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Feature Story The north entrance to Central Gardens on Belvedere Boulevard. High GroundCommunity Development

Central Gardens overhauls sidewalk repair through crowdfunding

Julie McCulloughThursday, August 2, 2018
Feature Story Scooters on display at the My City Rides storefront on 376 Cleveland Street. High GroundTransportation

My City Rides pay-as-you-go scooter purchase program expands to Memphis students

Rachel WarrenThursday, August 2, 2018
Feature Story Sixteen year-old Lexus Carter, a recent graduate of the Girls Empowerment Program and one of the rally's nine student organizers, poses for a picture outside of Dave Wells Community Center. (Shelda Edwards) High GroundCommunity Development

Youth-led Klondike-Smokey City peace rally strengthens community in wake of tragedy

Cole BradleyThursday, August 2, 2018
Feature Story Courtlan Black is all smiles as David Yancey announces him the winner of the boys' aged 13 to 15 division at a skate competition held at the Greenlaw Community Center (Cole Bradley) High GroundCommunity Development

What we learned from four months On The Ground in Uptown and The Pinch

Cole BradleyThursday, July 26, 2018
Feature Story Valerie Peavy her husband Jeff Peavy own The Office @ Uptown. It opened in 2013 and is their first restaurant venture. (Brandon Dahlberg) High GroundEntrepreneurship

Soup, sandwich and a side of community at The Office @ Uptown cafe

Cole BradleyWednesday, July 25, 2018
Feature Story Student entrepreneur Barak Muhammad makes gardening a family affair as he explains how to use a garden claw to his younger brother. (Cole Bradley) High GroundKids and Education

Kingsbury High grows health and entrepreneurship with city’s first student-led farmers market

Cole BradleyWednesday, July 11, 2018
Feature Story Women from a Straight Farm Whitehaven's canning class pose with their finished products. Once the skill of preserving is learned, the women can use it to can and preserve produce at home. (Kimberly Dobbins) High GroundHealthy Communities

Whitehaven homesteading movement gets the neighborhood back to its roots

Cole BradleyWednesday, June 27, 2018
Feature Story Lydia Walker walks between the building which houses the Memphis CHiLD clinic and the LeBonheur's main campus. (Brandon Dahlberg) High GroundKids and Education

When your child has a medical diagnosis, you just might need a lawyer

J. Dylan SandiferThursday, June 21, 2018
Feature Story A young South Memphis resident plays with a giant Jenga set. (Shelda Edwards) High GroundCommunity Development

Vacant lot comes alive with South Memphis Move Your Body event and plans for future park

Cole BradleyWednesday, June 20, 2018
Feature Story 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
Feature Story A 1938 photo of the Lions Open Air School. (Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries) High GroundKids and Education

In segregated Memphis, radio DJs drove Black children with disabilities to this Uptown school

Tamara WilliamsonThursday, June 14, 2018
Feature Story UCI High GroundKids and Education

Video: Memphis children learn during the summer with Literacy Mid-South

Lauren Squires-ReadyWednesday, June 13, 2018
Feature Story People from all walks of life mingle beneath the "branches" of Treedom Memphis. High GroundCommunity Development

Treedom transforms vacant lot and grows community in Uptown-Pinch

Cole BradleyThursday, June 7, 2018
Feature Story Dennis Whitehead Darling is the inaugural fellow of the McCleave Project, an initiative of the opera company to bring a focus on diversity and inclusion to the genre. High GroundArts and Culture

Opera Memphis awards first McCleave Fellowship to local director

Andy MeekThursday, June 7, 2018
Feature Story Young men play basketball in Booker T. Washington park. High GroundCommunity Development

Greening Up: Uptown is investing in green spaces and reaping the reward

Cole BradleyThursday, June 7, 2018
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