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Environmental Justice: Tackling blight in Orange Mound

Neighborhood trends for communities like Orange Mound are growth, stability, and decline. Drugs coincide with a lack of opportunity for minorities; inequalities cause property values to decline. Then equity declines. But there are solutions, writes community correspondent Alexandria Moore.

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Photos: Visiting Mike Minnis and his urban farm and garden in Orange Mound

Photographer Brandon Dill visited Mike Minnis, projects coordinator of Landmark Training Development Company, as part of our series on Environmental Justice.

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Habitat Memphis uses $220K grant to help build six new homes in North Memphis

“Thanks to the support of partners like THDA, we are able to help more families build strength, stability, self-reliance and shelter,” Dwayne Spencer, president & CEO of Habitat Memphis, says in a statement.

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How this local CDC is looking to slow down traffic and speed up investment in The Heights

“The Corners is a design change along the Heights Line route. It’s meant to be more of a lingering space — kind of like a gathering public space, as opposed to a path,” says Dane Forlines, director of special projects for the Heights Community Development Corporation.

Development News The Overton Park Shell, site of this year’s Tristate Black Pride Festival.

What to do this weekend: Juneteenth celebrations abound in Memphis all weekend long

“We are thrilled to partner with the Memphis community to honor Black freedom from slavery and commemorate this important milestone,” says Michele Arquette-Palermo, Director of Community Engagement for the Museum of Science & History.

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Photo essay: Orange Mound Arts Council hosts theater camp for local teens

Photographer Reginald Johnson visits the Orange Mound Arts Council and documents their theater camp for teens.

Development News Officials gather at the ribbon-cutting for the new trail at T.O. Fuller State Park.

From tires to trails: New 2.5 mile multi-use trail repurposes dumped tires at Fuller State Park

“This is a quintessential example of recycling in full circle, collecting dumped material then converting it into positive use,” says David Salyers, commissioner of TDEC.

Feature Story “I never grew up thinking I was going to be the owner of a driving school,” says Teresa Landrum-Caswell, founder of the Caswell Group Driving School. But Landrum-Caswell identified a need in her community and supplied it. We ask her all about it.

How this Frayser resident is making driver’s ed affordable and accessible for her community

“I never grew up thinking I was going to be the owner of a driving school,” says Teresa Landrum-Caswell, founder of the Caswell Group Driving School. But Landrum-Caswell identified a need in her community and supplied it. We ask her all about it.

Feature Story “We’re just residents. We’re trying to make it easier for everyday residents, like us, just to make their communities more successful,” says Kathy Temple, executive director of The Time is Now Douglass Redevelopment Corp.

How this group of ‘everyday residents’ utilizes a DIY spirit to transform their Douglass community

“We’re just residents. We’re trying to make it easier for everyday residents, like us, just to make their communities more successful,” says Kathy Temple, executive director of The Time is Now Douglass Redevelopment Corp.

Feature Story “We're a finely-tuned machine if you ask me, and we're only gonna get better,” says Erskin Mitchell (right), founder of Successful Inc.

Memphis nonprofits partner with national foundation to provide musical instruments for area youth

“We're a finely-tuned machine if you ask me, and we're only gonna get better,” says Erskin Mitchell, founder of Successful Inc.

Feature Story A #ShareYourSkill901 participant shows her written skill on a bookmark. (Photo courtesy of Literacy Mid-South)
Feature Story The Ernest C. WIthers museum is located in his former Westwood family home. (submitted)
Feature Story Heights CDC Special Projects Director Dane Forlines said the new bioswale will improve water quality in the neighborhood and beyond. (Reginald Johnson)

Environmental Justice: Safer streets, cleaner water in the Heights

“[Cleaning up stormwater] improves the quality of water people drink, it improves the quality of air people breathe,” says Dane Forlines, Special Projects Director for the Heights CDC. “It also beautifies the public space, which cannot be understated.”

Feature Story The street is filled with rainbows and parade participants at the 2016 Memphis Pride Parade. (photo courtesy of the Museum of Science & History/Pride Archives)

LGBTQ history exhibition is a first for Memphis museum


Feature Story Abstract artist James Little is a native Memphian whose work will be featured at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in spring 2022. (Sophia Little, 2020)
Feature Story Jazmine Tricoche, owner of Dream Life branding company and Dream Center event venue. (submitted)

Women Working It: Jazmine Tricoche is living her Dream Life

Business owner Jazmine Tricoche launched a part-time print shop in Atlanta nearly 10 years ago, while still working nine-to-five at her corporate job. She quickly discovered she loved working for herself. While she enjoyed the perks of big-business life, she knew there was something much bigger waiting for her.

Feature Story The Golden Wildcats held both boys' and girls' 2021/2022 county titles for the first time in 37 years. (submitted)

Melrose High School basketball teams make history


Feature Story Local publication StoryBoard Memphis returned to print in November of 2021. (submitted)

A refreshed StoryBoard Memphis returns to print