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    MATA: Come on and take a free ride

    Through a partnership with Whole Child Strategies, Memphis Area Transit Authority offers Klondike and Smokey City residents bus rides each Tuesday and Saturday to nearby locations where healthful food is available.

    By Omer Yusuf July 25, 2021
  • Public Safety

    Chief Davis takes a stroll to see neighborhood problems firsthand

    Memphis police chief goes for a walk with a city council member who says residents of her district can’t sleep at night for fear of being shot in their beds.

    By Rob Moore July 27, 2021
  • Arts & Culture

    ‘Inside the Walt Disney Archives’ opens at Graceland

    Inside the Walt Disney Archives, an exhibit showcasing the history of the Walt Disney enterprise, opened Friday at Graceland. 

    By Rob Moore July 25, 2021
  • About Town

    About Town: Why a new driving school in Frayser matters

    It’s not often you see someone leave their full-time job as a University of Memphis business officer to start a neighborhood driving school. That’s exactly what Teresa Landrum-Caswell did. 

    By Omer Yusuf July 23, 2021
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Grab your phone and pose: It’s a selfie studio

    Pose 901 offers a place for visitors to snap photos in a variety of Memphis-themed settings.

    By Rob Moore July 23, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Raleigh used car lot controversy takes turn toward kayaks and bike rentals

    Car lots and gas stations are getting more scrutiny from the Memphis City Council. But the idea of a proposed used car lot on Old Austin Peay Highway becoming a bike and kayak rental business instead is a new twist. 

    By Bill Dries July 23, 2021
  • Downtown

    Walking in Memphis: Grants now available for sidewalk repair Downtown

    The board of a Downtown agency approved a matching-grant program that offers commercial property owners up to $5,000 to repair their sidewalks.

    By Tom Bailey July 22, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Council approves centerpiece of Downtown parking reconfiguration

    The council also gave final approval Tuesday to new historic overlay districts in Crosstown and Vollintine-Evergreen, took its first vote on a pipeline infrastructure review board and passed an ordinance banning landlords from putting the belongings of those they evict on city rights of way.

    By Bill Dries July 20, 2021
  • North Memphis

    Mother’s bet to open Frayser driving school paying off

    Caswell Driving School’s team is preparing for upcoming driving courses, while also handling numerous messages from its website, Facebook page and calls from intrigued residents all over Shelby County.

    By Omer Yusuf July 20, 2021
  • North Memphis

    Door-to-door effort delivers Spanish-language COVID vaccine info

    Volunteers and employees of office of Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris targeted the 38128 ZIP code in North Memphis, because of its prominent Spanish speaking-population, citing a disparity in local vaccination rates among Hispanic communities. 

    By Rob Moore July 17, 2021
  • About Town

    About Town: Former school building could become new redevelopment

    On Wednesday, July 14, Northside Renaissance held a community Zoom meeting attended by 60 people. During the 90-minute session, they informed them of the project’s status and answered various questions from residents.

    By Omer Yusuf July 16, 2021
  • North Memphis

    Frayser organization hosts summer concerts

    Frayser Connect kicks off its inaugural Frayser Summer Concert Series Friday, July 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Frayser Connect Center.

    By Omer Yusuf July 16, 2021
  • North Memphis

    Nonprofit seeks input to redevelop Northside High School

    A nearly 200-page Studio Gang report was completed in conjunction with community input in 2017-18, presenting various possibilities such as vocational training, a job resource center, performing arts auditorium or living and studio space.

    By Omer Yusuf July 15, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    What’s next for MCAP?

    After gaining its moment in the spotlight with the Byhalia Connection Pipeline project, MCAP is now looking ahead and figuring out how to face future battles. 

    By Rob Moore July 14, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Camera rental company plans to move headquarters to Southwind

    The Memphis-born company that has become the nation’s largest online rental company for camera equipment seeks planning board approval so it can move from Cordova to an existing building in the Southwind business park.

    By Tom Bailey July 09, 2021
  • Metro

    About Town: Drinking in a win for the Aquifer

    After more than a year of debates and rallies, plans for the Byhalia Pipeline have been abandoned. But the battle left its mark on the city.

    By Abigail Warren July 16, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Luxury home development proposed for Whitehaven

    “Goshen Place” would be a nearly 16-acre, gated subdivision for luxury homes near the planned BLP Film Studios site in Whitehaven.

    By Tom Bailey July 09, 2021
  • Dan Conaway

    Opinion: ‘Community TIF’ plan has been inclusive

    The formation of the Soulsville USA Neighborhoods Development District was not an overnight creation but was and is, a culmination of years of hard work, planning and community engagement at the grassroots level.

    By Jeffrey T. Higgs July 09, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Planning board rejects industrial park project near Hillshire

    The Land Use Control Board rejected plans for an industrial park because of the potential negative impact on the Hillshire neighborhood and because the Memphis 3.0 plan calls for the land to remain undeveloped.

    By Tom Bailey July 08, 2021
  • Education

    Perea Preschool no longer affiliated with Church Health

    Perea Preschool is no longer connected with Church Health, instead being absorbed into Perea Elementary School, as of July 1.

    By Daja E. Henry July 09, 2021
  • Premium Visual Arts

    Crosswalk cutouts: Grim reminders of pedestrian deaths

    Each silhouette in a new public art installation in the Heights represents a Memphis pedestrian killed by a vehicle in 2020.

    By Tom Bailey July 07, 2021
  • South Memphis

    Artist weighs in on pipeline controversy with billboard

    A billboard depicting a young girl holding melting ice cream now stands on Interstate 55, across from the Valero refinery in South Memphis. 

    By Rob Moore July 09, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Midtown apartments added to National Register

    The apartments, which were located near streetcar lines, retail and restaurants, were designed to attract middle-class workers moving to the city from nearby rural areas.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 05, 2021
  • Midtown

    About Town: In Binghampton, a treehouse is transformed

    Through many community partners and volunteers, the BCLT believes it’s found a formula to maintain affordable housing and keep more residents in Binghampton.

    By Omer Yusuf July 09, 2021
  • Midtown

    Food hub proposed for Orange Mound

    The Original Project Team is expanding upon the Healthy Frayser sustainable food project it began two years ago. That initiative came together in collaboration with the American Heart Association (AHA).

    By Omer Yusuf July 02, 2021

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