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Edging Forward: Turning economic development failures into successes

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal, Nov 12 2012, 12:46am CST

Too often in Memphis, we focus on the negatives in many of the economic development efforts we carry out. Worse still, we're not very good at finding positive outcomes from the economic development strategies that don't pan out. Reasons include ou ...

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Memphis City Schools arrive at road's end

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal  |   May 22 2013, 6:59pm CDT

May 22, 2013 — White Middle School 8th grader Allison Raney, 14, (right) gets emotional as she gives a hug to fellow 8th grader Eve Abraha, 14, outside the school on final day of the 2012-2013 school year. When the students return next year they will no ...

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Schools make pitch to County Commission for increased funding

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal  |   May 22 2013, 1:39pm CDT

Presenting on Wednesday a budget that it claimed to be bare bones, representatives from the unified school system made its case to the Shelby County Commission’s budget and finance committee as to why the requested $30 mill ...

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15 hours ago

Literacy Mid-South announces new funding, move to East Memphis

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal  |   May 22 2013, 10:36am CDT

Literacy Mid-South announced Monday thousands of dollars in new funding toward local literacy initiatives and a July move from Cooper Young to a East Memphis location. In July, the nonprofit group will use $50,00 ...

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Kroger executive gives insight into Memphis market

Source: Memphis Business Journal  |   May 22 2013, 6:49am CDT

A digest of important news from sources selected by our local editors. Delivered weekday mornings. Andy Ashby covers commercial real estate; transportation and logistics; construction; and Downtown Memphis. Contact him at aashby@bizjournals.com. Tim Brow ...

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1 day ago

Grizzlies edge Thunder late to take 2-1 series lead

Source: The Sports Network  |   May 21 2013, 11:54pm CDT

Memphis, TN (Sports Network) - Coming off a passive opening half and with his frontcourt running mate Zach Randolph struggling, Marc Gasol put his foot down over the final 24 minutes. Gasol netted 16 of his 20 points i ...

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Memphis-Shelby school board leaning toward maintaining current dress codes

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal  |   May 21 2013, 9:54pm CDT

A proposal calling for no immediate change in how students dress in Memphis and Shelby County Schools generated a lively debate among unified school board members Tuesday night, but appeared to have considerable support on the 23-member body. The pr ...

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Cops: text on Memphis teen murder suspect's phone links him to crime

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal  |   May 21 2013, 6:12pm CDT

Veteran attorney Elbert Edwards is gearing up for a fight Wednesday in an attempt to stop the transfer of his teen client to adult court on murder charges. Memphis police, however, told a Shelby County Juvenile Court judge last month that they had ...

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1 day ago

Districts merge, but dress codes will be different

Source: American School and University  |   May 21 2013, 3:56pm CDT

VIDEO: The Memphis and Shelby County (Tenn.) school systems are becoming one in 2013-14, but school dress codes will remain separate, at least for the first year of the consolidated district. WMC-TV says children attending a s ...

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Comptroller cautions Memphis about finances

Source: Arkansas Online  |   May 21 2013, 9:48am CDT

MEMPHIS — Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Justin P. Wilson is warning Memphis officials about the city's fiscal problems. In a letter to Mayor A C Wharton and the City Council, Wilson called a plan to defer city debt for a dozen years ...

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1 day ago

Vine App for Mission Trips

Source: Church Crunch  |   May 21 2013, 8:55am CDT

Our college-focused church always does Spring Break mission trips, and this year we worked with the amazing Service Over Self to repair roofs in impoverished neighborhoods of Memphis, TN. We’re a Twitter friend ...

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