Collaboration, cooperation are Memphis’ ‘secret sauce’ in blight fight
Privates Tom Moore, Mike Dotson and Jeff Sharp of the Memphis Fire Department’s Station 6 Truck 2 B-shift practice potentially life-saving maneuvers on a blighted, vacant house at the corner of Willett Street and Chelsea Avenue that the city is scheduled to demolish as part of its blight remediation efforts. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Representatives from cities ranging from Pittsburgh to Little Rock are in Memphis this week to learn how local stakeholders came together to equip code enforcement with the power of the law to take down blighted properties.
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Blight Neighborhood Preservation Inc. University of Memphis Law SchoolMichelle Corbet
Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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