There are 95 article(s) tagged Downtown:

• February 2021

  • MATA offers new on-demand shuttle service

    The new service aims to make it easier for those who live within the service area to get back and forth to their workplaces.

    By Blake Fontenay February 04, 2021

• December 2020

  • Giving food, clothes ‘is what I love to do’ on Christmas Day

    Many of the Lunches ‘n Love volunteers don’t have to imagine what it was like for those walking into the parking lot, hoping to leave with more than they came. They were once homeless themselves.

    By Omer Yusuf December 25, 2020

• October 2020

  • Efforts to bring grocery to Downtown/South City fail

    A developer has given up — for now — on a two-year effort to recruit a grocery store to serve South City in an otherwise comprehensive, $227 million project to improve the quality of life in the economically distressed neighborhood.

    By Tom Bailey October 18, 2020

• September 2020

  • Daytime plaza designed for the homeless will soon open

    The Hospitality Hub Plaza will offer the homeless three bathrooms, water, shade, lockers, USB receptacles, Downtown skyline views and an open, gentle invitation to receive support.

    By Tom Bailey September 02, 2020

• July 2020

  • Raymond James takes another step from Downtown toward E. Memphis

    Building permit applications show Raymond James plans to spend $7.25 million renovating the 1100 Ridgeway Loop building and $6.33 million renovating the 889 Ridge Lake building.

    By Tom Bailey July 07, 2020

  • Fourth of July weekend activities in Shelby County

    This Fourth of July weekend will look a lot of different because of COVID-19, but there are still multiple activities throughout Shelby County for those to celebrate and enjoy the holiday.

    By Omer Yusuf July 02, 2020

• June 2020

  • Downtown draft plan: Build vertical, include everyone, enforce standards, make it walkable

    The Downtown Memphis Commission has just unveiled a draft master plan that could guide Downtown development for the next decade. The DMC will seek public response through June.

    By Tom Bailey June 08, 2020

  • 200 march against systematic racism on 12th night of protests

    Memphis' 12th night of protests focused on systematic racism. DeVante Hill led protestors for three miles through Downtown Memphis.

    By Abigail Warren June 08, 2020

  • Floyd protest Day 7 blog: Twin protests end peacefully at curfew

    Two groups of protesters worked in at opposite ends of the city Tuesday night, one moving down Germantown Parkway from Shelby Farms, the other starting at I Am a Man Plaza Downtown. Both ended peacefully before curfew.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 05, 2020

  • Floyd protests Day 9: Spontaneous demonstration breaks out

    No protest was planned for the evening of Thursday, June 4, 2020, but one occurred anyway after a civil disobedience class at the National Civil Rights Museum. The Daily Memphian followed events with photos, videos and stories. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 04, 2020

  • Floyd protest Day 8 gallery

    Protests continued for the eighth day in Memphis on June 3, 2020, over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. These photos follow the event. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 03, 2020

• May 2020

  • Herrington: Reopening? We’ll wait and see

    The city and county can loosen restrictions, but a tour of Midtown and Downtown neighborhoods shows businesses and potential customers still have decisions to make. 

    By Chris Herrington May 04, 2020

• December 2019

  • A letter to Tom Intrator

    'Imagine someone wrote you a letter describing who you are, what you need to do, and how you should go about it. Imagine it wasn’t someone you really knew, and yet they act like they know you better than you know yourself. That’s kinda how we feel.'

    By Taylor Berger December 11, 2019

  • U-Pourium Social taproom plans submitted for Downtown

    Plans to turn a 99-year-old Downtown warehouse into a pub will be reviewed by the Downtown Review Board next week.

    By Tom Bailey December 04, 2019

  • Memphis advances on a surge of competition

    As newcomers arrive, whether new employees or hotel operators, billion-dollar real estate developers or ag-tech firms, we import not only their ideas but also their competitive edge.

    By Doug Carpenter December 04, 2019

• November 2019

  • Destination: Delicious Podcast: Downtown Dining Week

    Jennifer Biggs and Downtown Memphis Commission organizers talk about the week’s special meals at Downtown restaurants.

    By Jennifer Biggs November 13, 2019

• October 2019

  • ‘Bluff City Law’ Ep. 5 Recap: Breaking levees and Beale Street blues

    "Bluff City Law" ventures from a Beale Street blues club to a Midtown recording studio in a music-heavy fifth episode. 

    By Chris Herrington October 22, 2019

• June 2019

  • Cofield’s legacy: ‘One of the good guys’ had faith in a better Memphis

    Glenn was not a first generation do-gooder. Helping others and promoting peace and prosperity for all ran deeply in his blood. An hour before he died, he collected money from friends – at a party for a children's nonprofit organization – to help pay the caterer's MLGW bill.

    By Sam Graham June 13, 2019

• November 2018

  • Wiseacre plans larger brewery Downtown

    Wiseacre Brewing Co. plans to build a second, larger brewery Downtown. Abel Parcels LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wiseacre, is seeking a Board of Adjustment variance to build on 2.5 acres at the southeast edge of Downtown. B.B. King Boulevard, East Butler and Vance avenues and Abel Street border the site.

    By Tom Bailey November 23, 2018

• September 2018

  • A Downtown Memphis, walked

    As developments across the Downtown Memphis landscape compound, desire for consumption by and connectivity between people is a universal sentiment. Our investors, architects and developers, funders and supporters believe that attracting people is the greatest indicator of a vibrant center city.

    By Doug Carpenter September 25, 2018