Gloria “GloRilla” Woods visited her former high school, MLK Prep, to surprise students with a musical performance and a donation.

During an emergency meeting Monday evening in response to the area’s recent violent crime, leaders announced a new Raleigh Community Action Plan.

Plans include affordable housing, office and retail tenants, and a Northside High Hall of Fame.

In partnership with the Community Redevelopment Agency, Hattiloo will renovate a church building with a storied Civil War-era history. 

Interim Director of Construction for Memphis Habitat Alan Massing noted with more than 20 houses projected to be completed by the end of 2022, things will get bigger for Habitat Memphis in 2023.

Memphis Parks’ Family Fun Fridays are headed to Frayser’s newly-renovated Ed Rice Community Center for a second time Friday evening, July 22.

Frayser’s summer concert series will return Friday with a performance by local band Black Cream.

The decision was one of several by the Memphis City Council in a Tuesday, July 12, agenda that was heavy with planning and development items.

T’Arrah Marjé has published two books through her own publishing company.

The North Memphis mural will surround the park’s public pool and is named after a term for enthusiastically jumping into a swimming pool.

The UrbanArt Commission will host its unveiling and pool mural dedication for Gooch Park Saturday, July 9 at 10 a.m.

The Legacy Impact Community Resource Center in Frayser is hosting its third Youth in Business workshop Saturday, July 9.

Memphis Public Libraries Director Keenon McCloy did not give a figure for the price of the contract, but may cost about $12 million.

Country music singer Steven Cade, who formerly experienced homelessness himself, presented the instrument for residents of the shelter to enjoy.

Leigh Mansberg has unleashed her own entrepreneurial bent to reshape the way JA works, digging down to formularize the can-do energy that was the air she breathed growing up.

Juneteenth Douglass Freedom & Heritage Festival kicked off Friday in Douglass Park with yoga, face painting, book giveaways, a petting zoo and more. 

A couple dozen Frayser stakeholders gathered at Pursuit of God Church Wednesday evening to hear plans for their neighborhood that they say do not include them. 

Developer Dwayne A. Jones is primarily known for building tiny homes.

The center underwent an $8.4 million renovation that took almost two years since the old building was demolished in August 2020. 

With growing inflation putting financial pressure on the Douglass community, a group is hosting a mobile food pantry Saturday, June 4.

She and her investors have bought up 400 lots in the North Memphis neighborhood and are ready to build a community where Black people can build wealth in their homes. 

“We only serve spicy,” said Flame MaLaTang manager William Weng of the new pop-up in the Viet Hoa Food Market at 40 N. Cleveland St.

In a ceremony Friday, the Community Redevelopment Agency presented residents with plaques that they placed at the foot of their chosen tree.

Klondike Smokey City Community Development Corporation, The Works, Inc. and Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. will host a May Day Saturday at Northside High School. 

Ridership is booming at Groove On-Demand, which serves about 1,500 passengers a month with shuttle rides throughout Downtown and the Medical District.