City Council renews grant program, approving $13,000 for temporary housing

By , Daily Memphian Updated: July 08, 2026 5:59 AM CT | Published: July 07, 2026 6:39 PM CT

The Memphis City Council’s $2.6 million grant fund allocates $200,000 for each council member to propose grants to nonprofits. 

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Memphis City Council County community grants city council grants Lashanta Rudd Edmund Ford Jr. Memphis Art Museum Allan Wade Art Davis city tax collections Ford Canale Hospitality Hub Kelcey Johnson

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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