Memphis Area Transit Authority bus riders in several neighborhoods could see some significant changes to their commute if the transit agency’s new proposal is implemented later this fall.

While the Downtown Memphis Commission prepares for renovations to its own North Main headquarters, it is also evaluating bids for its giant neighbor, 100 N. Main. 

Proposals to eliminate the routes have raised concerns for two bus service advocate groups. They believe the changes may further erode distrust between bus riders and MATA leaders.

Neighborhood residents in North and South Memphis have endured the loss of grocers in recent years, leaving them with a yet another challenge to endure. 

September is Library Card Sign Up month, and Memphis Public Libraries is promoting its special edition Black history library cards, which were designed by contestants earlier this year. 

Also on the Tuesday, Sept. 21, Memphis City Council agenda is more discussion of how to spend the council’s $20 million share of the city’s federal ARPA funds and a minimum wage for getting EDGE tax incentives.

FCS was informed the student had been out of school since Aug. 16 due to an unrelated issue before being diagnosed with coronavirus, according to FCS spokesperson Erica Williams.

The tower at 114 N. Main sits at the corner of Adams Avenue and North Main Street. It shares the block with the Fire Museum of Memphis.

A socially distanced gathering returns to the Midtown neighborhood despite coronavirus surges and a daylong drizzle.

A land dedication ceremony Friday, Sept. 17, celebrated the addition to the 1,138-acre park, which features diverse terrain with Mississippi River flood plains and bluff ridges.

A year after Save A Lot’s closure, Binghampton is firmly a food desert again and there are now no immediate plans to find a replacement. 

Broadway-like lights of the Luciann Theater building’s newly restored marquee were turned on Thursday night.

Binghampton Development Corp. Executive Director Noah Gray and Shawn Massey with The Shopping Center Group shared more with the EDGE board about their unsuccessful attempt to lure a new grocer. 

The Downtown Memphis building once known as Raymond James Tower will become the Memphis Waterfront Tower, with more than 300 apartments.

Downtown Nutrition + Energy will be based on the business model of The Nutrition Hub, which is located in Germantown. 

The green space near Poplar Avenue and Manassas Street serves as a gateway between the Medical District and Victorian Village, and as a haven for people experiencing homelessness. 

The BDC could not find another grocer to replace Save A Lot in the Binghampton Gateway Center and changed its approach to find a new tenant. 

In a high-poverty “eviction capital,” Memphians are at greater risk of homelessness and housing instability than most Americans.

Lynn Greer, who has more than 30 years of experience in the cycling industry, started working for Victory Bicycle Studio in Binghampton. 

“This is where the poor are. This is where the Prophet would be. So this is where we need to be.” 

The clinic began touring HBCUs on Sept. 1, having visited Morris Brown College, Alabama State University, Tuskegee University and LeMoyne-Owen College. 

Poll participants identified the need for protected bike lanes, safer pedestrian crossings, more appealing building development, better lighting and increasing the sense of security as issues on a five-mile stretch of Summer.

One of Southwest’s biggest challenges in future years is increasing enrollment at its Gill Center. There are only 17 students taking classes at the Frayser campus.

A group of his friends created the “Herman Strickland Random Act of Kindness Day,” a day-long event where individuals perform a good deed for someone they don’t know, a common trait associated with Strickland by those who knew him best.