Opinion: ‘Community voices lead to our development decisions’
Roshun Austin poses for a photo Sept. 10, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Roshun Austin
Roshun Austin is the President and CEO of The Works, a nonprofit community development corporation serving South Memphis and the greater Memphis area. She is also a board member of Memphis Fourth Estate, the nonprofit corporation which owns The Daily Memphian.
“We spent months holding community meetings, conducting door-to-door surveys, taking phone calls and opening the proposed site daily for the Memphis Urban Wood project.”
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