After unsuccessful attempts to open a brick-and-mortar coffee shop in Whitehaven, two Memphis men are now selling their coffee brand directly to consumers. 

The city's investment of at least $100,000 is just the beginning of support Whitehaven area residents will see, the Office of Comprehensive Planning indicated.

Calvin Lacy applied for a Certificate of Appropriateness for his project in the Rozelle-Annesdale Historic District on Lamar Avenue. 

LeMoyne-Owen College’s interim president is pleased with feedback from the school's accreditation body.

Creating the authority would require City Council and County Commission approval. The task force will also ask that all Shelby County Land Bank-owned properties in Orange Mound be turned over to the authority.

A $300,000 project will expand a donor call center for ALSAC on the college’s campus that first opened in March 2018. 

Southwest's foundation honored Fred Davis, Charles and Patra Temple, student scholarship recipients, sponsors and donors. 

Calvin Lacy said he is working to get a 501(c)3 for his organization, The Lacy Foundation, which would be housed at 1657 Lamar. Its mission is to elevate the community both intellectually and economically.

Muggin' Coffeehouse was one of two building permit applications filed recently for Whitehaven. 

Film director Tom Shadyac opened the indoor rock-climbing gym in March 2018. It is now offering a vegan brunch every third Sunday adjacent to its "Juice Almighty" juice bar. 

Organizations and businesses in several Memphis neighborhoods are employing different tactics to encourage holiday consumers to shop there.

Memphis organizations held youth-focused Global Entrepreneurship Week events. 

Residents of Soulsville in South Memphis will come together Saturday to welcome the holiday season with an event that includes music, hot cocoa and the lighting of a Christmas tree.

An emergency shelter is planned in Westwood; in Midtown and the Medical District, a property owner is requesting its apartment buildings be "legitimized."

Claudette Boyd, president of the Orange Mound Parade Committee, said the effort will ensure Orange Mound “is not left out of the (holiday) celebration.”

The Works Inc. owns several vacant lots around its South Memphis office in ZIP code 38106.

Porter-Leath opened its first Early Childhood Academy in 2017 in South Memphis. 

With the Orange Mound location, Stepherson Inc. will operate nine grocery stores in the Memphis area, including one in Southaven, Mississippi.

The Shelby County Health Department will operate its Commodity Supplemental Food Program from the warehouse at 1020 S. Bellevue Blvd.

The Superlo loan is identical to one granted by the same body last year for a new Cash Saver in Southgate Shopping Center. 

Orange Mound homeowners saw property values decrease by 26% from 2009-2019.

Construction on the third phase of Foote Park at South City on the west side of Danny Thomas Boulevard is to be completed by June 2021. 

Stepherson Inc. plans to operate a new Superlo Foods grocery store and Constance Cherry wants to open her second Creative Home Academy location in Orange Mound.

Agape is making progress in reducing poverty for families it serves in Frayser, Hickory Hill and Whitehaven, but its CEO says there are still "huge systemic matters to be addressed."

The Shelby County Office of Re-Entry is converting vacant buildings in South Memphis into transitional housing for ex-offenders.