The Early Word: Bed, bath, booze and an old golf course with too much green
Howdy, Memphis. It’s Wednesday, April 30, and the Shelby County Commission education committee will take up a resolution to establish an advisory board for the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board. That’s a separate plan from what state lawmakers were trying to do with their failed (for now) school takeover bills.
The store in White Station Plaza that once sold salt-rock diffusers and foot baths will soon sell stuff that’ll really help you relax. The old Bed Bath & Beyond on S. White Station Road will reopen soon as a liquor store called The Station. And it’ll be situated near Mosa Asian Bistro and Gold’s Gym, so you can grab takeout and sake after your workout and make a night out of it. Read more in Inked, plus news of a new-to-Memphis urgent care for pets.
“A bunch of us who live by the [former Quail Ridge Golf Course] are concerned with it looking like crap,” said Bartlett resident Richard Coleman.
Coleman and others who live near the former course are concerned with overgrown grass and lack of maintenance on the property. Quail Ridge was the city’s only golf course before it closed in November, and some are holding out hope for a new golf course on the site. But lately, some clues have shed light on the possibility that may not happen.
Plus, the Clayborn Temple fire probe is underway, college students get visas back (for now) and the Ostrander show will go on.
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Bianca Phillips
Bianca Phillips is a Northeast Arkansas native and longtime Memphian who’s worked in local journalism and PR for more than 20 years. In her days as a reporter, she covered everything from local government and crime to LGBTQ issues and the arts. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South,” a cookbook of vegan Southern recipes.
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