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Feature Story Greensward

Overton Park supporters rally to raise $1M to fund parking for Memphis Zoo

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, April 26, 2017
Innovation & Job News John Paul Shaffer announces the rebranding of BLDG Memphis.

CD Council and Livable Memphis begin new era as BLDG Memphis

J. Dylan SandiferWednesday, April 19, 2017
Feature Story Work Local

City of Memphis employs panhandlers to beautify the city

Madeline FaberWednesday, April 19, 2017
Innovation & Job News The Madison Avenue pocket park contains greenspace, gallery space, a stage and a screen for projecting films.

Downtown pocket park supports blight eradication in urban core

J. Dylan SandiferWednesday, April 12, 2017
Feature Story Caritas Village executive director Leslie Barker and founder Onie Johns

Caritas Village's new director brings theatrical flair to the longstanding community hub

Rachel WarrenWednesday, April 5, 2017
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

Reflections on Klondike Smokey City

Lance WiedowerWednesday, April 5, 2017
Innovation & Job News Soulsville

Soulsville citizens advocate for improvements to Chandler Park

J. Dylan SandiferWednesday, March 29, 2017
Feature Story Azaylia Elias, 1, peeks out over a chair at the Operation Smart Child program at the Neighborhood Christian Center in Smokey City.

Neighborhood Christian Center provides sustenance for Memphis' disadvantaged neighborhoods

Thelma BalfourWednesday, March 29, 2017
Feature Story Angela Adair hugs her husband Robert during Sunday service at Hope City Church in Caldwell-Guthrie's cafeteria in Smokey City.

Join High Ground News for a Klondike Smokey City block party

Lance WiedowerWednesday, March 22, 2017
Feature Story A boarded up home on Bellevue Boulevard in Klondike carries a message to deter break-ins.

Boarded up houses are not a death knell for Klondike Smokey City, neighbors say

Lance WiedowerWednesday, March 22, 2017
Innovation & Job News An I Am A Man inspired work at the UAC's 20th anniversary celebration.

City's largest investment in public art honors 1968 sanitation workers' strike

J. Dylan SandiferWednesday, March 15, 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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