Memphis News Today: Stories That Matter to Our City

The urban design category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors landscapes, public spaces, initiatives, and policies that make cities cleaner, more efficient, more beautiful, and more equitable for their citizens. This year’s winner is TMC Helix Park from Mikyoung Kim Design. The 37-acre life-sciences campus in Houston has six public gardens that create…

It’s 100 days until the start of the 2024 college football season, and Memphis is getting plenty of buzz as a potential College Football Playoff contender. That came in the form of ESPN’s rankings of “10 (Group of Five) teams that can make the Playoff,” which was released Thursday morning alongside other college football preview…

Viewpoints As Infrastructure Week 2024 continues, Blair Taylor, president of Memphis Tomorrow, shares the journey of Memphis from one of the country’s least connected cities to a model of equitable connectivity. In the heart of the American South, Memphis is both a repository of rich heritage and history, and a beacon of resilience, innovation, and community spirit.…

The former Melrose High School building in Memphis could have been like any other shuttered public school in the country. Built in the 1930s and closed in 1979, the three-story brick building had become obsolete and unnecessary. But unlike other old schools around the country, this one had a unique place in U.S. history. The…

Strands of chartreuse, gold and sapphire lights reflect off of the dark, rolling currents of the Mississippi River as Lauryn Hill takes the stage. Trading bar for bar with fellow Fugee Wyclef Jean at the forefront of a 10-piece band, the reunited hip-hop act electrifies a swarm of smartphone lights and the occasional cigarette lighter…

Why’s an electrical engineer and city planner convinced arts and culture are the key to his city’s future? For first-year Memphis mayor Paul Young, the answer is simple. “I believe arts and culture are part of the formula for economic development for our city,” Young told Forbes.com. “As we think about how cities are growing across…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A multi-million dollar vision to transform a vacant high-rise in Orange Mound into a mixed-use development is one step closer to becoming a reality. According to the Memphis Business Journal, Orange Mound Tower at 2205 Lamar Avenue has exited predevelopment and now enters the design and schematics phase. The 10-acre site, formerly home…

Sleep over at Elvis’s former home, devour barbecue and hang out with the Reverend Al Green in Memphis, the Deep South’s liveliest spot Zoey Goto Tuesday April 09 2024, 12.02am, The Sunday Times Memphis has long been the plucky underdog of American cities, and it’s the kind of place that first-timers to the US tend…

Who doesn’t love a playground? Kids get to run their energy out, see friends, and explore, while parents get to hang, watch their kids be wild, and sometimes even sit down. Playgrounds are also free (for the most part), making them a great spot for downtime whether you’re at home or on vacation—especially when they…