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Video: Art walk turns the East Buntyn neighborhood into an outdoor gallery

Forever ReadyWednesday, May 1, 2019
Each spring, the East Buntyn ArtWalk celebrates local artists, musicians and food trucks with an open-air bazaar of galleries set up in the front yards and porches of the historic east Memphis neighborhood. 
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Podcast: LGBT youth find a home at OUTMemphis

Friday, April 26, 2019
In S2E2 of the On the Ground Podcast, High Ground sits down with Stephanie Reyes, director of development for OUTMemphis, to discuss LGBT youth homelessness and their Metamorphosis Project, a new LGBT youth emergency shelter that is under construction.
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High Ground News is hiring

Madeline FaberThursday, April 25, 2019
High Ground News is investing in community coverage by hiring a full-time reporter to cover Memphis issues through a neighborhood lens.
Feature Story Jimi Myers stands at the counter of Launch Process Coffee at 584 Tillman Street, founded in May 2018. (Cole Bradley) Entrepreneurship

Launch Process creates space for Memphis makers and local coffee

Cole BradleyWednesday, April 24, 2019
In their first year of business, Launch Process Coffee has become more than just a coffee shop. It hosts local makers and goods, a monthly international food experience and a great cup of house-roasted brew.
Feature Story High Ground publisher and community engagement manager, Emily Trenholm (L), and managing editor, Cole Bradley (R), pose in matching shirts on an Accidental Uniform Day. (Belltower Artisans)

Who is High Ground: A letter from the publisher and incoming editor

Cole BradleyWednesday, April 24, 2019

High Ground News is celebrating its fifth year and making some big changes. We’d like to take a moment to catch you up and answer some questions about who we are and how we tell stories that move Memphis forward.

Feature Story The University of Memphis is launching Access Memphis in the fall to make it easier for students to afford courses and stay on track to graduate without a mountain of debt. (University of Memphis) Kids and Education

University of Memphis plans to cover tuition and fees for families who make under $50k

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, April 24, 2019
The University of Memphis is launching the Access Memphis initiative to make secondary education more affordable to students from households that earn under $50,000 per year.
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Podcast: The Mariposas Collective meets immigrants with compassion

Monday, April 22, 2019
In S2E1 of the On The Ground podcast, Federico Gomez and Brigitte Billeaudeaux speak about the Mariposas Collective, a grassroots group of Memphians who provide supplies and support to asylum seekers who are traveling across the U.S. in Greyhound buses. 
Feature Story A shopper at Viet Hoa Food Market on Cleveland Street in the Madison Heights neighborhood. (Averell Mondie) Arts and Culture

Memphis Medical District Collaborative hires artists as researchers to guide development

Cole BradleyThursday, April 18, 2019
What is next for the Madison Heights neighborhood? With the help of journalists and artists, this nonprofit developer wants to illustrate the identity of this emerging community.
Feature Story A packed house listens to a panel discussion after the screening of ‘How Did We Get Here.’ (Cole Bradley) Community Development

Film series documenting Memphis' housing challenges premiers to packed house

Cole BradleyThursday, April 18, 2019
Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. partners with two local filmmakers to tell the story of Memphis’ biggest housing challenges and the people and solutions addressing them. It premiered to a packed house April 15 at The CMPLX in Orange Mound. 
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On The Ground Podcast: The power of neighborhood stories

Cole BradleyFriday, April 12, 2019
In S1E15 of the On The Ground podcast, High Ground News hosts Josh Campbell from Spillit Memphis for a discussion about storytelling and its power to build community and elevate resident voices in Memphis neighborhoods.  
Feature Story Billy Vaughan, center, speaks at the sancutuary of the Commons on Merton, a nonprofit support hub in Binghampton. (Bill Piacesi) Arts and Culture

Spillit Memphis brings storytelling event to Binghampton

Cole BradleyWednesday, April 10, 2019

Spillit Memphis is best known for its live storytelling events in Crosstown. On April 12, the arts organization will partner with High Ground News and the Center for Transforming Communities for its first-ever Binghampton storytelling event.

Feature Story Roshun Austin, president and CEO of The Works, Inc. holds a redlining map created in the 1930s. (Ziggy Mack) Eonomic Development

Seeing Red II: South Memphis CDC brings investment back to Memphis' formerly redlined communities

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, April 10, 2019
The Works, Inc., with partner Pinnacle Financial Partners, is issuing loans from a $2 million mortgage pool. The twist? These loans are issued to folks who may be considered a credit risk by traditional banks and are used to purchase homes in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Feature Story Richie Jarvis, owner of Trilogy Tattoos and Piercing, speaks about the small business community in the University District. (Ziggy Mack) Community Development

Graduation day: What we learned from four months of reporting in the University District

Cole BradleyWednesday, April 10, 2019
High Ground’s On the Ground team looks back on four months of embedded journalism as we wrap up our coverage in the University District. 
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On The Ground Podcast: Is the University District too crowded?

Wednesday, April 10, 2019
In S1E14 of the On The Ground podcast, the editorial team reflects on our four months of embedded research and reporting in the University District. Neighborhood leader Cody Fletcher shares his thoughts about how the neighborhoods that surround the University of Memphis can adapt to meet a growing student population.
Feature Story Shamika Williams poses with her four children outside of their home in Raleigh. In fall 2018, Williams fled an abusive relationship and stayed with her kids at the YWCA’s domestic violence shelter. (Cole Bradley) Community Development

YWCA celebrates 100 years of empowering women and communities

Cole BradleyThursday, April 4, 2019

The YWCA is celebrating its centennial and is growing its tutoring services and job training to assist people who are escaping domestic violence.

Feature Story Belltower Artisans is located at 549 S Highland St. in the University District. (Cole Bradley) Entrepreneurship

Coffee culture: Four great coffee spots in the University District

Cole BradleyThursday, April 4, 2019
For three months our team has met weekly at a University District coffee shop. As we prepare to move to our next neighborhood, we pay homage to the district’s coffee culture with a roundup of the best local places to get great brew.
Feature Story A young girl plays hide and seek in front of shuttered apartment buildings on Tate Street. (Andrea Morales)

Seeing Red I: Mapping 90 years of redlining in Memphis

Cole BradleySunday, March 31, 2019
This two part series explores how race built Memphis. From a newly discovered 1930s redlining map to recent lawsuits, discriminatory housing policies have kept Black families from home ownership and Black neighborhoods from thriving. 
Feature Story Lieutenant Mark Johnson with the Memphis Fire Department's Fire Station 18 walks beside the station's pumper truck. (Ziggy Mack) Healthy Communities

In photos: A day in the life at Fire Station 18 on Southern Avenue

Cole Bradley and Ziggy MackWednesday, March 27, 2019
Photographer Ziggy Mack follows the four-person crew of Fire Station 18 in this intimate look at their daily lives and the bonds created when you live, work, and save the day as a team.
Feature Story Anthony Braxton waits for his meal at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Memphis Ozanam Food Mission. (Ziggy Mack) Healthy Communities

Newly opened health clinic provides free services to the homeless population of Memphis

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, March 27, 2019
The Baptist Operation Outreach clinic joins a collection of tight-knit service providers who have concentrated their efforts in the Madison Heights neighborhood. 
Feature Story Anyone is allowed to pick and plant at the University of Memphis community garden. (TIGUrS Urban Garden) Arts and Culture

Going public: What you can do at University of Memphis as a community member

Scarlet PonderWednesday, March 27, 2019
Sure, they have sporting events and guest speakers, but did you know that the University of Memphis is also home to a community garden, art museums and many other free activities open to the public?
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