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Development News Momentum Nonprofit Partners event Nov. 7

Momentum Nonprofit Partners rebrands, plans move and other big changes

Michael WaddellWednesday, November 8, 2017
Innovation & Job News David Brown, executive vice president and chief preservation officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, addresses the crowd at Clayborn Temple.

Clayborn Temple named a 'national treasure'

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, November 1, 2017
Feature Story The exterior of the Brooks Museum, at 1934 Poplar Avenue in Overton Park. (Kevin Barre)

Brooks Museum's $110M move Downtown could be completed by 2022

Mark JordanWednesday, November 1, 2017
Development News The Mid-South Coliseum seen from the Fairground's south side. Under the City-backed Fairgrounds redevelopment project, the vacant Coliseum could become an amateur sports venue, providing space for championship games and opening and closing tournament

Orange Mound stakeholders voice concerns about inclusion in fairgrounds planning process

Aisling MakiWednesday, October 25, 2017
Feature Story Stephanie Love stands in front at Whitney Elementary in Frayser, which residents say is negatively affected by a nearby landfill.

Community activists affect change in Frayser and North Memphis

Kirstin CheersWednesday, October 18, 2017
Innovation & Job News Residents of Memphis Teacher Residency spend a school year in the classroom with a mentor-teacher getting hand-on training.

Memphis Teacher Residency prepares students for success

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, September 20, 2017
Feature Story Darrell Cobbins, president and principal broker at Universal Commercial Real Estate, LLC, near his office in Downtown Memphis.

Memphis pushes to level the playing field for black entrepreneursA partnership between High Ground News and HuffPost

Julia Craven & Madeline FaberMonday, September 18, 2017
Feature Story Listen To America Small

HuffPost, High Ground News & MLK50 to discuss economic inequality in Memphis

Rebekah Marie Yearout, MLK50Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Feature Story A game of basketball along Radford Road in Orange Mound.

New leaders bring progress to historic Orange Mound

Erica HortonWednesday, September 6, 2017
Innovation & Job News Students at Kingsbury Middle School are greeted on the first day of school by community members showing support after weeks of ICE raids on the Latino community.

Immigrant families get rock star treatment on the first day back to school in Memphis

Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat TennesseeWednesday, August 23, 2017
Feature Story Memphians call for the removal of Memphis' Confederate statues, like the one of General Nathan Bedford Forrest in Health Sciences Park.

Following Charlottesville, pressure mounts in Memphis to remove two Confederate statues

Micaela WattsThursday, August 17, 2017
Feature Story The boarded up storefront on Vance Avenue near Danny Thomas Boulevard most recently served as a corner store.

Unbanked: The high cost of doing business in ZIP 38126

J. Dylan SandiferWednesday, July 26, 2017
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