There are 12 article(s) tagged BLDG Memphis:

• August 2026

  • Movers & Shakers: Fox13 hires news director

    Fox13, BLDG Memphis, Bluff City Advisory Group, Burch, Porter & Johnson and the River Inn of Harbor Town announce new hires and promotions.

    By Alys Drake August 19, 2026

• December 2024

  • Memphis-area small businesses will soon have access to more support

    BLDG Memphis has already helped grow 1,150 small businesses in seven Memphis neighborhoods through its Community Navigator Pilot Program. The nonprofit’s new project will build on that success. 

    By Aisling Mäki December 18, 2024

• November 2021

  • BLDG Memphis receives $1 million grant from SBA

    Some small businesses in underserved communities in Memphis will soon receive extra support and guidance due to a $1 million grant that was recently given to BLDG Memphis, a coalition of organizations and individuals working to develop and redevelop Memphis neighborhoods. 

    By Julia Baker November 10, 2021

• June 2021

  • Set it and Forget it: Tax Rate, Budgets and Nonprofits

    BLDG Memphis’ Deveney Perry and Stand for Children Tennessee’s Cardell Orrin join host Eric Barnes to discuss the budget priorities for 2021-22 budgets for the City of Memphis and Shelby County. In addition, guests talk about local economic issues the new budgets are and are not addressing.

    By Eric Barnes June 04, 2021

• May 2021

  • Opinion: Memphis housing crisis grows

    The development of a local funding stream through the Memphis Affordable Housing Trust Fund would create the only flexible, permanent and dedicated fiscal resource for nonprofit developers in the city.

    By Rachel Starks May 25, 2021

• April 2020

  • Pandemic parallels to yellow fever ask whether aftermath sees permanent changes

    The author of the book “Beale Street Dynasty” joined the civic discussion about parallels between the current pandemic and the city’s worst health crisis that nearly destroyed the city. Instead the result was a comeback on different terms. Some are questioning whether the current pandemic and the city's measures could point to similar permanent changes for Memphis.

    By Bill Dries April 17, 2020

  • BLDG Memphis hosts Zoom forum with ‘Beale Street Dynasty’ author

    The group BLDG Memphis is hosting a forum on Zoom Thursday, April 16, with “Beale Street Dynasty” author Preston Lauterbach.

    By Bill Dries April 14, 2020

• January 2020

  • On The Ground Podcast: What’s happening In North Memphis?

    High Ground editor Cole Bradley and publisher Emily Trenholm discuss the publication’s new focus on North Memphis neighborhoods with Deveney Perry from BLDG Memphis, who reports on what’s she’s learned in working with neighborhood stakeholders over the past two years.

    By High Ground News January 28, 2020

• September 2019

  • Survey goes out to candidates for Memphis mayor, City Council

    BLDG Memphis' survey asks candidates about transportation, safety and the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

    By Cole Bradley September 10, 2019

• August 2019

  • Goodbye Nashville, Hello Memphis

    Between 2010 and 2015, Memphis was the fourth fastest growing city for millennials. There's no better place in the United States to grow than Memphis, and right now there's no place growing quite like it.

    By Charles Layne August 26, 2019

  • On The Ground Podcast: An affordable housing trust fund for Memphis

    Paul Young, director of the city's Division of Housing and Community Development, and John Paul Shaffer, executive director of BLDG Memphis, discuss a new local trust fund that will help support the creation and preservation of affordable housing.

    By Natalie Van Gundy August 02, 2019

• May 2019

  • What should be done with Memphis’ 56 square miles of vacant land?

    Several organizations shared this week the ways they have repurposed vacant land and removed blight in various parts of Memphis, which planners say is one of the city's biggest problems.

    By Elle Perry May 26, 2019