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The Heights is a collection of neighborhoods
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Highland Heights, Mitchell Heights, Graham Heights, and others
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located roughly between Tillman and Graham Streets to the east and west and Jackson and Summer Avenues to the north and south.
It's predominantly working class with modest homes, young families, and many senior residents. The area was first developed in the early 1900s and boomed as Summer Avenue grew into a major Memphis thoroughfare. Today it's one of the most ethnically diverse areas the city, with business owners and families from more than 30 different countries.
Join us for our in-depth coverage of The Heights from September to December 2018.
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Community Development
How this local CDC is looking to slow down traffic and speed up investment in The Heights
Jim Coleman
Thursday, June 23, 2022
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Healthy Communities
Environmental Justice: Safer streets, cleaner water in the Heights
Leigh Tatum
Friday, May 13, 2022
Feature Story
Transportation
Public invited to Transit Equity Day events, online and in-person Feb 1-4
Sarah Rushakoff
Friday, January 28, 2022
Feature Story
Arts and Culture
Visual artists: Apply by Feb 18 to work with High Ground!
Friday, January 21, 2022
Feature Story
Kids and Education
PRIZM Ensemble’s new leader helps kids explore social issues through music
Chris Jones
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Feature Story
Arts and Culture
Unique sculptures encourage library patrons to learn and create
Leigh Tatum
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Feature Story
Entrepreneurship
Cxffeeblack serves its brew with a side of history and anti-gentrification
Meghan Aslin
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Feature Story
Community Development
What have these Heights organizations been up to since 2018?
Chris Jones & Cole Bradley
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Feature Story
Community Development
Ribbon cutting on Gaisman Park Arboretum marks another milestone in a community-led revival
Cole Bradley
Friday, July 23, 2021
Feature Story
Eonomic Development
What's happening on Summer Avenue?
Leigh Tatum
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Feature Story
Arts and Culture
UrbanArt Commission sponsors first public art project focused on written storytelling
Cole Bradley
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Feature Story
Healthy Communities
Memphis pedestrian deaths sit at record high; art installation urges drivers to slow down
Leigh Tatum
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Feature Story
Healthy Communities
The parks are packed as Memphians look to work and play safely
Chris Jones & Cole Bradley
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Feature Story
Kids and Education
Treadwell schools cut ribbon on new one-of-a-kind nature park after years of community effort
Leigh Tatum
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Feature Story
Community Development
Design contest casts vision for renovation and reuse of historic church at risk for demolition
Leigh Tatum
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Feature Story
Arts and Culture
Destination Eats: Devour the world from The Heights
Cole Bradley
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Feature Story
Entrepreneurship
Women Working It: The plants and passion of Terra Cotta
Brandi Hunter
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Feature Story
Entrepreneurship
Video: Paletas in the pandemic with La Michoacana
Cole Bradley
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Feature Story
Arts and Culture
In Photos: Memphis neighborhoods revisited
Cole Bradley
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Feature Story
Eonomic Development
Immigrants face new fears for jobs and citizenship post-pandemic (Quick Read)
Ashley Davis and Cole Bradley
Thursday, May 7, 2020
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Highlights
Kindergartners dance to a song about cows in one of Treadwell Elementary's dual language classes. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
The state’s only dual-language program grows with Memphis’ Latino population
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Several of Treadwell Elementary’s dual-language immersion classes are at or near capacity. Supporters say side-by-side English and Spanish instruction builds skills and cross-cultural connections, and the program is critical to future success in one of Memphis’ most diverse ...
Photo: Yvonne Thomas' kindergarteners dance to a song about fruit in one of Treadwell Elementary School's dual language classes on September 21, 2018. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Brett Hunter and Katie Hargrave host a community meeting to reimagine the center of National Street as the Heights Line biking and pedestrian path connecting Summer to Jackson Avenues (Heights Line Design Studio)
In photos: Welcome to The Heights (en Español)
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As we kick off our in-depth coverage of The Heights, the On the Ground team takes us on an intimate visual tour of the neighborhood and its neighbors.
El equipo de “On the Ground” hizo un recorrido visual por la comunidad para ver qué es lo que hace un lugar ideal para vivir y
...
Photo: (Left to right) Ladarius Shields, Richy Phan, Ceric Hicks, Hayden Williams, London Johnson (held), Robin Tate, Alice Shields, and Lonel Shields (front) pose for a portrait at Treadwell Middle School. (Ziggy Mack)
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