Category: South Memphis

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HGN: Gestalt Community Schools plans citys first community rugby field

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HGN: Gestalt Community Schools plans citys first community rugby field The city of Memphis’ first community rugby field and its first turf rugby field will open up this fall at Gestalt Community Schools’ Power Center Academy in the Hickory Hill area thanks to a $250,000 grant from Republic Services through its National Neighborhood Promise community engagement initiative. Republic will work in collaboration with the school and Memphis Habitat to complete the field along with additional volunteer and neighborhood revitalization projects. “We started rugby about five years ago through the Memphis Urban Rugby League,” said Yetta Lewis, co-founder and CEO of … Continue reading HGN: Gestalt Community Schools plans citys first community rugby field

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CA: Elvis, Isaac, B.B. and Otis were card-carrying members of this venerable Memphis institution

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CA: Elvis, Isaac, B.B. and Otis were card-carrying members of this venerable Memphis institution Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding and B.B. King were card-carrying members. So were vaudeville performers, accompanists to silent movies, rockabilly artists and makers of radio jingles. They’re part of a musical lineage that traces to 1873, when Mississippi River showboat performers and others formed the forerunner of the Memphis Federation of Musicians. It hit the bigtime in the 1960s, riding the popularity of Memphis-style soul music typified by Booker T. and the MGs, the Bar-Kays, Eddie Floyd and Wilson Pickett. A new union hall opened … Continue reading CA: Elvis, Isaac, B.B. and Otis were card-carrying members of this venerable Memphis institution

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ABC: Memphis high school senior class collects more than $80 million in scholarship offers

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ABC: Memphis high school senior class collects more than $80 million in scholarship offers While students across the nation continue to narrow down their college options, Whitehaven High School in Memphis, Tennessee, is already in full-fledged celebration mode with its 2017 senior class so far being offered more than $80 million in college scholarships. Whitehaven held its annual Academic Signing Day last week to honor the academic success of its senior students, who at the time had been offered more than $65 million in scholarships, with over 40 students each scoring a million dollars in offers. Labeled as the “Million … Continue reading ABC: Memphis high school senior class collects more than $80 million in scholarship offers

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CA: Memphis Rox coming to Soulsville

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CA: Memphis Rox coming to Soulsville A benevolent ex-Hollywood director with strong Memphis ties will turn a failed Soulsville grocery into Memphis Rox, a community center complete with climbing gym; cafe; juice bar; meditation, yoga and dance space; and an area for outdoor events. The project will cost $2.5 million to $4 million. But otherwise, money is no object. Youths unable to pay can still get access by participating in mentoring or doing community volunteer work. Application for a permit for partial demolition was to be pulled Friday. If all goes to schedule, Memphis Rox will open by Thanksgiving. Tom Shadyac … Continue reading CA: Memphis Rox coming to Soulsville

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MBJ: Historic Memphis bank gets new headquarters

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MBJ:  Historic Memphis bank gets new headquarters Tri-State Bank of Memphis has a new headquarters. The bank officially signed a lease for space in an office high-rise located at 1407 Union Ave. located between South Watkins Street and Pine Street. The building is owned by Olymbec USA LLC. “Known as ‘Mid Memphis Tower,’ [the building] clearly met all of our requirements for the corridors that were under consideration,” said Thomas Felder, CEO of Tri-State Bank of Memphis. … Tri-State Bank’s headquarters are currently at 180 S. Main St. The bank announced in January 2016 it had sold the nearly 23,000-square-foot … Continue reading MBJ: Historic Memphis bank gets new headquarters

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MBJ: Why one real estate firm is setting up its U.S. headquarters in Memphis

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MBJ: Why one real estate firm is setting up its U.S. headquarters in Memphis A Montreal-based, commercial real estate company is preparing to open its U.S. headquarters in Whitehaven. With 24 Memphis properties already, Olymbec is continuing to bet on Memphis. Outside of Memphis, the company only owns 22 other U.S. properties, according to its website. With the majority of its holdings here, Memphis’ centralized location, and a belief that the city’s industrial and office markets will continue to improve, Olymbec general counsel Jason Berger said Tuesday that Memphis was the clear choice for the new headquarters. Berger, along with … Continue reading MBJ: Why one real estate firm is setting up its U.S. headquarters in Memphis

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MDN: Another Country

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MDN: Another Country On the road into the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa in southwest Memphis, there is a sign you might not notice on your way to the museum and archaeological site. An arrow pointing east is the way to Memphis. The western arrow reads Chucalissa. The sign is at the dead end of Boxtown Road, in an area more rural and remote than any other part of Memphis. View any Memphis family scrapbook or album, turn to the 1960s or 1970s – Tonto to Wounded Knee – and you should find snapshots from a trip to Chucalissa. The … Continue reading MDN: Another Country

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MDN: Editorial: Memphis’ Future Needs Chucalissa’s Past

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MDN: Editorial: Memphis’ Future Needs Chucalissa’s Past It won’t be long before we mark 200 years as the city of Memphis. Plans are already underway for the city’s bicentennial. At times like this, you might wonder about who and what came before. Those who study this call it prehistory. Not the kind with dinosaurs necessarily, but rather a prehistory of languages we don’t fully understand and sagas whose chronology we attempt to outline based on carbon dating, shards of pottery and symbols. We draw conclusions by comparing our knowledge about various cultures to the artifacts we see in front of … Continue reading MDN: Editorial: Memphis’ Future Needs Chucalissa’s Past

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HGN: Community centers in South Memphis, New Chicago garner $60,000 in grants

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HGN: Community centers in South Memphis, New Chicago garner $60,000 in grants Three local businesses received a combined $60,000 boost to support building improvements and expansions. The finance committee of the Memphis-Shelby County Economic Growth Engine approved the forgivable loans as part of its Inner City Economic Development Loan Program. … Knowledge Quest, a nonprofit that provides resources to families in South Memphis, received a $20,000 ICED loan to fund façade improvements, roof replacement and renovations to the interior and campus walkways. The total project cost is near $30,400. The organization is best known for its extended learning academies and … Continue reading HGN: Community centers in South Memphis, New Chicago garner $60,000 in grants

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MDN: $92M Graceland Hotel Expected to Be a Catalyst for Whitehaven

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MDN: $92M Graceland Hotel Expected to Be a Catalyst for Whitehaven The Heartbreak Hotel on Elvis Presley Boulevard was full Wednesday, Oct. 26 – its final night as a hotel. By the time the $92 million, 450-room Guest House at Graceland resort opened across the boulevard Thursday morning, many of the doors at the Heartbreak Hotel were missing their room numbers – taken as souvenirs by guests who filled the circa-1980s hotel in its final days. … Behind the current Graceland Plaza across the boulevard from the mansion and the Guest House, construction continued on the $45 million new plaza … Continue reading MDN: $92M Graceland Hotel Expected to Be a Catalyst for Whitehaven