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A large mature tree vanished from the bluffs overlooking Tom Lee Park a few days ago.
Although it’s not clear what kind of tree it was, it’s a safe bet it is a species on the Memphis Tree Board’s recommended public street/park trees. The Tree Board was established by Ordinance 5494 as “an advisory board and recommends policies and practi...
Evergreen Presbyterian Church to Host Third Annual Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event
February 28 Transformational Event Will Turn Unwanted Firearms Into Garden Tools
(Memphis, Tennessee) Evergreen Presbyterian Church will host its third annual Guns to Gardens event, a one-day safe surrender eve...
Cartoonist Bill Day never fails to prove the point that a picture – in his case, a cartoon – is worth a thousand words, Former Memphian and Commercial Appeal cartoonist, he is the recipient of numerous professional awards. He is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism award in Cartooning which is given to cartoonists whose work reflects Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s...
Editor’s Note: Tim Moreland is a graduate of Rhodes College and received his master’s degree from University of Memphis. He worked from 2006-2010 for Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development. I knew him best as a member of the small team of smart people who developed Sustainable Shelby, our community’s first sustainability pl...
When the federal government introduced Opportunity Zones (OZs) as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the message was wrapped in the language of uplift and equity: unleash the power of private capital to lift up chronically underinvested neighborhoods. Offer big tax breaks (sound familiar?) a...