In the fourth year of The Downtown Memphis Commission’s anti-blight initiative, several high-profile eyesores have been turned around, but challenges remain.  

Last month the first graduation of Memphis Clean and Green Job Training celebrated more than 20 unemployed or under-employed Memphians who received training and certification through an EPA-funded program at Memphis Bioworks Foundation. The free program is creatively filling a workforce gap, converting the unemployed into a skilled green labor force.  

GREENPRINT 2015/2040, the realization of a years-long planning effort on behalf of the Memphis-Shelby County Office of Sustainability, took home a national award at the American Planning Association’s recent event in Seattle, WA.