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Two people wearing Cooper-Young Community Farmers Garden t-shirts give each other a high five in front of a rainbow wall.
Community Featured Story Midtown

Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market: More Than a Market

Dannon Eubanks May 9, 2022 No Comments Cooper-YoungCooper-Young Community Farmers MarketVolunteer Odyssey

“There’s so much more to this than just a market” Sarah Turner, Market Manager for the CYCFM The Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market (CYCFG) is a…

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Featured Story Neighborhoods Sound Board Time Capsules

Cooper-Young Porchfest 2022: A Musical Mecca

Ken Billett April 27, 2022 No Comments Cooper-YoungFront PorchesKen BillettLive MusicPorch Fest

Words and photographs by Ken Billett Seated on the patio at Celtic Crossing, we placed our drink orders, then sat back to enjoy a warm,…

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Community Featured Story Neighborhoods

New Chinese Community Center Opens in Bartlett

Wei Du April 8, 2022 No Comments BartlettChinese Community Center

The Chinese Community Center Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony On March 26, 2022, the front entrance was decorated with red lanterns and ribbons. The most eye-catching was the distinct red…

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Arts Community Featured Story Neighborhoods

Free Little Art Gallery: Creative Placemaking in Joffre

Caroline Carrico April 5, 2022 2 Comments JoffreLaura McArtorLittle Free Art GalleryUrbanArt Commission

It can be easy to miss Memphis’s first, and currently only, Free Little Art Gallery & Free Little Zine Library (FLAG and FLZL, respectively). From…

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Community Neighborhoods

Memphis Lift will open parent resource center thanks to $1.5M grant

Chalkbeat Tennessee March 30, 2022 No Comments Chalkbeat TennesseeMemphis LiftNorth Memphis

By Samantha West, Chalkbeat Tennessee This story was originally published by Chalkbeat on March 28, 2022. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters When Sarah Carpenter and a…

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V&E Greenline
Community Featured Story Neighborhoods

V&E Greenline: Volunteers Make Rails-to-Trails Project Possible

Dannon Eubanks March 10, 2022 No Comments V&E GreenlineVollintine Evergreen Historic DistrictVolunteerVolunteer Odyssey

“If this means so much to you then why don’t you get involved”? “Okay, I will”  – The 5-second interaction that changed the trajectory of…

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Ida B. Wells statue close up
Downtown Literature Poetry

Penning, Printing and Pressing On: The Ida B. Wells Statue

Jeanine Jones February 10, 2022 1 Comment Ida B. WellsPoemspublic art

This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue I of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in November 2021, page 22-23. Penning, Printing and Pressing On There’s nothing civil about…

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East Buntyn pictorial map
Featured Story Neighborhood Board Neighborhoods

East Buntyn: Historic Neighborhood in the Center of Memphis

Caroline Carrico February 3, 2022 No Comments East BuntynMemphis HistoryNeighborhoods

East Buntyn Historic District Neighborhood East Buntyn is a well-defined and compact neighborhood bounded by Greer Street, Central Avenue, Highland Street, and Southern Avenue. The…

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1935 Court Square Santa
Downtown Featured Story History Memphis History

Memories of Christmas Magic in Memphis’s Court Square

Caroline Carrico December 16, 2021 1 Comment ChristmasCourt SquareDowntown MemphisSanta Claus

Today, Memphians have several beloved ways to celebrate the holiday season, from Starry Nights, Zoo Lights, and Holiday Wonders at the Garden, to visiting Santa…

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Community Neighborhoods

Tiniest Home in Memphis Has a Huge Heart

Zachary Waters December 15, 2021 No Comments homelessnessOrange Moundtiny house

“The need in our city is so tremendous that not even the loudest thunderstorm could shake it. You are probably reading this in a chair,…

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