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The following is part of an essay series from Memphis workers affected by COVID-19. The series is produced by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism in partnership with High…
Read More I’m a housekeeper and DJ—my income is now zero. I’m one of the lucky ones.
A note from the NPI President on postponements of Code Enforcement and NPS conferences By Steve Barlow Did you know that you could put a…
Read More “These are truly unprecedented events,” but we will find a way
Originally published March, 2020. Feature Image: Student walks down a hallway at Crispus Attucks High School. (Alan Petersime/Chalkbeat) Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat Racially integrated high schools often…
Read More Racially integrated high schools often conceal segregated classes, new study shows
Community business incubator opens this week in Crosstown neighborhood COMMUNITY BUSINESS NEWS By Jeff Hulett and Mark Fleischer Owner and entrepreneurs Carla and Gil Worth…
Read More Ixora Emerges as Launch Pad for Makers in Memphis
Center for Active Design announces four groundbreaking projects advancing healthy design and development at neighborhood scale MEMPHIS—The Center for Active Design (CfAD), operator of the…
Read More LRK Leads Crosstown Concourse to Highest Level of Fitwel Certification
Originally published January, 2020. Feature Image: Kindergarten and first grade students in Treadwell Elementary’s new gifted education class compare each other’s height to get in…
Read More No more ‘secret handshake’: Universal screening qualifies 600 more Memphis students for gifted education. More to come.
NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION INC. A Holiday Letter From the NPI President By Steve Barlow On December 1, 2019, Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. turned nine years old. I…
Read More Fighting Blight for Nine Years and Counting
Originally published November, 2019. Feature Image: Roshun Austin (L), president/CEO of The Works, Inc., and South Memphis resident Dolores Bateman are featured in the Memphis-based…
Read More Video series explores worldwide divides, spotlights Memphis for unequal food access
INSPIRATIONS By Mark Fleischer “Maps are kinda our thing.” I found myself saying this last week, talking about how StoryBoard came into being, where we…
Read More “The MAP” is here. Here’s How It Came Together
MEMPHIS PASTIMES By Marilyn Koester Despite its scheduled closure in May 2020, Memphis College of Art (MCA) passionately marches on. One of the longest traditions…
Read More MCA’s 69th & Final Holiday Bazaar: A Memphis Tradition