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Innovation & Job News Ballet Memphis Artistic Director and Chief Dreamer Dorothy Gunther Pugh: “We’ve built such a strong and admirable institution. We’ve been pretty careful about it.”

Ballet Memphis holds to core values of innovation after 30 years

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, August 23, 2017
Feature Story Children in the third grade group sit in the chapel during a reading lesson at the Emmanuel Center.

In photos: Emmanuel Center is an anchor in a low-income neighborhood in transition

Andrea MoralesWednesday, August 23, 2017
Feature Story Jamond Bullock

Soulsville artists in residence combine creativity with community outreach

Rachel WarrenThursday, August 17, 2017
Feature Story Siblings Glenn and Gerry Butler were placed together in foster care after their mother passed away in 2012.

Years of system-wide reform results in massive turnaround for Tennessee’s child welfare system

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, August 9, 2017
Development News DSG EDGE rendering

DSG plans to transform Edge District with live-work-play concept

Michael WaddellMonday, August 7, 2017
Innovation & Job News A pocket park recently built across from the Greater White Stone Baptist Church is one example of the type of project the Empowerment Fund would support.

A new Community LIFT Empowerment Fund looks to lift up small, neighborhood projects

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, August 2, 2017
Feature Story Binghampton Gateway retail center is under construction at Sam Cooper and Tillman. Eonomic Development

Binghampton, Frayser Gateway Centers and proposed TIF plan model on how to revitalize communities

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, August 2, 2017
Feature Story Over 100 people gathered at Martyr Park and marched down Riverside Drive to Beale Street in order to create visibility around the impact the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have had on the Latin American immigrant population in Memphis.

ICE Storm: Immigration officers target Latino families; worry Shelby County Schools

J. Dylan SandiferSaturday, July 29, 2017
Feature Story Brother Phap Nang and Sister Khai Nghiem with a practitioner at the Rhodes Day of Mindfulness.

Rhodes College initiative seeks to foster compassionate students

Lesley YoungWednesday, July 26, 2017
Feature Story The boarded up storefront on Vance Avenue near Danny Thomas Boulevard most recently served as a corner store.

Unbanked: The high cost of doing business in ZIP 38126

J. Dylan SandiferWednesday, July 26, 2017
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