walker and Kevin Brooks, and the Christmas Tree Lighting at Graceland. 

    By Julia Baker November 17, 2021
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    Inked: Olive Branch lands distributor; Uptown renovation nearing completion

    A California company opens a distribution center in Olive Branch, the renovation of Tri State Iron Works nears completion and the Hilton Garden Inn is bought for $36 million by a Virginia-based investor.

    By Rob Moore November 18, 2021
  • Downtown

    Uptown, Greenlaw residents opposed to St. Jude parking garage

    Residents met at The Office@Uptown to hear the results of a community survey regarding a new parking garage Monday morning, just two days prior to St. Jude’s meeting with the Board of Adjustments to ask for approval on the rezoning and height variances. 

    By Julia Baker November 15, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Permit filed for Downtown Mobility Center

    The Downtown Mobility Center would stand seven stories on the 1.3-acre surface parking lot immediately north of the Orpheum Theatre and include nearly 1,000 parking spaces and ground-floor retail space.

    By Rob Moore November 15, 2021
  • Metro

    Bus transit ‘not fun', novice riders find

    Five Houston High juniors scheduled a ‘Bus Day’ and traveled across the city on MATA buses to learn what it’s like for those who rely on public transportation every day. 

    By Frida Qi November 14, 2021
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    Krosstown Kleaners building could be reborn

    The Krosstown Kleaners building was built in 1910 and originally served as a bakery, before becoming a dry cleaning business in 1944 with its distinctive neon sign.

    By Rob Moore November 13, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Ready to embrace a lifetime of hidden love

    “I’m coming out,” 74-year-old Herschel Gilbreath says of his decision to come out as a gay man during a celebration Saturday at OUTMemphis.

    By Frida Qi November 14, 2021
  • About Town

    About Town: Meet neighborhoods reporter Julia Baker

    The Daily Memphian’s new neighborhoods reporter is a native Memphian who has lived all over the city.

    By Julia Baker November 12, 2021
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    Workforce housing developer wants to transform Whitehaven hotel

    The hotel at Elvis Presley Boulevard would be One Stop Housing’s third property in Memphis. 

    By Rob Moore November 11, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    BLDG Memphis receives $1 million grant from SBA

    Some small businesses in underserved communities in Memphis will soon receive extra support and guidance due to a $1 million grant that was recently given to BLDG Memphis, a coalition of organizations and individuals working to develop and redevelop Memphis neighborhoods. 

    By Julia Baker November 10, 2021
  • Downtown

    St. Jude hears community concerns about planned parking garage

    The parking garage for St. Jude and ALSAC employees would be built on a 3.25-acre plot of land consisting of seven vacant parcels on A.W. Willis between North 3rd and North 4th streets. 

    By Julia Baker November 10, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Downtown board asks to reevaluate financing options for Mobility Center

    The project would stand six stories with 975 parking spaces and feature approximately 13,500 square feet of retail space, bike storage and showers. 

    By Rob Moore November 09, 2021
  • Coronavirus

    Pediatric COVID vaccine pop-ups coming to Hickory Hill, Glenview

    Two pop-up events this weekend will offer parents a chance to have their children ages 5 to 11 vaccinated against COVID-19.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 12, 2021
  • Midtown

    Activists say they’ll fight for the greensward

    A plan to expand the Memphis Zoo parking lot onto the greensward is on hold, but Citizens to Preserve Overton Park activists gathered Saturday in Overton Park to show their willingness to fight.

    By Julia Baker November 07, 2021
  • Real Estate

    DMC receives international awards for two city planning programs

    The BuildDowntown Master Plan and the South City Good Neighbor Grant program both won awards from an international institution for their city planning efforts. 

    By Rob Moore November 05, 2021
  • About Town

    About Town: Raleigh-Frayser projects bring improvements and TLC to area

    Kennedy and Rodney Baber Parks, which were both victim to the “Great Flood of 2011,” will receive improvements funded by the Shelby County Resilience Grant.

    By Julia Baker November 05, 2021
  • Arts & Culture

    New Brooks Museum of Art Downtown may be crown jewel of riverfront development

    Brooks on the Bluff is being designed through a collaboration between the Swiss-based firm Herzog & du Meuron and Memphis’ archimania. 

    By Rob Moore November 05, 2021
  • Business

    My Cup of Tea features Orange Mound artist on new packaging

    The box design is the Orange Mound-based nonprofit’s ninth Memphis-themed motif, but their first limited-edition design featuring a professional Black artist with Orange Mound roots. 

    By Julia Baker November 05, 2021
  • Metro

    House votes to strip klansman’s name from federal building in Memphis

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen’s bill to remove late congressman Clifford Davis’ name now moves to the Senate.

    By Christopher Fulton November 04, 2021
  • Downtown

    Day of the Dead march Downtown protests gun violence

    Protesters against gun violence marched through the streets of Downtown Memphis on the Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday where the dead are honored and remembered. Those who took part in the march said they are tired of the gun violence in the city. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 02, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Groundbreaking paves way for Kennedy Park improvements

    The 330-acre park will add soccer fields, security lights and additional parking, and it will connect nearby neighborhoods to the Wolf River Greenway as part of a revamped plan. 

    By Julia Baker November 05, 2021
  • Spirit of Memphis

    St. Jude’s 20th marathon returns with ‘best in the world’

    In 2002, an AutoZone employee new to Memphis began running for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — and he’s never stopped. 

    By Jane Roberts November 08, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    All treats, no tricks at Halloween Hike

    About 1,000 trick-or-treaters strolled through Memphis Botanic Garden Saturday. As children gathered candy, they met costumed volunteers like “Professor Fang” and “Indiana Bones,” who taught them about nature. 

    By Julia Baker October 30, 2021
  • Health Care

    UTHSC Health Hub opens in Uptown; goal is connecting people to care

    The UTHSC Health Hub is the first of what they hope will be a series of hubs in neighborhoods where access to medical care is low and chronic disease rates run high.

    By Jane Roberts November 01, 2021
  • Midtown

    Central Yards submits new construction application

    Because the development team received a 20-year PILOT earlier this year, the Design Review Board is required to approve new construction. 

    By Rob Moore October 29, 2021

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