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  • Business

    Frayser sees wave of new home starts

    Seizing an opportunity near Amazon's new $200 million fulfillment center, a local developer is investing the first private residential dollars since the Great Recession. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 05, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Raleigh subdivision planned near Amazon facility

    A 60-lot subdivision being planned near the intersection of James and Highland in Raleigh may be marketed to new employees of the Amazon fulfillment center nearby.

    By Omer Yusuf, Tom Bailey February 04, 2020
  • North Memphis

    With ASD in limbo, new group plans to ‘storm the hill’

    The PTSA will send a group of middle and high school students to the state Legislature in Nashville on Feb. 12. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 05, 2020
  • Business

    Bendy Beast Fitness joins Rogers store on loan list

    Bendy Beast Fitness currently operates in a home studio in Downtown Memphis. 

    By Elle Perry February 06, 2020
  • Business

    Waltons’ $20M will help complete 85-mile trail southwest of Memphis

    Memphis outdoor enthusiasts will have another regional bike and walking trail to enjoy covering 85 miles along the Mississippi River, thanks to the Walton Foundation. 

    By Tom Bailey January 30, 2020
  • South Memphis

    Suga Mama SnoBalls lands in Whitehaven

    Marci Clark establishes a storefront location for her food trailer in the Whitehaven community where she grew up.

    By Elle Perry January 31, 2020
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Amazon jobs, wages could make big impact in Raleigh, Frayser

    Neighborhood leaders hope new jobs will go to area residents, and some say increasing the frequency of bus routes in Frayser and Raleigh would improve the odds for those who don't own cars.

    By Omer Yusuf February 04, 2020
  • South Memphis

    South Memphis org renovating neighborhood ‘Cheers’

    Sometimes you want to go to a place where everybody knows your name. Regulars say the old Rogers store was that kind of place.

    By Elle Perry February 13, 2020
  • Breaking News Neighborhoods

    Local chain opens Whitehaven’s first full-service restaurant in years

    Whitehaven economic development officials have long bemoaned the fact that residents have to cross the Mississippi state line nearby to have a selection of dining places to choose from, taking those revenues and sales taxes with them.

    By Elle Perry January 28, 2020
  • South Memphis

    South Memphis home sales up almost 20%

    MAAR's president-elect says the 2019 data reflects a “competitive” housing market citywide. 

    By Elle Perry, Omer Yusuf February 04, 2020
  • North Memphis

    County transfers 150 vacant lots to group in model for blight efforts

    Klondike-Smokey City residents will ultimately determine what happens to the lots its community development corporation was put in charge of Friday.

    By Omer Yusuf February 04, 2020
  • South Memphis

    Westwood residents get details on proposed oil pipeline

    Landowners affected by the pipeline could expect an offer that is above fair market value, would still own the property and would have few restrictions, but could not build a permanent structure on the land.

    By Elle Perry January 24, 2020
  • South Memphis

    Task force continues work on plan to improve Orange Mound

    The Orange Mound Initiative task force continued to define its plan to improve economic conditions in the neighborhood, and the transfer of Land Bank properties is seen an important early step. 

    By Elle Perry January 23, 2020
  • North Memphis

    City Council starts dialogue on Frayser blight remediation plan

    A City Council committee took no action on Lorenzo Williams' $600,000 plan and wants to have further discussions on the proposal before doing so. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 04, 2020
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Volunteers fan out across city to remember MLK through community service

    Memphians volunteered across the Bluff City Monday, Jan. 20, to lend hands and serve the community in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy.

    By Abigail Warren January 20, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Memphis National Cemetery: Still open, now improved, forever hallowed

    Memphis National Cemetery may be surrounded by obstacles that could keep visitors away, but the park-like burial grounds are undergoing a $10 million upgrade to make it easier to celebrate and pay respects to the heroes buried there.

    By Tom Bailey January 26, 2020
  • Business

    Whitehaven Black Restaurant Week returns for second year

    Food at participating restaurants ranges from West African to smoothies and wraps. 

    By Elle Perry January 17, 2020
  • North Memphis

    Cherokee Health Systems expanding in Frayser

    Anthony Anderson, executive director of charter school operator Memphis Business Academy, calls Cherokee's decision a "game-changer" for the Frayser community. 

    By Omer Yusuf January 17, 2020
  • South Memphis

    ‘They’ve earned it’: Group raising $6 million for Whitehaven High STEM building

    In 2018, the group of parents embarked on a courtyard renovation at White Station High School.

    By Elle Perry January 17, 2020
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Champion for suffrage monument never misses beat, chance to vote

    The story of Memphis’ role in Tennessee ratifying the 19th Amendment has become the story of the Memphis woman who has worked tirelessly to make sure people know how that victory was won.

    By Jane Roberts January 15, 2020
  • North Memphis

    Renovations to nearly 500 apartment units underway in Raleigh, Frayser

    Every unit in Hunter’s Ridge, Timber Pines and Watkins Manor apartments will be renovated in the $24 million project. 

    By Omer Yusuf January 14, 2020
  • Business

    Orange Mound organizations working on business incubation, artist housing

    “In Orange Mound, if you have space, you have power. Juice Orange Mound is about giving people power in Orange Mound,” the organization’s founder Britney Thornton said.

    By Elle Perry January 14, 2020
  • North Memphis

    A quiet, contemplative tradition in Frayser comes to an end

    As Christmas approached and 2019 came to a close, the last Catholic contemplative monastery in Tennessee quietly closed.

    By Karen Pulfer Focht January 12, 2020
  • North Memphis

    Klondike-Smokey City CDC holding community lunch to discuss vacant lots

    The Klondike-Smokey City CDC purchased 150 vacant lots from the Shelby County Commission in September. They are now taking the first step in creating a plan for the lots. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 04, 2020
  • Education

    Frayser charter operators have questions after ASD proposal

    All 30 schools under the state's Achievement School District would return to their local school districts by 2022, but the process and details of such a transition remain unclear. 

    By Omer Yusuf January 10, 2020

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