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Development News Orange Mound

New community organization focuses on self-sufficiency in Orange Mound

Erica HortonWednesday, September 6, 2017
Feature Story Liz Gutierrez, founder and CEO of Enterprising Latinas.

How to create jobs and help neighborhoods prosper? Support local entrepreneurs

Kendra Langlie, 83 DegreesWednesday, September 6, 2017
Feature Story The Melrose High School band performs at a fundraiser to help buy instruments in March.

Introducing myself to Orange Mound

Erica HortonWednesday, August 30, 2017
Innovation & Job News Students at Kingsbury Middle School are greeted on the first day of school by community members showing support after weeks of ICE raids on the Latino community.

Immigrant families get rock star treatment on the first day back to school in Memphis

Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat TennesseeWednesday, August 23, 2017
Feature Story The Young Actors Guild performs "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" at Club Paradise.

Reflections from four months on the ground in South City

Madeline FaberWednesday, August 23, 2017
Feature Story Binghampton Gateway retail center is under construction at Sam Cooper and Tillman.

Binghampton, Frayser Gateway Centers and proposed TIF plan model on how to revitalize communities

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, August 2, 2017
Feature Story Quincy Foster, a LAUNCH graduate, captures moments while at work during a wedding.

Entrepreneurship promotes community development in South Memphis

Madeline FaberWednesday, July 19, 2017
Feature Story In the largest spontaneous protest in Memphis history, more than 1,000 people shut down the Hernando DeSoto Bridge in a demonstration of Black Lives Matter.

In their own words: Organizers recount Memphis' massive Black Lives Matter protest one year later

Molly MulroyWednesday, July 12, 2017
Feature Story Georgia Avenue Elementary sits partially boarded up and vacant across the street from Booker T. Washington High School.

Girls Inc. plans to add a massive center in former South Memphis school

Madeline FaberWednesday, July 12, 2017
Feature Story A Derrick Dent and Michael Roy mural honoring Memphis history stands on the corner of South Main and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.

Five sites you may not know about along the Memphis Heritage Trail

Madeline FaberWednesday, June 28, 2017
Development News Carpenter Art Garden 5 Year Anniversary Street Painting

Carpenter Art Garden celebrates five years of creativity

Michael WaddellWednesday, June 21, 2017
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We include residents in planning articles, photo essays, videos, and events that reflect their lived experience.

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