Board of Adjustment rejects Orange Mound crematorium
Nearly 50 people submitted opposition letters to the proposed crematorium and more than 50 showed up in opposition at the meeting Dec. 18.
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December 2019
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Metro Whitehaven Library to unveil Teen Innovation Center
International Paper funded the new center.
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Real Estate Memphis REDi graduates inaugural class of women, minority developers
The goal of the program is to increase the number of minority and women developers locally.
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Health Care Senior medical centers coming to Whitehaven, Sea Isle
ChenMed plans to open multiple locations in each of its five new markets, including three in Memphis.
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South Memphis Orange Mound Task Force votes to create neighborhood authority
Creating the authority would require City Council and County Commission approval. The task force will also ask that all Shelby County Land Bank-owned properties in Orange Mound be turned over to the authority.
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Education Amid turmoil, LeMoyne-Owen receives interim accreditation review
LeMoyne-Owen College’s interim president is pleased with feedback from the school's accreditation body.
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South Memphis St. Jude call center at LeMoyne-Owen to expand
A $300,000 project will expand a donor call center for ALSAC on the college’s campus that first opened in March 2018.
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Metro LeMoyne-Owen students protest dismissal of administrator Strayhorn
Student government association leads protest at LeMoyne-Owen College after learning vice president of academic & student affairs Dr. Terrell Strayhorn and other college administrators were fired by president Carol Johnson-Dean.
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Spirit of Memphis Fred Davis, Charles and Patra Temple receive Southwest Foundation honors
Southwest's foundation honored Fred Davis, Charles and Patra Temple, student scholarship recipients, sponsors and donors.
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South Memphis Muggin’ Coffeehouse plans January opening
Muggin' Coffeehouse was one of two building permit applications filed recently for Whitehaven.
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November 2019
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South Memphis Soulsville climbing gym adds vegan brunch
Film director Tom Shadyac opened the indoor rock-climbing gym in March 2018. It is now offering a vegan brunch every third Sunday adjacent to its "Juice Almighty" juice bar.
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South Memphis Memphis neighborhoods promote shopping local on Black Friday and throughout the holidays
Organizations and businesses in several Memphis neighborhoods are employing different tactics to encourage holiday consumers to shop there.
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South Memphis Memphis teens learn about entrepreneurship
Memphis organizations held youth-focused Global Entrepreneurship Week events.
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Real Estate Westwood youth shelter planned, apartment owner seeks future assurances
An emergency shelter is planned in Westwood; in Midtown and the Medical District, a property owner is requesting its apartment buildings be "legitimized."
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South Memphis Snowflake streetscape decorations installed in Orange Mound
Claudette Boyd, president of the Orange Mound Parade Committee, said the effort will ensure Orange Mound “is not left out of the (holiday) celebration.”
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South Memphis Why a South Memphis CDC is turning vacant lots into a park
The Works Inc. owns several vacant lots around its South Memphis office in ZIP code 38106.
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Neighborhoods Orange Mound Task Force holds first meeting
Shelby County Assessor Melvin Burgess said that the task force would go on a tour of the area.
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South Memphis Porter-Leath plans early childhood academies in Orange Mound, Hickory Hill after Frayser
Porter-Leath opened its first Early Childhood Academy in 2017 in South Memphis.
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South Memphis Aretha Franklin birthplace ‘very stable,’ receiver says
South Memphis Renewal CDC executive director and court-appointed receiver of Aretha Franklin's birthplace said the property at 408 Lucy Ave. is “very stable now.”
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Business Nonprofit Slingshot Memphis taking its poverty-fighting algorithm to Paris
Slingshot Memphis has grown from four partner organizations to 17 in three years and has tripled the funds going to these partners to help reduce poverty.
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South Memphis South Memphis Alliance warehouse lands first tenant
The Shelby County Health Department will operate its Commodity Supplemental Food Program from the warehouse at 1020 S. Bellevue Blvd.
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Business Stepherson Inc. applies for PILOT for Orange Mound Superlo
With the Orange Mound location, Stepherson Inc. will operate nine grocery stores in the Memphis area, including one in Southaven, Mississippi.
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Business EDGE approves Orange Mound Superlo loan
The Superlo loan is identical to one granted by the same body last year for a new Cash Saver in Southgate Shopping Center.
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South Memphis Meet the Orange Mound Task Force
Orange Mound homeowners saw property values decrease by 26% from 2009-2019.
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Business Work to begin on third, fourth phases of Foote Park at South City
Construction on the third phase of Foote Park at South City on the west side of Danny Thomas Boulevard is to be completed by June 2021.
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