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Feature Story Promise CDC has built 30 houses in North Memphis, most of them three- and four-bedroom single family homes. The homes are for rent and purchase at affordable prices. (Promise CDC) High GroundCommunity Development

Promise CDC builds homes, community, and investment in North Memphis

A. J. Dugger IIIWednesday, January 15, 2020
Feature Story Attendees of the Being Black in College workshop break for lunch and informal discussions about the challenges they anticipate in their educational careers post-high school. (Our Grass Our Roots) High GroundCommunity Development

The power of knowledge brings power to the people in North Memphis

A. J. Dugger IIIThursday, January 9, 2020
Feature Story Students at Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie play with their school mascot "Jiggy." High Ground

High Ground's On the Ground series heads to North Memphis

Cole BradleyThursday, January 9, 2020
Feature Story Teen boys practice their basketball drills and skills at Manassas High School. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundDiversity

Photos: Welcome to (western) North Memphis

Cole BradleyWednesday, January 8, 2020
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Podcast: State housing programs strengthen Memphis neighborhoods

Thursday, July 11, 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 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
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Podcast: Memphis' modern-day redlining

Cole BradleySunday, March 24, 2019
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Podcast: Crosstown beyond the Concourse

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Feature Story Mia Madison is launching the Chelsea Avenue Farmer's Market on April 20, 2019. She hopes the vacant lot where she is standing, at the intersection of Chelsea Avenue and Springdale Street, will be revived with at least 20 vendors. (Dawn Neuses) High GroundHealthy Communities

Chelsea Avenue Farmer's Market will showcase fresh foods and community pride

Dawn NeusesWednesday, March 13, 2019
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On The Ground Podcast: The power of community policing in Memphis neighborhoods

Tuesday, March 5, 2019
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On The Ground Podcast: If Memphis literacy rates are low, do kids need to be taught differently?

Friday, February 8, 2019
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Video: A ballet class in North Memphis underscores the need for family wrap-around support

Forever ReadyWednesday, October 31, 2018
Feature Story Crystal Bullard’s children started preschool and elementary school at Whitney Achievement Elementary School last year. (Caroline Bauman/Chalkbeat Tennessee) High GroundKids and Education

When students miss school, they fall behind. Here’s how one group is curbing absenteeism.

Caroline Bauman, Chalkbeat TennesseeTuesday, September 25, 2018
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