There are 13 article(s) tagged Frayser Exchange Club:

• August 2025

  • County mayor candidate talks MATA, taxes and development

    Assessor Melvin Burgess Jr. came to the Frayser Exchange Club on Thursday, July 31, to talk taxes. He also talked about broader issues touching on his bid to become the next county mayor.

    By Bill Dries August 01, 2025

• February 2025

  • Shelly Rice created an enviable civic club in Frayser. Now he’s passing the mic.

    Shelly Rice invited Mike Ellis, senior pastor of Frayser’s Impact Baptist Church, to helm the weekly Thursday meetings that have become the envy of other Memphis neighborhoods who crave consistent community engagement.

    By Laura Testino February 11, 2025

• June 2023

  • MSCS Interim Superintendent discusses budget and new Frayser high school

    “The best way to know your priorities is to figure out where you put your money,” MSCS Interim Superintendent Toni Williams said. “Our students are our priorities, and I’m extremely proud of this budget.”

    By Alicia Davidson June 23, 2023

• February 2022

  • Next steps after ice storm recovery include increasing focus on trees

    Speaking Thursday, Feb. 17, at the Frayser Exchange Club, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said the city’s chronic power outages during frequent storms is mostly about the trees that dominate the city’s landscape. Strickland says any solution to the continuing outages will be expensive.

    By Bill Dries February 17, 2022

• October 2021

  • Memphis police chief shares insight on crime reduction plan

    The next step for Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis is creating a strategic plan best utilizing the department’s current resources and ultimately leads to crime reduction – and a safer city.

    By Omer Yusuf October 08, 2021

• September 2021

  • Southwest hopes to turn around Frayser campus

    One of Southwest’s biggest challenges in future years is increasing enrollment at its Gill Center. There are only 17 students taking classes at the Frayser campus.

    By Omer Yusuf September 09, 2021

• March 2021

  • Strickland says permitless gun carry bill likely to pass despite his opposition

    Strickland also commented on his operating philosophy for public officials with whom he disagrees during comments Thursday, March 11, at the Frayser Exchange Club.

    By Bill Dries March 11, 2021

• February 2021

  • Community outreach still the goal at MPD’s new North Memphis station

    Austin Peay Station is part of the new $45 million Raleigh Springs Civic Center development at the former Raleigh Springs Mall site on Austin Peay Highway. The station serves as both a traffic and police precinct.

    By Omer Yusuf February 25, 2021

• December 2020

  • Frayser Exchange Club honors Steve Lockwood

    On Thursday, the Frayser Exchange Club awarded Steve Lockwood its 2020 Community Service Award. He’s credited in helping turnaround one of the city’s worst housing markets during the past decade. 

    By Omer Yusuf December 19, 2020

• October 2020

  • Weirich discusses revoked driver’s license cases in Shelby County

    Revoked driver’s licenses and open carry gun permits were two of several issues District Attorney General Amy Weirich discussed during a speaking engagement at the Frayser Exchange Club on Thursday afternoon.

    By Omer Yusuf October 01, 2020

• June 2020

  • Neighborhood leaders reconnect in first meeting since COVID-19 pandemic

    Rice hopes the Frayser Exchange Club resumes in-person meetings in the next month or two at Impact Baptist Church and Ministries on Clifton Avenue. That’s almost entirely dependent on how the pandemic’s status locally.

    By Omer Yusuf June 11, 2020

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 16: SCS extends closure to April 6

    Confirmed cases

    Tennessee

    52

    Shelby County

    2

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    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

• February 2020

  • Strickland faces ‘worst budget year as mayor’

    Speaking at the Frayser Exchange Club, Strickland also said the city will step up its efforts toward "opportunity youth" and talked of the coming of expanded pre-kindergarten that he described as "a whole new mindset" starting this fall.

    By Bill Dries February 21, 2020