Germantown school board seats draw educator and realtor candidates
While neither has kids in the district, they’ve been involved for many years.
While neither has kids in the district, they’ve been involved for many years.
The realization that a full-time mayor elected in Germantown might have to abandon their regular job has added a layer of discussion to the suburb’s decisions this year.
Germantown is saying if the mayor becomes full-time, the elected individual would have to quit their full-time job. However, the referendum on the May 5 ballot doesn’t state such.
Two new office buildings along Wolf River Boulevard will fill the last vacant parcel within Germantown’s medical corridor.
This would be the high-end eyeglass retailer’s first brick-and-mortar store in the area.
Gibson has been on the board for 12 years and was chosen as vice mayor for a ninth time in December.
Palazzolo vs. Salvaggio for the Germantown mayor’s position has the makings of a good heavyweight battle with strong name recognition for both.
The Germantown alderman is challenging incumbent Mike Palazzolo, who is seeking a fourth term.
Plans for condominiums and office space at The Standard development in Germantown could change, a consultant hired by the suburb said.
Some worried the Memphis Safe Task Force’s launch would drive crime up in the suburbs.
Saddle Creek is opening two new stores in the spaces formerly occupied by Indigo, Allen Edmonds and a portion of Brooks Brothers.
The purchase marks the company’s continued expansion in the Memphis-area market, where Fogelman currently manages 32 communities totaling more than 7,800 units.
Henry Griffith is the basketball manager at Houston High. He had never played in a game before. But after he hit a buzzer-beater Friday night, he was carried off the court.
Millington is ramping up enforcement of a 40-year-old sidewalk-maintenance ordinance. But the requirement has come as a surprise to some residents.
A look at stories from outside the Interstate 240 loop from the planned departure of IKEA to resistance to a Germantown TIF.
Germantown’s Industrial Development Board recommended aldermen approve the suburb’s first ever TIF incentive.
The Memphis barbecue spot will open a new location in July, but first, the owners need to “de-Arby-fy” it.
Several suburban officials noted they pretreated major roads with a salt and sand mixture. While they continue to treat them, that mixture only works when temperatures are approximately 20 degrees.
Germantown is adding to its Public Arts Master Plan, and while some may not agree with the approach, it provides another aspect to a well-rounded community.
The pedestrian tunnel mural will kick off Germantown’s Greenway art project.
Germantown has two snow plows, but they haven’t been as effective due to the types of precipitation Shelby County received this past weekend.
“When the City of Germantown proposes sweeping and permanent changes to our system of governance — such as this charter amendment — transparency is not optional, it is essential. But this is where city leadership has fallen short.”
Germantown’s Industrial Development Board heard from a handful of residents who oppose a tax incentive for The Standard, the mixed-use development replacing Carrefour at Kirby Woods.
Blaze Jordan, a top prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, took part in the team’s Cards Caravan event in Germantown.
Local prospect Blaze Jordan along with a newly acquired pitcher and three pitchers who played for the St. Louis Cardinals last season are part of the caravan headed to Germantown.
With the disappearance of trees along one stretch of Wolf River Boulevard, the suburb’s medical corridor should soon get new offices.
Twin Bridges Investment plans to extend the suburb’s medical corridor to the west with a pair of 54,000-square-foot office buildings.
The Germantown Board of Mayor and Alderman voted to update rules on alcoholic beverage sales to align better with state law.