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    Orange Mound nonprofit to host cleanup for man struggling with homelessness

    Juice Orange Mound, an organization dedicated to uplifting the neighborhood, is hosting a cleanup event in the wooded area in which Mike Miller resides.

    By Julia Baker January 09, 2022
  • Business

    Application for affordable housing project in Whitehaven pulled

    A statement announcing the withdrawal of the application, sent by councilman JB Smiley, came Thursday, Jan. 6, just one week before it was to be presented to the Land Use Control Board. 

    By Julia Baker January 07, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    Mobile clinic offers free dental services to Whitehaven residents

    The services are provided through the Christian Mobile Dental Clinic organized by Bellevue Baptist Church and Whitehaven-based grassroots nonprofit organization Red Door Urban Missions. 

    By Julia Baker January 04, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    Whitehaven hotel could become mixed-use facility

    The hope is for the potential mixed-use facility with multi-family units to provide “needed housing opportunities” for people who work in the area.

    By Julia Baker January 03, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis unveils honorary street sign for Young Dolph

    The honorary street name was approved by the Memphis City Council at a meeting earlier this month. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 15, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Residents welcome Orange Mound community center

    RedZone Ministries Opportunity Zone Center is due to break ground in December and will house a large recreation facility, game room, cafe, multipurpose room, classrooms and offices. 

    By Julia Baker December 29, 2021
  • South Memphis

    Neighborhood leaders oppose workforce housing project in Whitehaven

    Michael O. Harris of GWERC sent a letter of opposition to the City of Memphis regarding One Stop Housing LLC’s proposed project that would convert the former Red Roof Inn hotel on Elvis Presley to workforce housing.

    By Julia Baker December 06, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    New community center will soon break ground in Orange Mound

    The RedZone Ministries Opportunity Zone Center will stand at 30,000 square feet and will house a large recreation facility, game room, cafe, multi-purpose room, classrooms and offices.

    By Julia Baker December 09, 2021
  • South Memphis

    Funding for South Memphis projects takes big step forward

    Neighborhoods that would receive the tax-increment financing would include Soulsville/South Bellevue, South Third/Gaston Park area, French Fort, South City and South Main/South End. 

    By Julia Baker December 04, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Young Dolph could have Memphis street named for him

    Memphis Councilman JB Smiley plans to sponsor a Memphis City Council resolution naming a street after the rapper. 

    By Julia Baker December 03, 2021
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Memphis sons of immigrants, refugees win state soccer cup

    Team of teens from Memphis neighborhoods counter “pay-to-play” youth sports machine with Play Where You Stay.

    By David Waters December 03, 2021
  • Business

    DMC awards grant for South Memphis coffee shop

    The ground floor will also sell and display local Memphis artwork.

    By Rob Moore November 30, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    New Christmas ornament decorations hang in Whitehaven

    Ornaments shaped like snowmen, stars, poinsettias and snowflakes hang on light poles along Elvis Presley between East Brooks Road and East Shelby Drive. 

    By Julia Baker November 26, 2021
  • Metro

    Young Dolph’s holiday giveaway continues despite rapper’s death

    “None of us are doing well, but Dolph would have wanted us out here, so we out here giving back to the people just like he would have wanted.”

    By Yolanda Jones November 19, 2021
  • DeSoto County

    Urge to preserve early Black inventors’ stories fuels author’s work

    Debra Rich, a cosmetologist and active community member in South Memphis and Horn Lake, spent years researching these inventors and published her findings in “Black Inventors Who Changed History” this year. 

    By Julia Baker November 19, 2021
  • Business

    Whitehaven shows pride for Black-owned businesses during appreciation week

    Festivities include Black Restaurant Week, State of the City radio special hosted by Pearl Eva Walker and Kevin Brooks, and the Christmas Tree Lighting at Graceland. 

    By Julia Baker November 17, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    MATA considering route cuts to four communities this fall

    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.

    By Omer Yusuf September 23, 2021
  • Subscribers only Business

    What Binghampton’s Save A Lot experiment taught us about food deserts

    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. 

    By Omer Yusuf September 22, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    T.O. Fuller State Park gains 144-acre land donation

    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.

    By Julia Baker September 18, 2021
  • Business

    Walgreens mobile clinic offers free vaccines at LeMoyne-Owen College

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

    By Julia Baker September 10, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    Popular West African restaurant looks to new Whitehaven location

    Tounkara opened his eponymous restaurant in 2019, in a small strip on Raines Road, very near the Memphis International Airport, serving such staples as goat curry, chicken peanut stew and jollof rice. 

    By Chris Herrington August 30, 2021
  • Business

    Neighbors’ opposition may at least slow plans for Oakhaven warehouse

    The same Atlanta-based developer involved in other big industrial developments around Memphis International Airport is facing stiff opposition from residents to its plans to erect a fulfillment center at the Mississippi state line and Tchulahoma Road.

    By Tom Bailey August 12, 2021
  • Metro

    MATA launches new transit service

    Riders can reserve a pick-up or drop-off ride within the designated service area by phone.

    By Omer Yusuf July 31, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    Eric Robertson stepping down as head of Community LIFT

    Eric Robertson plans to step down as CEO and President of Community LIFT and River City Capital Investment Corp., he said in a letter announcing his future plans earlier this week.

    By Omer Yusuf July 29, 2021
  • Business

    Neighbors’ concerns delay disbanding of Memphis Depot board

    All the property within the vast, old Memphis Army Distribution Depot has been sold to private owners, so the public board overseeing the site was to have been dissolved Wednesday. But neighbors’ concerns delayed the action. 

    By Tom Bailey July 28, 2021

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