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Feature Story Landmark Healthy Communities

Video: Landmark Farmers Market keeps Orange Mound healthy

Lauren Squires-ReadyWednesday, November 1, 2017
"If you put good stuff in, what's going to come out of you? Good stuff."  Landmark Training Development Company in Orange Mound offers a food pantry and farmers market to residents. Volunteers at the nonprofit tend to the gardens and serve the community with fresh vegetables and herbs.  
Feature Story A view of historic Orange Mound. Eonomic Development

Join High Ground News for a community conversation about housing in Orange Mound

Madeline FaberWednesday, November 1, 2017
For years, Orange Mound enjoyed a reputation as a safe, attractive, and hospitable place for African American homeowners. Today, community stakeholders are working to address concerns such as declining homeownership, blight, the need for quality rental housing, and potential gentrification.
Development News New Memphus urban revitalization luncheon Eonomic Development

Memphis needs more historic renovations in underserved neighborhoods, panelists say

Michael WaddellMonday, October 30, 2017

The urban renewal of Memphis, including breathing new life into old buildings instead of simply tearing them down, was the theme of a luncheon event on Oct. 30 at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn ballroom, hosted by New Memphis and the First Tennessee Foundation.

Development News Essentially Divine Natural Skincare Cordova Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneur moves family skin care startup to Cordova

Michael WaddellMonday, October 30, 2017

Carol Cook-Scobey, owner of Essentially Divine Natural Skincare and third-generation botanist, is taking her business to the next level with a new storefront in Cordova at 7865 Trinity Road.

Development News Liberto Surgical Eonomic Development

Medical device distributor moving to newly renovated space in Edge District

Michael WaddellMonday, October 30, 2017
An old building in the Edge District will be getting a new use in the next month, as renovations are underway at 691 Marshall Avenue at a site that had formerly been used as a tire alignment and repair business for nearly 40 years.
Development News The Mid-South Coliseum seen from the Fairground's south side. Under the City-backed Fairgrounds redevelopment project, the vacant Coliseum could become an amateur sports venue, providing space for championship games and opening and closing tournament Community Development

Orange Mound stakeholders voice concerns about inclusion in fairgrounds planning process

Aisling MakiWednesday, October 25, 2017
As discussions continue about the fate of the Fairgrounds, Orange Mound residents weigh in on the process and how redevelopment of the site could affect their neighborhood.
Feature Story Mary Mitchell has lived in Orange Mound, the oldest African American neighborhood in the City of Memphis, her entire life and has collected a wealth a knowledge through the ebbs and flows of time and change. Arts and Culture

Lifelong Orange Mound resident recognized by City of Memphis as community historian

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, October 25, 2017
As a living example of history preserved, Mary Mitchell has retained a wealth of knowledge that she freely shares about the historic Orange Mound, a neighborhood she has lived in her entire life. 
Innovation & Job News When Dr. Phillip Baker opened Good Shepherd Pharmacy in 2015, it offered around 300 medicines free. Healthy Communities

This Memphis-based nonprofit pharmacy serves the uninsured

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, October 25, 2017
To curb dangerous cost-cutting, Good Shepherd Pharmacy has partnered with the National Transplant Foundation to make pharmaceuticals affordable for recovering transplant patients in Tennessee.
Innovation & Job News The new segment of the Wolf River Greenway has a 1.2-mile paved trail, wide concrete and asphalt paths and a boardwalk. Sustainability

Opening of Confluence Park marks newest segment of Wolf River Greenway

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, October 25, 2017

A stretch of the Wolf River Greenway formally opened on Saturday, Oct. 21 on the north end of Mud Island, transforming a former illegal dumping ground into a park-like setting.

Development News The college's historic Rust Hall will be one of the final pieces sold off by 2020. Arts and Culture

Memphis College of Art: A $30M 'miracle' could save the school from closing

Michael WaddellWednesday, October 25, 2017

Following a rich 81-year history in Memphis including nearly 70 years at its Midtown campus at Overton Park, the Memphis College of Art announced this week that it will stop recruiting new students, effective immediately, and begin making plans to close the college.

Feature Story The Art Center, located at 1636 Union Ave., is owned by Tom Wilson and Susan Steele. Arts and Culture

The Art Center leverages community investments to enrich visual arts in Memphis

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, October 25, 2017

The Art Center has been supporting visual arts in Memphis since opening its doors in 1974 when Cal Wilson and his friend, Charlie Cantrell, left corporate careers at Sears-Roebuck to follow their dream of owning their own business.

Feature Story Students at Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School, located Downtown. (Rachel Warren) Kids and Education

Getting connected: Grizz Prep blends education with in-school mentorship

Rachel WarrenWednesday, October 25, 2017
"The proof of concept is what happens when you take an underserved population, in this case boys, and you provide them with excellent instruction in academics, but you also provide them with a significant number of adult mentors,” said Diane Terrell, executive director of the Memphis Grizzlies Foundation.
Feature Story The ProxBox team at their office in the ServiceMaster Innovation Center. (Houston Cofield) Entrepreneurship

Memphis startup ProxBox eliminates flyers from house hunting

Wesley Morgan ParahamWednesday, October 25, 2017

“If I take a paper flyer, the listing agent doesn’t know who I am. They can’t identify me. So that’s what really triggered us to say how can we create something that’s low-cost, effective and turnkey. We deliver them software that works," said ProxBox co-founder Chelsea White.

Development News The Heights Line Community Development

The Heights Line pop-up project reinvigorates National Street

Michael WaddellTuesday, October 24, 2017

A new temporary neighborhood project in The Heights neighborhood of North Memphis is bringing the community together in ways not seen in more than 40 years. The low-cost enhancement project, dubbed The Heights Line, involves converting a stretch of National Street into a multiuse promenade. It has been successful during October and will be in place until early November.

Development News PeachTree Apartments Community Development

Frayser apartment community undergoing major transformation

Michael WaddellMonday, October 23, 2017
The once-blighted Peachtree Apartments, a 72-unit complex at 3180 Steele Street in Frayser, are in the early stages of a major $5 million to $6 million transformation led by Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. (NPI), ComCap Partners and Urban Renaissance Partners, Inc., the non-profit owner of the complex.
Development News Mud Island Aquarium and Museum Eonomic Development

Plans approved for Mud Island Aquarium Museum and Downtown home for the Brooks Museum

Michael WaddellWednesday, October 18, 2017
A bold concept that includes developing a unique 21st century aquarium museum on Mud Island that would connect to a new Riverfront Cultural Center to potentially house the Brooks Museum took its first steps forward this week.
Feature Story Tonya Dyson, local entrepreneur and founder of The Word sings between acts and encourages local artists to promote themselves and upcoming events. Arts and Culture

Don’t call it a comeback: The underground spoken word scene takes hold of Memphis

Erica HortonWednesday, October 18, 2017
The spoken word and arts scene in Memphis can’t be called new. Over the past 20 years, a mostly underground scene has evolved to create more opportunities for artists and new culture points in the city.
Feature Story Fred Davis, longtime Orange Mound resident and activist, stands for a portrait at his insurance office on Airways Boulevard. Davis is a person of firsts: he opened one of the first black insurance agencies in the South, he served as the first black M Entrepreneurship

Activist and business leader Fred Davis talks about 50 years of serving Orange Mound

Erica HortonWednesday, October 18, 2017
For nearly 50 years the Fred L. Davis Insurance Agency has operated out of Orange Mound, withstanding changes in the neighborhood’s leadership and economy. Davis discusses his life and rooting himself in the community with a, “get it done,” attitude.
Feature Story Stephanie Love stands in front at Whitney Elementary in Frayser, which residents say is negatively affected by a nearby landfill. Community Development

Community activists affect change in Frayser and North Memphis

Kirstin CheersWednesday, October 18, 2017
Residents and elected officials speak out against development in their neighborhoods, to mixed results. 
Feature Story The exterior of Stylist Salon, a locally-owned business in Frayser. Entrepreneurship

Locally-owned business brings jobs back to Frayser

Michael WaddellWednesday, October 18, 2017

“The appetite for redevelopment in the North Watkins area is pretty strong. If the properties near to the upcoming Stylist Salon are fixed up, more businesses will want to locate in them as well," said Steve Lockwood, executive director of the Frayser Community Development Corporation.

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