Poplar Ave. is a main thoroughfare between Midtown and East Memphis. Throughout the day, the intersection sees steady to heavy traffic. It also serves as an entrance point for the college, a large apartment building, a residential street, Brooks Museum and the zoo. And then there’s the park itself – families in cars, runners, bikers, dogs leading their owners – in addition to Levitt Shell during concert season. Memphis College of Art and Overton Park Conservancy have kicked off an awareness campaign to increase safety for pedestrians using crosswalks around campus and the park.

Restaurant and entertainment destination Dave & Buster’s has made its Memphis market entry with a sprawling 43,500-square-foot location in The Commons at Wolfcreek near Wolfchase Galleria Mall.

Black Lodge, a staple for renting hard-to-find movies in Midtown for more than a decade that shut down several years ago, is making its big comeback by late spring in the Crosstown area with an innovative new approach. The new 8,000-square-foot location at 405 N. Cleveland Avenue will include a massive 30,000-plus film library, along with a fast casual restaurant, a retro and console gaming arcade, and film and event space.

Central BBQ is expanding its Memphis presence in the coming months and will be moving into markets outside of Memphis thanks to a new partnership with Kemmons Wilson Companies.