Broad Avenue Arts District :Features

Recycled tires serve as art and safety features along Broad Ave. bike lanes. (submitted)

High GroundSustainability

Recycled tire art makes Broad Ave. bike lanes safer and creates jobs

Jeff HulettThursday, February 24, 2022

Transit Equity Day events are scheduled for Feb 1-4, 2022 in Memphis.

High GroundTransportation

Public invited to Transit Equity Day events, online and in-person Feb 1-4

Sarah RushakoffFriday, January 28, 2022

Sugar Ghost ice cream shop and Falling Into Place gift shop on Broad Avenue. (Sarah Rushakoff)

High GroundCommunity Development

A walk down Broad Avenue: new spots, treasured favorites

Jeff HulettFriday, January 14, 2022

PRIZM Ensemble executive director Gavin Wigginson (submitted)

High GroundKids and Education

PRIZM Ensemble’s new leader helps kids explore social issues through music

Chris JonesThursday, November 11, 2021

(Lisa Ferdinando, Wikimedia Commons)

High GroundHealthy Communities

Need a COVID-19 test? Want to get your vaccine? Where to go in Shelby County.

Jeff Hulett and Sarah RushakoffThursday, September 23, 2021

University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are four of the anchor institutions partnering with the Memphis Medical District Collaborative for Hire Local 901. (Submitted)

High GroundEonomic Development

Hire Local 901 helps Memphians work closer to home

Kim and Jim ColemanThursday, June 20, 2019

A young girl plays hide and seek in front of shuttered apartment buildings on Tate Street. (Andrea Morales)

High Ground

Seeing Red I: Mapping 90 years of redlining in Memphis

Cole BradleySunday, March 31, 2019

Pastor Shun Abram in front of Binghampton Community Church, located in east Binghampton. (Ziggy Mack)

High GroundCommunity Development

Bing-Boom II: A tale of two Binghamptons

Mark JordanWednesday, December 19, 2018

Lisa and Luis Toro pose outside of their newest purchase, 509 North Hollywood, which will soon be a unique indoor-outdoor bar. (Cole Bradley)

High GroundEntrepreneurship

Broad Avenue power couple expand reach with new bar venture

Cole BradleyWednesday, December 19, 2018

Binghampton Students cross at a crosswalk. Sidewalks and crosswalks are part of the physical infrastructure that can be improved with TIF funding. (Submitted)

High GroundCommunity Development

Residents to help allocate $26 million in Binghampton investment

Cole BradleyWednesday, June 20, 2018

Peet Strydom, general manager of The Hub in East Memphis.

High GroundArts and Culture

An outpouring of coffee shop openings point to a shift in Memphis

Shelby BlackWednesday, November 15, 2017

Accelerator programs hosted by organizations such as EPICenter Memphis, Memphis Bioworks and Start Co., help entrepreneurs launch businesses and connect them with pathways to capital. To date, EPICenter has raised more than $16 million in capital.

High GroundEntrepreneurship

Memphis Money: Investment pipeline for startups has room for improvement

Aisling MakiWednesday, October 11, 2017

Darrell Cobbins, president and principal broker at Universal Commercial Real Estate, LLC, near his office in Downtown Memphis.

High GroundEonomic Development

Memphis pushes to level the playing field for black entrepreneurs

Julia Craven & Madeline FaberMonday, September 18, 2017

Listen To America Small

High GroundEonomic Development

HuffPost, High Ground News & MLK50 to discuss economic inequality in Memphis

Rebekah Marie Yearout, MLK50Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Dr. Steven Euler, right, sets up an appointment with a caller's primary care doctor for further care.

High GroundHealthy Communities

New 9-1-1 initiatives seek to alleviate demands of nonemergency calls

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, August 30, 2017

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