Seizing an opportunity near Amazon's new $200 million fulfillment center, a local developer is investing the first private residential dollars since the Great Recession. 

A 60-lot subdivision being planned near the intersection of James and Highland in Raleigh may be marketed to new employees of the Amazon fulfillment center nearby.

The PTSA will send a group of middle and high school students to the state Legislature in Nashville on Feb. 12. 

Neighborhood leaders hope new jobs will go to area residents, and some say increasing the frequency of bus routes in Frayser and Raleigh would improve the odds for those who don't own cars.

MAAR's president-elect says the 2019 data reflects a “competitive” housing market citywide. 

Klondike-Smokey City residents will ultimately determine what happens to the lots its community development corporation was put in charge of Friday.

A City Council committee took no action on Lorenzo Williams' $600,000 plan and wants to have further discussions on the proposal before doing so. 

Anthony Anderson, executive director of charter school operator Memphis Business Academy, calls Cherokee's decision a "game-changer" for the Frayser community. 

Every unit in Hunter’s Ridge, Timber Pines and Watkins Manor apartments will be renovated in the $24 million project. 

As Christmas approached and 2019 came to a close, the last Catholic contemplative monastery in Tennessee quietly closed.

The Klondike-Smokey City CDC purchased 150 vacant lots from the Shelby County Commission in September. They are now taking the first step in creating a plan for the lots. 

All 30 schools under the state's Achievement School District would return to their local school districts by 2022, but the process and details of such a transition remain unclear. 

The proposed Raleigh development is the first one since the new tax increment financing district was implemented last year. Developers hope to close on the 8.5-acre site early this year. 

The Frayser Gateway is expected to include a new grocery store for the neighborhood. The development mirrors the Binghampton Gateway, which opened in 2018. 

A suspected Amazon facility in Frayser/Raleigh will include 787,000 square feet for "robot storage" platforms.

The plan, which may be considered by city government later this month, would address blight in an area near Northgate Shopping Center. 

The Binghampton Community Land Trust has taken possession of a house that has essentially turned into a "treehouse" and plans to demolish and rebuild it for a future homeowner. 

The renovations are expected to be complete by 2021 as the Salvation Army hopes to serve even more families in Memphis. 

Organizations in the MLK Success Zone of Frayser are hopeful the new investment will accelerate a long-needed transformation in the area. 

The goal of the program is to increase the number of minority and women developers locally. 

Libertas School of Memphis received a Level 5 TVAAS designation from the state this year on its report card. The charter school is in its fifth year in Frayser. 

Arieale Munson is a product of North Memphis. “A lot of people think if you come from the hood that you won’t make it out, but I’m a witness that you can."

The neighborhood cleanup is part of Shelby County's proposal to bring sanitation services to the area. 

The TIF could potentially generate $1 million in annual additional property tax revenue pending further investments in Raleigh.

A Houston-based business consultant is proposing a solution to blighted and vacant properties in northwest Frayser after touring the neighborhood several months ago.