Planning leaders discuss the rezoning of this auto-centric corridor and new approaches to improving livability along major commercial thoroughfares like Lamar, including Summer and Union…
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Alcy-Ball: Blight a first step to transforming the community
Friday, October 2nd, Alcy-Ball, Memphis – In the crisp cool air of a bright fall morning and with the static hum of the I-240 nearby,…
Read More Alcy-Ball: Blight a first step to transforming the communityWayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis, September 23, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent surveys the disruptions of American life due to the Covid-19 pandemic in another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating,…
Read More Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis, September 23, 2020Burke’s Books: The State of the Store, News and Whatnot
From our friends at Burke’s Books The store is now open to the public. We are requiring that all customers wear a mask when entering.…
Read More Burke’s Books: The State of the Store, News and WhatnotWalking in Memphis: Put on your tennis shoes and discover South Memphis history
Originally published August 20, 2020. Feature photo by Lauren Turner By Ramona Springfield, for High Ground News As one of the oldest communities in the…
Read More Walking in Memphis: Put on your tennis shoes and discover South Memphis historyAs small businesses pivot in the pandemic, Epicenter and MMDC work to move with them
Originally published September 2, 2020. Feature photo by Andrew Breig By Jim Coleman, for High Ground News Small business owners across the country are struggling…
Read More As small businesses pivot in the pandemic, Epicenter and MMDC work to move with themEpicenter President and CEO Leslie Smith Stepping Down
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sept. 16, 2020) – Epicenter announced today that Leslie Lynn Smith, founding president and CEO, is stepping down to lead a new national…
Read More Epicenter President and CEO Leslie Smith Stepping DownI couldn’t see, I couldn’t breathe. It’s time we acknowledge our collective trauma.
OPINION By Marissa Kizer “A reformation means that masses of our people have reached the point of disillusionment with past ways and values. They don’t…
Read More I couldn’t see, I couldn’t breathe. It’s time we acknowledge our collective trauma.Art Review: “Regarding the Pain and Celebration of Others”
The Photographs of Dave Mason Curated by Sophia Mason Writer and philosopher Susan Sontag once told us that a picture alone doesn’t speak for itself…
Read More Art Review: “Regarding the Pain and Celebration of Others”Women’s Suffrage in Memphis and Beyond
We celebrate Women’s Equality Day on August 26th to commemorate Colby’s certification of the Nineteenth Amendment, but for many Americans, August 18th was the day…
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