Coronavirus? Memphis, We’ve Done This Before
Shelter in place, social distancing, self quarantine. Community spread, flatten the curve, herd immunity, essential services. Remember a bygone time when these buzz words were not in…
Read More Coronavirus? Memphis, We’ve Done This Before“These are truly unprecedented events,” but we will find a way
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 wayEva’s Scrumbles: Answers
Most Recent to Oldest July 17, 2020 – Here Lies The Virus June 11, 2020 – Bagpipe Player Wanted May 15, 2020 – Tales for…
Read More Eva’s Scrumbles: AnswersThe Rippling Effects Of COVID-19
EDITORIAL By Smart City Memphis COVID-19 has turned Memphis and Shelby County into a place we barely recognize. All of us will deal with its…
Read More The Rippling Effects Of COVID-19The Neighborhood Corner Store
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 StoreYo Daddy’s a Garlic
Eva’s SCRUMBLES can be downloaded and printed for your scrumbled pleasure.
Read More Yo Daddy’s a GarlicGordon School: An Episode from Memphis, Part I
Two of the Memphis 13, and Four Periods of Desegregation in the Shelby County School System WITNESSES TO HISTORY By Sophia Mason As a first-year…
Read More Gordon School: An Episode from Memphis, Part IDulaney’s Districts: Chickasaw Heritage Park
Dulaney’s Districts Putting neighborhoods on the National Register is an exhaustive, dedicated process. In this special series, the keeper of the Memphis Heritage Historic Properties…
Read More Dulaney’s Districts: Chickasaw Heritage ParkRacially integrated high schools often conceal segregated classes, new study shows
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 showsNPI Team gets first look at venue for the 2020 Summit: abandoned Northside High School
NPI CONNECTIONS By Mark Fleischer “It’s like they just walked out. Like the rapture came and they just left.” Beth Flanagan, a NPI consultant and…
Read More NPI Team gets first look at venue for the 2020 Summit: abandoned Northside High School