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Development News South City neighborhood design

South City redevelopment set to get underway by year's end

?Look for the possible demolition of Foote Homes, the city's last public housing project, by the end of the year, as the final 20 percent of residents are in the process of relocating in advance of the $250 million redevelopment of the neighborhood.

Development News Rendering of Methodist University Hospital

Methodist begins construction on University Hospital master campus plan

?On Wednesday Methodist University Hospital broke ground on its $280 million master campus plan at the corner of Eastmoreland and Bellevue in the Medical District.

Feature Story Broad Ave

Broad Avenue's future tied to Binghampton

As the Broad Avenue Arts District looks to what’s next in its future, its first executive director is looking at ways to better connect to the greater Binghampton neighborhood

Feature Story Memphis Skyline

Comprehensive plan will shape city's future

A new comprehensive plan led by a newly created Office of Comprehensive Planning will direct the city’s future.

Development News Bobby Goode, TN Director of USDA Rural Development, and Arlisa Armstrong of Rural Development at the home of Dorothy Cordle in Brighton

Elderly in rural areas get housing assistance from MAAG grant

The Memphis Area Association of Governments (MAAG) is working to help the elderly maintain their homes in rural areas outside of Memphis. 

Innovation & Job News Baptist mobile mammography truck

Addressing disparity in breast cancer care

Baptist Memorial Health Care is taking steps to address the gap in breast cancer care between African-American and white women with the hospital’s mobile mammography unit.

Partner Content The 1310 Bandits Film Group

Immersive "idea lab" celebrates artists as community leaders

Artspace's annual Breaking Ground event evolves this year from one dynamic evening of speakers and performances to an immersive, two-day "idea lab" on Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15 in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Feature Story Jorge Blandón

Jorge Blandón

Jorge Blandón is Vice President of the Oakland-based Family Independence Initiative, a national nonprofit that leverages technology and data for low-income families to lead their own change. 

Feature Story Courtesy of Collage Dance Collective

An inventory of the Memphis black arts scene

In a city with a majority-black population and a history of intense creativity, it’s no wonder the black arts community is as dynamic and expansive as it is today.

Local youth dance school helps teens excel with new program


In The News The United Warehouse is a blank canvas for artist lofts, studios

South Main Artspace Lofts celebrate groundbreaking


Development News 901 Grille and Market concept design

901 Grille and Market coming soon to East Parkway corner spot

Entrepreneurs Hamida and Sunny Mandani are starting their third new venture in the past two years with the 901 Grille and Market going in on the northeast corner of East Parkway and Central Avenue. 

Innovation & Job News Amy Schaftlein, volunteer host, in the WEVL studio

WEVL celebrates 40 years of volunteer radio

WEVL, the Mid-South’s only listener-supported, independent volunteer radio station, is celebrating 40 years of sharing Memphis music.

Feature Story Sierra Hughes and Rachel Greer

Binghampton kids find family at Rachel's Flowers

Binghampton children find a second family as part of Rachel’s Kids, an organization started by Rachel’s Flowers owners Rachel and Harry Greer to help the neighborhood’s youth succeed in life.

Development News Frayser CDC Executive Director Steve Lockwood (center) talks with local residents Gilbert Wright (left) and Morriston Edmonds after a Frayser Neighborhood Council meeting at the Ed Rice Community Center in Frayser

Frayser CDC lands Hyde grant

?Steve Lockwood, CEO of the Frayser Community Development Corporation, is hoping to change the perception of home buying and home ownership in Frayser. 

Feature Story The Memphis Medical District Collaborative estimates that roughly 270 acres of the greater neighborhood is parking

Transportation conversation begins with parking summit

The Memphis Medical District Collaborative and Innovate Memphis looks to start a broader transportation and parking conversation with a parking summit that brings together national experts with local leaders.

Development News Urban Air

Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park springing into Cordova next year

A new family fun destination will open in Cordova by spring of next year, as Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park is set to go in at Trinity Commons. 

Development News Dru's Place

Renovations planned for two women-owned businesses

Two established neighborhood businesses – Dru’s Place in Midtown and April House Premier in South Memphis - will be getting some much-needed improvements soon thanks to Inner City Economic Development (ICED) loans awarded earlier this month.

Innovation & Job News Teens perform at CLOUD901 on its first anniversary

Memphis Library's Teen Learning Lab celebrates first anniversary

CLOUD901, which was named through a teen survey contest, has now been open in the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library branch for a year.