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Feature Story podcast High GroundKids and Education

Podcast: Play Where You Stay is soccer made equitable

Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Feature Story podcast High GroundCommunity Development

Podcast: State housing programs strengthen Memphis neighborhoods

Thursday, July 11, 2019
Feature Story Renderings for the new Soulsville container restaurant show a bold and colorful design with indoor and outdoor seating. (Submitted) High GroundEntrepreneurship

275 Food Project announces fellowship for chefs of color, strategy to grow local food ecosystem

Cole BradleyTuesday, June 25, 2019
Feature Story 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
Feature Story Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris (L) presents the Senior Prom's 2019 Prom Queen Everlena Yarborough. Prom King Clarence Christian watches with pride. (Baris Gursakal) High GroundArts and Culture

Magical night for senior citizens at Shelby County's first senior prom

Baris GursakalThursday, June 6, 2019
Feature Story Roshun Austin, president and CEO of The Works, Inc. holds a redlining map created in the 1930s. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundEonomic Development

Seeing Red II: South Memphis CDC brings investment back to Memphis' formerly redlined communities

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, April 10, 2019
Feature Story 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
Feature Story logo1 High GroundCommunity Development

Podcast: Memphis' modern-day redlining

Cole BradleySunday, March 24, 2019
Feature Story Aster Demekech, 27, is the director of Juice Almighty, a juice bar and café inside of the Memphis Rox climbing facility in South Memphis. (Kim Coleman) High GroundHealthy Communities

Pay-what-you-can juice bar fuels South Memphis

Kim and Jim ColemanThursday, March 14, 2019
Feature Story Joel Katz, senior manager, Youth Sports Partnership with the Memphis Grizzlies Foundation, leads a group of Play Where You Stay students in soccer drills at the Gaston Community Center. (Submitted) High GroundCommunity Development

Play Where You Stay activates neighborhood parks, breaks down barriers for inner-city soccer players

Aisling MakiThursday, March 7, 2019
Feature Story A student at the South Memphis community cooking class closely inspects her dish. (Cat Evans) High GroundHealthy Communities

South Memphis locally-owned grocery store launches free cooking classes

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, January 30, 2019
Feature Story Steven McKinney teaches math class to his students at Booker T. Washington High School. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundKids and Education

Advocates of trauma-informed teaching call for greater support in Memphis schools

Melonee GainesWednesday, November 28, 2018
Feature Story As part of the Brooks Outing project, artist Julien de Casabianca pasted "characters" from earlier artworks in suprising places across Memphis. This snippet of "Au pied de la falaise" can be seen on Crump Boulevard. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundArts and Culture

Brooks Museum's mural project takes classic art to the streets of Memphis

Mark JordanTuesday, October 30, 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 Anasa Troutman has been tapped as the first executive director of Clayborn Temple, a job she started July 2 and which involves helping craft a new future for the iconic civil rights-era church building. (Darius Williams) High GroundCommunity Development

Clayborn Temple’s first executive director shares her vision for the civil rights landmark

Andy MeekTuesday, August 7, 2018
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