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Feature Story Kenzie Cleaves stands inside a vacant unit in her North Memphis apartment complex that she said has been unsecured for over a year. Unsafe housing conditions can increase COVID-19-related deaths. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundHealthy Communities

In poor communities, toxic housing is a risk factor for COVID-19 deaths

Chris Jones & Cole BradleyWednesday, September 30, 2020
Feature Story Census High GroundCommunity Development

Here's why Memphis nonprofits care about the U.S. census and you should too.

Cole BradleyThursday, September 24, 2020
Feature Story Derotha Payne-Obie mounts a recently completed puzzle at her dining room table. Prior to the pandemic, she attended the Lewis Senior Center. It closed in March under local and state mandates. (Tamara Cunningham) High GroundHealthy Communities

For senior citizens, the virus isn't the only pandemic danger. Isolation can be deadly.

Tamara CunninghamWednesday, September 16, 2020
Feature Story Nonprofit JUICE Orange Mound recently received their largest single donation. ADT Securities donated $10,000 towards its community improvement efforts. (Submitted) High GroundCommunity Development

The Orange Mound Street Assembly uses the neighborhood grapevine for community improvement

Alexandria MooreThursday, August 27, 2020
Feature Story Alandria Ivory, a campaign worker for Memphis for All, takes a break during an early voting event at Glenview Community Center. (Andrea Morales) High GroundCommunity Development

Food giveaway and voter registration drive coming to North Memphis August 28

Cole BradleyWednesday, August 26, 2020
Feature Story Soulsville USA High GroundArts and Culture

Walking in Memphis: Put on your tennis shoes and discover South Memphis history

Ramona SpringfieldThursday, August 20, 2020
Feature Story Frank Johnson looks towards North Memphis' Penn A Kem, LLC chemical plant on the left hand side of the road. On the right is Douglass High School. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundHealthy Communities

The Pandemics: Decades of environmental racism is making COVID-19 more deadly in Black communities

Baris Gursakal & Cole BradleyThursday, August 20, 2020
Feature Story Jason Ayers high fives one of the kids that came out to help clean up empty lots along Randle Street in Klondike. Folks from the community organization Crowning Our Youth, Inc. an anti-violence and youth oriented group, worked to clean up vacant lots High Ground

High Ground Says 'See You Later' to North Memphis

Cole BradleyMonday, August 10, 2020
Feature Story Archie Willis rides the Madison Avenue trolley bus through Madison Heights. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundArts and Culture

In Photos: More Memphis neighborhoods revisited

Cole BradleyFriday, July 31, 2020
Feature Story Shelia Williams, a 2020 Bickford-Bearwater High Ground News Community Correspondent. (Cole Bradley) High GroundArts and Culture

Memphis' Newest Reporters: Meet Community Correspondent Shelia Williams

Cole BradleyThursday, July 30, 2020
Feature Story Jolie Shaw, a 2020 Bickford-Bearwater High Ground News Community Correspondent. (Cole Bradley) High GroundArts and Culture

Memphis' Newest Reporters: Meet Community Correspondent Jolie Shaw

Cole BradleyThursday, July 30, 2020
Feature Story Executive Director John Paul Shaffer announces the BLDG Memphis rebrand in April 2017. It was previously the Community Development Council of Greater Memphis. (Submitted) High GroundCommunity Development

BLDG Memphis and new board look to the future of community development in and after the pandemic

Cole BradleyThursday, July 23, 2020
Feature Story Husband and wife Nancy and Patricio Gonzalez carry equipment to the Gaisman Community Center at the end of game day. They are the directors and coaches of Illegal Arts Memphis soccer league. (Natalie Eddings) High GroundArts and Culture

In Photos: Memphis neighborhoods revisited

Cole BradleyThursday, July 23, 2020
Feature Story Soulsville in pictures 2 High GroundSustainability

Mass evictions are coming. This South Memphis nonprofit is part of the solution.

Baris GursakalThursday, July 16, 2020
Feature Story To celebrate Juneteenth 2020, The Time is Now Douglass, the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter, and Memphis Artists for Change partnered to supply produce boxes, free lunch from local food trucks, masks, and hand sanitizer. (Forever Ready) High GroundCommunity Development

Video: Juneteenth in Douglass Park

Thursday, June 25, 2020
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