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Feature Story Peet Strydom, general manager of The Hub in East Memphis. Arts and Culture

An outpouring of coffee shop openings point to a shift in Memphis

Shelby BlackWednesday, November 15, 2017
Since City & State set the stage for an outpouring of new coffee shops, Memphis has seen growth in locally-sourced craft coffee shops in the past year alone, from Edge Alley to French Truck and The Hub.
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VIDEO: Orange Mound elders tell their community's story

Lauren Squires-ReadyWednesday, November 15, 2017
"The Orange Mound community is like a family, a close-knit family, handed down from one generation to the other." The Orange Mound Community Service Center is a homebase for many of Orange Mound's seniors. You are guaranteed to find some wonderful characters who believe in their history, the community and the future.
Feature Story Osage Flyer Arts and Culture

Join High Ground News for The Age of Osage: Orange Mound in Photographs

Erica HortonTuesday, November 14, 2017
From tiny football players and neighborhood candy ladies to ballerinas and local businesses, The Age of Osage is a photography show that illustrates the spirit of the Orange Mound community as captured by High Ground News photographers from August through November.  
Development News TriMetis Entrepreneurship

Lab space at center of new Medical District partnership

Michael WaddellTuesday, November 14, 2017

Researchers and entrepreneurs in the biosciences and technology industry will have more resources targeted for their needs thanks to a new public-private partnership between the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis Bioworks Foundation, and TriMetis Life Sciences.

Feature Story Panelists for Housing in Orange Mound: A Community Conversation (Left to Right): Howard Eddings, Neighborhood Housing Opportunities, Amy Shaftlein, Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Britney Thornton, JUICE Orange Mound, Dwayne Jones, general cont Community Development

Past, present, future: Orange Mound residents discuss a need for community development

Erica HortonFriday, November 10, 2017
Discussions spread to the types of housing available in the community with some saying that the housing type isn’t the primary problem, but people not being able to afford to become homeowners is a problem.
Development News Momentum Nonprofit Partners event Nov. 7 Diversity

Momentum Nonprofit Partners rebrands, plans move and other big changes

Michael WaddellWednesday, November 8, 2017

Momentum Nonprofit Partners, formerly The Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence, is changing with the times. The organization held a celebration event on Nov. 7 at Minglewood Hall to unveil its rebranding, along with news of ramping up staff, an impending move to a new location in Midtown, revamping its programing model, changing its membership structure and expanding its board.

Feature Story A student studies at the Whitehaven library branch. (Renee Davis Brame) Kids and Education

Memphis Public Libraries 'start here' by upgrading neighborhood branches

Renee Davis BrameWednesday, November 8, 2017
A new strategy undertaken by Memphis Public Libraries intends to underscore libraries as community centers with unique identities.
Feature Story Approximately 32 percent of homes in Orange Mound are vacant according to data from the US Census. Community Development

Maintaining place: The challenges of homeownership in Orange Mound

Erica HortonWednesday, November 8, 2017

The population in Orange Mound is decreasing and as the community ages, homes are left abandoned or in dire need of repair.

Feature Story The Memphis International Airport would benefit Amazon's second headquarters. Eonomic Development

Memphis checks many boxes but is still a "long-shot" in the Amazon HQ2 bid

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, November 8, 2017
As a result of the bid process for Amazon's second headquarters, Memphis has built a roadmap of strengths and gaps for future growth based on what Amazon laid out in terms of its expectations – a quality labor force, ties with a strong university system, good transportation, quality of life, along with many others.
Feature Story A draft concept image from the City's updated Fairgrounds plan, featuring a youth sports complex. Youth sports is a lucrative, growing tourism sector. Mayor Strickland said the proposal is unique in that it focuses on indoor sports, as the city alrea Community Development

City tables Coliseum repurposing, presents sports complex in latest Fairgrounds plan

Aisling MakiWednesday, November 8, 2017
“Our goal was to assemble a project that both attracts tourists and enriches the surrounding neighborhoods,” Mayor Strickland said. 
Feature Story Maury Evensky, owner of Evensky’s Big and Tall, has witnessed the store's evolution from a sundry offering men and women's clothing, hardware and food to focusing solely on quality men's clothes. (Renier Otto) Entrepreneurship

70-year-old clothing store in Orange Mound stands the test of a shifted neighborhood economy

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, November 8, 2017
“We carry old school or the clothes that people wore back in previous years that people today who are 60 to 70 years old wore when they were 30 or 40 years old,” said owner Maury Evensky. “It’s a lot of things they can’t find anywhere else.”
Feature Story Center for Southern Literary Arts co-directors Molly Rose Quinn, Jamie Hatley and Zandria Robinson (L ro R) Arts and Culture

'The South is speaking' at the new Center for Southern Literary Arts

Madeline FaberTuesday, November 7, 2017
A new nonprofit in Memphis has bold plans to put the city on the map as a site for authentic storytelling about the Southern experience. 
Development News The Grove at White Station Eonomic Development

Gill Properties plans new East Memphis mixed-use building

Michael WaddellMonday, November 6, 2017

For developer Brown Gill, VP with Gill Properties, Inc., working with property owners and their neighbors is the most important part of any new real estate project. His company is currently in the process of planning a new retail/office project in East Memphis on South White Station Road north of Poplar Avenue.

Development News Shab Chic Edge District Eonomic Development

New shipping container retail village to open in the Edge District

Michael WaddellFriday, November 3, 2017
Memphis-based development company Shab Chic is partnering with the Memphis Medical District Collaborative to bring a retail shipping container village to a lot on the 600 block of Monroe Avenue in the Edge District directly across from Edge Alley.
Feature Story Orange Mound Raiders founder and coach Antonio Huntsman gives a pep talk to young football players in his sports and mentoring non-profit during a Saturday morning game. Kids and Education

Orange Mound native gives back to his community with youth sports programs

Erica HortonWednesday, November 1, 2017

“It’s a big family when you come to the [Orange Mound] Raiders. It kept me out of trouble at school, gave me something to do as a kid instead of not doing anything, and I got to bond with other kids,” said DeAngelo Howze, a college student who participated in the sports program since he was four years old. 

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. Arts and Culture

Clayborn Temple named a 'national treasure'

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, November 1, 2017
During the Memphis sanitation workers strike of 1968, the historic church served as headquarters for the strike and concomitant protests. Inside its Romanesque structure, civil rights, religious and strike leaders strategized, coordinated and inspired as the labor action dragged out and intensified.
Feature Story Colby Midgett, owner of Premier Flowers at 10 North Second Street. (Renier Otto) Entrepreneurship

Memphis Money: Community-based startups struggle to find capital beyond debt-based platforms

Aisling MakiWednesday, November 1, 2017
“There’s no such thing as equal opportunity without equal access to capital,” said Anthony Young, River City Capital’s Economic Development Director. “In the neighborhoods we serve, we often see business owners who’ve been disenfranchised and underserved by traditional banks.”
Feature Story The exterior of the Brooks Museum, at 1934 Poplar Avenue in Overton Park. (Kevin Barre) Arts and Culture

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

Mark JordanWednesday, November 1, 2017
Emily Ballew Neff, executive director of the Brooks Museum of Art, lays out the impetus behind the iconic Midtown museum's move to the riverfront. 
Feature Story Students at Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie play with their school mascot Jiggy. (Andrea Morales) Kids and Education

Klondike Smokey City improves education outcomes with wrap-around neighborhood support

Aisling MakiWednesday, November 1, 2017

Test scores can indicate struggles outside of the classroom, such as transportation, bullying, housing issues and parents’ work schedules. Neighbors in Klondike Smokey City have come together to address how a strong community can support strong students. 

Feature Story Borhan Samei, SILQ CTO and co-founder, poses at the startup's office at Cowork Memphis. Technology and Innovation

Memphis startup integrates tech into the classroom to prevent student dropouts

Rachel WarrenWednesday, November 1, 2017

SILQ-EDU, an educational dashboard created by local startup SILQ Inc., can alert teachers to subtle changes in student progress, giving educators a chance to intervene early before a student drops out.

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