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Feature Story Dalisia “Dee” Brye closed on her new home in Whitehaven in June with the help of United Housing's HUD-certified housing counselors. Brye sought home ownership after realizing that mortgage payments would be less than rental payments. (Submitted) Healthy Communities

Agencies in Memphis encourage homeownership as alternative to high rents

Ashlei WilliamsThursday, October 15, 2020
Feature Story Lauren Wiliams-Batiste, owner of the Memphis-based Elle's Elixirs. (Lauren Wiliams-Batiste) Entrepreneurship

Women Working It: Lauren Williams-Batiste talks tea, CBD, and learning to market yourself

Brandi HunterThursday, October 8, 2020
Feature Story Laura Carpenter attends an Indie Memphis film screening at the Malco Summer Drive-In in October 2020. The theater has operated at its current location since 1966. (Ziggy Mack) Arts and Culture

Memphis' Summer drive-in is a cultural icon. It's also a safe place to escape the pandemic blues.

Andrea ValenzuelaWednesday, October 7, 2020
Feature Story Consuelo Rosales, owner of Consuelo's Cleaning Services. (GoDaddy) Entrepreneurship

Memphis entrepreneur and domestic violence survivor is featured in national commercial

Jeff HulettThursday, October 1, 2020
Feature Story Kenzie Cleaves stands inside a vacant unit in her North Memphis apartment complex that she said has been unsecured for over a year. Unsafe housing conditions can increase COVID-19-related deaths. (Ziggy Mack) Healthy Communities

In poor communities, toxic housing is a risk factor for COVID-19 deaths

Chris Jones & Cole BradleyWednesday, September 30, 2020
Feature Story Census Community Development

Here's why Memphis nonprofits care about the U.S. census and you should too.

Cole BradleyThursday, September 24, 2020
Feature Story Agape Child & Family Services Kids and Education

The school year has started, but Memphis-area parents can still register their kids for preschool

Cole BradleyThursday, September 24, 2020
Feature Story Downtown Community Development

Community land trusts could help heal segregated cities

Thursday, September 24, 2020
Feature Story maskscovid Healthy Communities

The world is drowning in used face masks. Should we turn them into fuel?

Thursday, September 24, 2020
Feature Story Derotha Payne-Obie mounts a recently completed puzzle at her dining room table. Prior to the pandemic, she attended the Lewis Senior Center. It closed in March under local and state mandates. (Tamara Cunningham) Healthy Communities

For senior citizens, the virus isn't the only pandemic danger. Isolation can be deadly.

Tamara CunninghamWednesday, September 16, 2020
Feature Story (frankieleon, Wikicommons) Healthy Communities

Sobriety is going digital as substance abuse increases in the pandemic

Deborah Gaddy-RobertsonWednesday, September 16, 2020
Feature Story South Memphis house boat Community Development

Memphis' eviction crisis isn't new. Podcast discusses how we got here and what we can do.

Cole BradleyFriday, September 4, 2020
Feature Story Memphis jooker Ryan Haskett dances for onlookers Arts and Culture

In Photos: The Last of Our Neighborhoods Revisited

Cole BradleyFriday, September 4, 2020
Feature Story Madison Avenue

As small businesses pivot in the pandemic, Epicenter and MMDC work to move with them

Jim ColemanWednesday, September 2, 2020
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