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Feature Story A diverse group of students hold a pose at Yolandrea Clark's Any Body Yoga studio in Midtown Memphis. (Shelby Black) Entrepreneurship

New year, new you, new body-positive yoga studio opens in Memphis

Shelby BlackThursday, January 10, 2019
Feature Story Playback Memphis ensemble members act out a student’s day at Dexter Elementary. (Cole Bradley) Kids and Education

Playback Memphis partners with Le Bonheur and SCS to reduce bullying and teen pregnancy

Cole BradleyWednesday, December 26, 2018
Feature Story Los estudiantes hablan y comen una merienda del mediodía. (Cole Bradley) Kids and Education

El Club de Niños y Niñas de Heights gana reconocimiento nacional y entrena a músicos de Memphis

Cole BradleyWednesday, December 12, 2018
Feature Story Dr. Phil Baker, founder of Good Shepherd Pharmacy, poses for a photo at the nonprofit pharmacy. (submitted) Healthy Communities

Good Shepherd Pharmacy uses new technology to facilitate medication sharing across the U.S.

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, December 12, 2018
Feature Story Husband and wife Nancy and Patricio Gonzalez carry equipment to the Gaisman Community Center at the end of game day. They are the directors and coaches of Illegal Arts Memphis soccer league. (Natalie Eddings) Community Development

What smart neighborhoods can learn from The Heights

Cole BradleyWednesday, December 5, 2018
Feature Story Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis is training emergency room personnel to better assess, identify and respond to elder abuse through a curriculum it plans to share with all Shelby County hospitals. (Submitted) Healthy Communities

Baptist-Memphis uses ER visits to assess and respond to elder abuse

Dawn NeusesFriday, November 30, 2018
Feature Story A sign on Davis Circle in the Nutbush area of Memphis. The entrance to the landfill would be located at the end of this street. (Cole Bradley) Healthy Communities

Nutbush fights proposed landfill near homes, school and Wolf River

Cole BradleyThursday, November 29, 2018
Feature Story food this one Community Development

En video: Un sabor del mundo de Summer Avenue

Forever ReadyWednesday, November 28, 2018
Feature Story Steven McKinney teaches math class to his students at Booker T. Washington High School. (Ziggy Mack) Kids and Education

Advocates of trauma-informed teaching call for greater support in Memphis schools

Melonee GainesWednesday, November 28, 2018
Feature Story Sariah Hudson, 12, Antonio McPherson, 12, and Jose McClellen, 14, hang out with friends and participate in programs after school at the Heights campus of STREETS Ministries. (Dawn Neuses) Kids and Education

STREETS Ministries combines play and empowerment in The Heights

Dawn NeusesWednesday, November 21, 2018
Feature Story Homeowners Mike and Nyasha Daniels in their Frayser home, which they purchased from the Frayser Community Development Corporation in 2018. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian) Community Development

To combat investment property swarm, Frayser CDC empowers residents to purchase their homes

Ashlei WilliamsThursday, November 15, 2018
Feature Story Early arrivals mingle at United Way of the Mid-South's 2018 Feast of Dreams. (Demarcus Bowser) Community Development

Breaking bread: Applied anthropology meets local journalism

Cole BradleyThursday, November 15, 2018
Feature Story Layne Carden was inspired to open TransforMama, a play and co-work space for parents, based on her own postpartum experience. Healthy Communities

A community center for new parents offers fitness classes, playgroups and coworking

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, November 7, 2018
Feature Story Students socialize while enjoying a midday snack. (Cole Bradley) Kids and Education

Heights Boys and Girls Club earns national acclaim, trains Memphis musicians

Cole BradleyWednesday, November 7, 2018
Feature Story One of two proposed playground designs for the new L.E. Brown Park in South City. (City of Memphis, Division of Parks and Neighborhoods) Community Development

City plans to resurrect L.E. Brown Park as part of South City development

Cole BradleyWednesday, November 7, 2018
Feature Story Trunk or treat Kids and Education

Video: Camaros and candy at Treadwell Middle School's Trunk-A-Treat

Forever ReadyWednesday, October 31, 2018
Feature Story A once-drab building, 751 National Street now has tables and chairs, interactive maps of the neighborhood, and flags denoting the many nationalities in The Heights. (Cole Bradley) Community Development

Neighborhood by design: Community design studio is space to imagine a new Heights

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 31, 2018
Feature Story Jared Myers (derecha), director ejecutivo de Heights CDC, y un adolescente local en el vecindario. (Cole Bradley) Healthy Communities

Hechos y sentimientos: El impulso para mejorar la seguridad en The Heights

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 31, 2018
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