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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 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 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 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
Featured Post Jared Myers (R), executive director of Heights CDC, and a local teen canvas the neighborhood. (Cole Bradley) Community Development

Facts and Feelings: The push to improve safety in The Heights

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 24, 2018
Feature Story Dana Merriweather (L), Judy Conway (Center), Sidney Johnson discuss plans for the greenhouse located next to Johnson’s property on Gracewood St. (Natalie Eddings) Healthy Communities

In photos: The gardens of Mitchell Heights

Natalie Eddings & Cole BradleyWednesday, October 17, 2018
Feature Story A young soccer team practices at Gaisman Park. (Natalie Eddings) Community Development

Grassroots leaders foster greenspaces in Berclair and The Heights

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 17, 2018
Feature Story Sidney Johnson, president of the Mitchell Heights Neighborhood Association, poses in front of the hoop house at the Mitchell Heights Landscape Garden and Nursery. (Cole Bradley) Community Development

Small but mighty: Resident-led development improves Mitchell Heights

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 10, 2018
Feature Story Suzanne Carlson, transportation and sustainability program manager for the nonprofit Innovate Memphis. Transportation

Innovate Memphis pushes to revamp Memphis bus system from the ground up

Andy MeekWednesday, October 3, 2018
Feature Story Lucas Trautman, top left, practices grappling technique with students, from top, Kelan Branch, 10, Keyveyoun Chandler, 14, and Eric Booker, 11, at his Stardust Jiu-Jitsu studio in Binghampton. The business is next door to the future site of his wife Entrepreneurship

Family opens side-by-side Binghampton businesses

Ashlei WilliamsTuesday, October 2, 2018
Feature Story A power-drained Bird scooter on Central Avenue near Christian Brothers University. (Cole Bradley) Transportation

Dead Birds: Shared mobility ordinance attempts to curb errant electric scooters

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, September 26, 2018
Feature Story Crystal Bullard’s children started preschool and elementary school at Whitney Achievement Elementary School last year. (Caroline Bauman/Chalkbeat Tennessee) Kids and Education

When students miss school, they fall behind. Here’s how one group is curbing absenteeism.

Caroline Bauman, Chalkbeat TennesseeTuesday, September 25, 2018
Feature Story (Eva Hill for HuffPost) Healthy Communities

What it's like to work at a suicide prevention hotline in Memphis

Madeline FaberFriday, September 21, 2018
Feature Story Children listen to a story as part of Cornelia Crenshaw Memorial Library's Real Men Read program. The exterior of Crenshaw and Randolph libraries are in need of attention, but inside, they're bright and active centers of community. (Memphis Library F Community Development

Ugly ducklings: Libraries Inside/Out ups the curb appeal at Randolph and Crenshaw libraries

Cole BradleyWednesday, September 12, 2018
Feature Story Heights Ride 1 Transportation

Video: The Heights rides to improve public space (en Español)

Forever ReadyWednesday, September 12, 2018
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