There are 7 article(s) tagged Downtown parking garages:

• February 2026

  • Change for Memphis library employees goes on November ballot

    The Tuesday vote came with concerns that some library employees don’t believe they will have to reapply for their jobs.

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2026

• May 2025

  • City Council takes first step to rein in Downtown parking garages

    The City Council tries to regulate Downtown parking garages and short-term rentals. 

    By Bill Dries May 07, 2025

  • Parking garage plan gets first Council vote

    Memphis City Council members take the first of three votes Tuesday, May 6, on a proposal to fine the owners of Downtown parking garages who don’t maintain safety standards and pick up their trash.

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2025

• April 2025

  • City Council takes another crack at ‘party houses’

    Council Chair Ford Canale and Council member Philip Spinosa are working on a proposal they hope will not draw the attention of Airbnb lobbyists in Nashville who undid some of the regulations council members put in place in 2016.

    By Bill Dries April 22, 2025

• July 2021

  • Council approves city’s purchase of bottling plant at Fairgrounds

    Funding includes $2.5 million to buy the 17-acre site and the rest for conversion of space to Liberty Bowl parking spaces and city maintenance facilities.

    By Bill Dries July 07, 2021

• May 2021

  • New public garages Downtown look to add charge

    A new Downtown Memphis report tackles this awkward time when gas-powered vehicles still dominate but when the age of electric vehicles is just beyond the horizon. 

    By Tom Bailey May 20, 2021

• March 2021

  • Council approves Ida B. Wells monument

    In addition to the Wells monument, the council approved two new sewer fees and a TIF agreement for Downtown.

    By Bill Dries March 16, 2021