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Feature Story . Kareem Dasilva, right, took home first place honors at the Smarty City: Transportation & Mobility Hackathon on March 15-17 with MemPatch, technology that helps the city streamline identification of potholes. (Submitted) High GroundEntrepreneurship

Smart City initiative seeks to improve public problems with technology

Kim and Jim ColemanThursday, March 21, 2019
Feature Story A construction worker walks across the Southern Avenue tracks near the University of Memphis campus at the heart of the University District. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundCommunity Development

Drinks and Development: A casual discussion on growth in the University District

Cole BradleyWednesday, March 20, 2019
Feature Story Five of the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center's six current staff members. L to R: Justin Davis, Paul Garner, Tamara Hendrix, Faith Pollan and Brad Watkins. (Submitted) High GroundCommunity Development

Seeking justice: A nonprofit’s fight for housing, buses, criminal justice reform and more

Cole BradleyThursday, March 14, 2019
Feature Story Highland Row is one of the many new mixed-use, high density developments to be built on or near the Highland Strip in the last few years. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundCommunity Development

High-rises on Highland are a test for Memphis 3.0

Cole BradleyWednesday, February 27, 2019
Feature Story The Tennessean, the luxury liner that replaced the Memphis Special as the main passenger train on the Southern Railway in 1941. (Memphis Public Libraries) High GroundTransportation

The trains of Southern Avenue that shaped the University District

Mark JordanWednesday, February 13, 2019
Feature Story The Highland Strip has seen substantial growth in the last five years. Evidence of the Highland-Walker street improvements include painted concrete and traffic barrels. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundTransportation

Passing cars: University District looks beyond car travel for solutions to congestion

Cole BradleyThursday, February 7, 2019
Feature Story Residents and other stakeholders hear the results of the three-day design charrette to reimagine Whitehaven Plaza. In the foreground, the model of Whitehaven Plaza shows existing structures in gray alongside new buildings, greenspaces and amenities s High GroundEonomic Development

Whitehaven Plaza is first look at Memphis 3.0 in action

Cole BradleyWednesday, January 30, 2019
Feature Story High Ground News Podcast Logo High GroundCommunity Development

On the Ground Podcast: Kicking off our University District coverage with Cody Fletcher

Saturday, January 5, 2019
Feature Story A once-drab building, 751 National Street now has tables and chairs, interactive maps of the neighborhood, and flags denoting the many nationalities in The Heights. (Cole Bradley) High GroundCommunity Development

Neighborhood by design: Community design studio is space to imagine a new Heights

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 31, 2018
Feature Story A new cohort of South Memphis Glide Ride Ambassadors is in training. (Bike/Ped Memphis) High GroundTransportation

South Memphis is an incubator for pedestrian improvements under national initiative

Ashlei WilliamsThursday, October 25, 2018
Feature Story Suzanne Carlson, transportation and sustainability program manager for the nonprofit Innovate Memphis. High GroundTransportation

Innovate Memphis pushes to revamp Memphis bus system from the ground up

Andy MeekWednesday, October 3, 2018
Feature Story A group of passengers prepares to board a MATA bus at the American Way Transit Center on January 9, 2018. (Brandon Dahlberg) High GroundTechnology and Innovation

Memphis-based startup improves breakdown detection in MATA buses

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, September 12, 2018
Feature Story Heights Ride 1 High GroundTransportation

Video: The Heights rides to improve public space (en Español)

Forever ReadyWednesday, September 12, 2018
Feature Story Memphis' first McDonald's, featured here circa 1963, opened in 1958 and was located at 4287 Summer Avenue. (Memphis Landmarks) High GroundCommunity Development

Asylums, trolleys & forgotten soldiers: Five facts about The Heights you didn't know

Cole BradleyTuesday, September 11, 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
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