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MidtownMemphis.org supports Six Midtown neighborhood organizations that stand in opposition of a proposal that “does not conform with Memphis 3.0 recommendations” MidtownMemphis.org is in support…
Read More MidtownMemphis.org: We Oppose a ‘Transitional Home Use’ for 1309, 1317 and 1319 Jackson Avenue
Memphis 3.0, the City of Memphis’s first comprehensive plan for growth since 1981, has been selected by the American Planning Association for the prestigious Daniel…
Read More Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan honored by American Planning Association as nation’s best for 2020
By Mark Fleischer “The corner store has a mythic place in our view of American cities. Mythic because, in most cities, they exist only in…
Read More The Neighborhood Corner Store
URBAN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD By Austin McLellan Select areas in Memphis and Shelby County are open for business as federal Opportunity Zones. The Opportunity Zone…
Read More Opportunity Zones: Good for Distressed Memphis Communities or an Opportunity for the Rich?
By Dane Forlines If your spell checker is like mine, “walkability” will usually be underscored with a squiggly red line. You won’t find it in…
Read More What do we mean when we talk about “Walkability?”
By Fadi Assaf In a crowded room at a Radisson Inn in North Baltimore, an auctioneer stands in front of a podium and waits for…
Read More The Second Chance Market: How A Once Start-Up Receivership Program is Helping Rebuild the City of Baltimore
Mark Fleischer: Benjamin Rednour and Jordan Danelz of Pigeon Roost films (pigeonroost.co) have been for the last couple years working with Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. on…
Read More “In The Absence” Pigeon Roost Filmmakers Discuss Blight & ‘Shadow Investors’
Before Tom Lee Park, Riverside Drive evolved from an unstable bank along the bluff in the 1930s to a scenic drive – “a fresh beautiful…
Read More Brief History of Riverside Drive in Historic Photos
The Reimagining of Tom Lee Park is just one part of the plan Since its release to the public a month ago, the proposal for…
Read More The Concept Behind the Riverfront Redevelopment
This is the third in a series of articles in StoryBoard and Memphis Heritage’s newsletter, The Keystone, that are centered on the first Comprehensive City…
Read More On City Zoning, The Supreme Court Ruled That: “…there must be progress, and… they must yield to the good of the community.”