Blues, Chicks & Red Sox: Baseball in Memphis
By Mark Hayden What better way to explain baseball’s hold and history on Memphians than with a visit to the corner of Union and B.B.…
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Why you should care about the demolition of 3375 Summer Avenue
I heard someone say that nearly everyone in the neighborhood had, at one time or another, some dream for that building. On March 13, 2019,…
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“In The Absence” Pigeon Roost Filmmakers Discuss Blight & ‘Shadow Investors’
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…
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Indian Cultural Center and Temple in Eads Silver Jubilee Celebrations
Indian Cultural Center and Temple in Eads celebrated a week-long Hari Hara Yagnam which in Hinduism signifies worship, offering in front of a sacred fire…
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A Timely Connection Kept Taylor Sherbine From Giving Up On Memphis
An Interview With Community Manager Taylor Sherbine In addition to being the Memphis “Hub of Entrepreneurship,” the physical space the nonprofit occupies in the heart of…
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Carpenter Art Garden: For the Growth and Future Health of All
THE CARPENTER ART GARDEN Nestled along a quiet street in Binghampton between Mimosa and Hale avenues is a beautiful, visual example of a “rich, well-cultivated…
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Memphis Murals: #eyelovememphis
From Eyewear Architects Maddie Robinson and Lee Blankenship At Eclectic Eye, we love being engaged in our community, especially in the local arts. Memphis is…
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How the Water Flows: Flint, Michigan vs. Memphis, Tennessee
You are halfway there. The race is almost done. You have been training for this all year and have been giving your all for thirteen…
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Combating Predatory Investors
More Regulation & Advocacy For Low-Income Home Renters May Help in the Battle Against Out-of-Town Investors Like Cerberus On Christmas Day 2018, Washington Post reporters Todd…
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Childhood Impressions Cut Deep
One Halloween when I was five or six, a rumor went around, shared by a couple of neighborhood kids, that some house was passing out…
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