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Feature Story podcast Community Development

Podcast: Building neighborhoods from housing to authentic narratives

Sunday, February 9, 2020
Bradis Leverette and Crystal Chopin with Oasis of Hope discuss their work serving the Bickford-Bearwater neighborhoods and their new partnership with High Ground. We’re training residents to report neighborhood news.
Feature Story Miss Bluff City 2019, Simone Wilson, poses with North Memphis Boys & Girls Clubs members. Wilson's focus area for her service to the community is working with youth at Boys & Girls club. (Submitted) Kids and Education

North Memphis Boys & Girls Clubs offer youth cafe, store, and more

A. J. Dugger IIIThursday, February 6, 2020
The Kid Cafe and club member store are among the programs exclusive to North Memphis' two Boys & Girls Clubs.
Feature Story A group of experts convened by the Urban Land Institute spent three days engaging stakeholders and studying several South Memphis parks. They presented their research findings at a public meeting on January 31. (A.J. Dugger) Community Development

Urban Land Institute studies South Memphis parks, makes suggestions for key improvements

A. J. Dugger IIIThursday, February 6, 2020
The national Urban Land Institute was in town last week to study parks in South Memphis. They presented their findings in a public meeting that explored the role these parks play in neighborhood revitalization and how to activate them with limited resources.
Feature Story Memphis singer-songwriter Grace Askew will kick off the "Women Who Rock" series on February 9 at Wonder / Cowork / Create. (Heath Herring) Arts and Culture

Women Working It: Grace Askew sits down with High Ground ahead of "Women Who Rock" speaker series

Cole BradleyWednesday, February 5, 2020
Memphian Grace Askew kicks off the "Women Who Rock" speaker series on February 9. She sat down with High Ground for a Q & A on music, business, and sisterhood.
Feature Story Amon Dillan walks holds hands with a Harwood Center student was they walk down the hall of their Cordova location inside Hope Church. January 27, 2020. (ZIggy Mack) Kids and Education

Harwood Center, University of Memphis to launch early learning classroom for kids with special needs

Cole BradleyWednesday, February 5, 2020
The Harwood Center and University of Memphis are launching their first classroom for children with autism and other development delays, with potential for seven more.
Feature Story Sarah Gong (far right) and Kristin Thompson (far left) pose for a class picture with Sycamore School's second and third graders. They co-teach the combined grades. (Susan Kizzee) Kids and Education

Forget report cards and endless testing. The Sycamore School's students learn outside and at play.

Leigh TatumWednesday, February 5, 2020
With their kids approaching kindergarten and no ideal education options, three local women founded the Sycamore School. The hub for homeschoolers combines licensed teachers with present parents and emphasizes exploration, community, and self-directed learning alongside reading and arithmetic.
Feature Story podcast Arts and Culture

Podcast: Art, history, and amplifying communities with Yancy Villa-Calvo

Monday, February 3, 2020
Yancy Villa-Calvo discusses her work helping communities research and visualize their culture and history through art. She's currently working with high school students in Orange Mound to design a mural of history and future hopes.
Feature Story Michelle Pleasant leads her class in counting at the Harwood Center's Cordova location on January 27, 2020. Harwood serves children ages 18 months to six years who have been diagnosed with a developmental delay or disability. (Ziggy Mack) Kids and Education

Harwood Center helps kids with autism, developmental disabilities build skills for lifelong success

Baris GursakalFriday, January 31, 2020
"For my triplets and myself, they have changed our world.” - Ashton Hall, Harwood Center parent
Feature Story Derion Lipford films his pitch proposal for the judges of ArtUp's North Memphis Incubator in January 2020. (Sheri Neely) Arts and Culture

ArtUp offers North Memphis entrepreneurs $2,500, training, and chance to pitch to investors

A. J. Dugger IIIThursday, January 30, 2020
ArtUp is giving 10 creative entrepreneurs an opportunity to build a business that fits their passion. The fellows will receive $2,500 towards startup costs, a 12-week small-business training course, and a chance to pitch to local investors.
Feature Story Justin Merrick (center) is executive director for the Center for Transforming Communities. CTC is assuming local operation of national resource partner, SPARCC., Center for Transforming Communities) Community Development

Local SPARCC operations moving from BLDG Memphis to Center for Transforming Communities

A. J. Dugger IIIThursday, January 30, 2020
SPARCC is a national resource partner that invests in local organizations. After three years with BLDG Memphis, SPARCC operations are moving to the Center for Transforming Communities. In February, CTC will hold its first public SPARCC 2.0 event.
Feature Story On February 7, “A Family Affair” will feature music, discussions, and games aimed at raising awareness of the need for organ donation among black Mid-Southerners. (Mid-South Transplant Foundation) Healthy Communities

Memphis needs more African American organ donors.

A.J Dugger III and Cole BradleyThursday, January 30, 2020
The Mid-South Transplant Foundation and partners Hope City Church and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity are throwing a party with food, games, music, and discussions on the need for organ donation among black Mid-Southerners.
Feature Story L to R: Community Correspondents Ian Randolph, Ivy Arnold, and Monique Rials listen attentively to a conversation on journalist ethics lead by trainer, Micaela Watts. (Cat Evans) Arts and Culture

Want to write your neighborhood's news? Apply to our Community Correspondents training program.

Cole BradleyWednesday, January 29, 2020
High Ground News is looking for six North Memphis residents interested in researching and reporting their neighborhood's stories. Passion and curiosity are required. Previous journalism experience is not.
Feature Story podcast Community Development

Podcast: What's happening in North Memphis?

Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Deveney Perry from BLDG Memphis joins High Ground's managing editor Cole Bradley and publisher Emily Trenholm to discuss the publication's new focus on North Memphis.  
Feature Story L to R: Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer, Commissioner Eddie Jones, and Quincey Morris, executive director of the Klondike Smokey City CDC pose with a map of the 150 parcels transferred from the land bank to the CDC and NPI. (Ashlei Williams) Community Development

Nonprofits strike history-making deal with Shelby County for land transfer in Klondike, Smokey City

Ashlei WilliamsMonday, January 27, 2020
Two nonprofits in Klondike & Smokey City now own 150 properties in a historic transferred from the Shelby County Land Bank. North Memphis residents will help decide how they'll be developed. 
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Memphis' future is in its past. Pizza with Planners explores why on January 28.

Thursday, January 23, 2020
Why is quality of life in North and South Memphis so drastically different than Midtown or East Memphis? The answer is in our history. Join the conversation and enjoy the free pizza on January 28.
Feature Story Edward Bogard, founder of Memphis-based nonprofit shoe manufacturer SoGiv, high fives a student at the three-day teen design charrette benefiting Shelby County Schools. (Demarcus Bowser) Kids and Education

Germantown High wins shoe design contest with focus on breast cancer awareness

A. J. Dugger IIIThursday, January 23, 2020
Local nonprofit SoGiv partnered with Shelby County Schools for a shoe design competition between SCS high schools. Germantown's winning concept spotlights breast cancer awareness. Sales of the shoes will benefit SCS.
Feature Story Members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis will compete locally on February 5 as their first stop on the way to the title of National Youth of the Year. (Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis) Kids and Education

Local teens to compete for Boys & Girls Clubs of America's National Youth of the Year award

A. J. Dugger IIIWednesday, January 22, 2020
Ten local tens will compete in the Boys & Girls Clubs of America's search for its National Youth of the Year. Top prize includes a $25,000 scholarship.
Feature Story The Oasis Appliance store's strategic manager, Dana Driver (R), assists customers in selecting a new washing machine. (A.J. Dugger) Community Development

Oasis is part bike shop, part home and appliance store, and all about North Memphis

A. J. Dugger IIIWednesday, January 22, 2020
Oasis Appliance & Home Furnishings in North Memphis offers quality, secondhand appliances and furniture. Oasis Bike Shop has some of the lowest prices in Memphis. Both are part of a ministry serving area resident. 
Feature Story podcast Arts and Culture

Podcast: Artspace Immersion helps local arts groups with their space

Sunday, January 19, 2020
Wendy Holmes from the Minneapolis-based Artspace and Sabrina Norwood from Young Actors Guild. The Artspace Immersion: Memphis program is helping local arts organization with a variety of real estate projects.
Feature Story L to R: Community Correspondents Ian Randolph, Ivy Arnold, and Monique Rials listen attentively to a conversation on journalist ethics lead by trainer, Micaela Watts. (Cat Evans) Community Development

Video: When neighbors make the news

Cole BradleyFriday, January 17, 2020
Newsrooms rarely reflect the communities they cover. We think they should. Meet our Community Correspondents—average Memphians trained as neighborhood-based reporters.
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