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Innovation & Job News As part of the nationwide City Accelerator cohort, Memphis will receive a $100,000 grant to use toward their efforts to boost spending with small, diverse businesses in the area.

Memphis prepares to launch new initiative around city procurement to boost minority-owned businesses

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, July 19, 2017
Feature Story Quincy Foster, a LAUNCH graduate, captures moments while at work during a wedding.

Entrepreneurship promotes community development in South Memphis

Madeline FaberWednesday, July 19, 2017
Feature Story In the largest spontaneous protest in Memphis history, more than 1,000 people shut down the Hernando DeSoto Bridge in a demonstration of Black Lives Matter.

In their own words: Organizers recount Memphis' massive Black Lives Matter protest one year later

Molly MulroyWednesday, July 12, 2017
Feature Story Georgia Avenue Elementary sits partially boarded up and vacant across the street from Booker T. Washington High School.

Girls Inc. plans to add a massive center in former South Memphis school

Madeline FaberWednesday, July 12, 2017
Development News Team Better Block workshop

Team Better Block workshop maps fall MEMFix event

Michael WaddellFriday, July 7, 2017
Development News Memhis 3.0 event Ballet Memphis

Memphis 3.0 event maps early progress

Michael WaddellWednesday, June 28, 2017
Feature Story Principal Alisha Kiner shakes hands with a graduating senior of Booker T. Washington's 2017 class.

Sweep it clean: The leader behind Booker T. Washington’s comeback story

Kirstin CheersWednesday, June 28, 2017
Development News Sierra Club event featuring MATA

Conservationists offer green solutions to Memphis public transit

Michael WaddellWednesday, June 21, 2017
Feature Story Barbara Nesbit hangs out with the kids at the Vance Avenue Youth Development Center.

Vance Avenue Youth Development Center is a free safety net for South Memphis children

Madeline FaberWednesday, June 21, 2017
Innovation & Job News Beginning in the fall of 2017, Opera Memphis will undertake a set of new initiatives organized around the legacy of African-American soprano Madame McCleave. will be dedicated to a new fall initiative, The McCleave Project, seeking deeper engagement

Opera Memphis addresses race with new initiatives inspired by Madame Talbert-McCleave

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, June 14, 2017
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We are no more than the sum of our parts – together Memphis' individual neighborhoods create the unique culture of the Bluff City. And a smart Memphian knows our success is rooted in these communities and supports the development and revitalization of economically sustainable and vibrant neighborhoods. High Ground covers those who are keeping communities clean, safe, healthy and connected.
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