By Gene Pearson, FAICP, Professor Emeritus of City Planning, The University of Memphis Warning: This post may damage some brain cells, but it’s for your own good. The following statement is from AC Wharton’s 2015 campaign web...
Read MoreThe following was emailed to us by Gene Pearson, former director, Graduate Program for City and Regional Planning, University of Memphis, and he allows us to post it here: The Tennessee General Assembly could soon eliminate an...
Read MoreIn keeping with our I-269 theme of the day, we’re reprising a post written by Gene Pearson: Many political leaders and grass roots organizations in Memphis today are advocating “smart growt,” “sustainable development,” and...
Read MoreFor the second year in a row we dodged a big bullet fired by our suburban friends in Shelby county. In the words of a famous Republican… “Well, there you go again”. The bullet is none other than the Special School District...
Read MoreIn light of our recent discussions, we’re reprising a post written by Gene Pearson: Many political leaders and grass roots organizations in Memphis today are advocating “smart growt,” “sustainable development,” and...
Read MoreMany political leaders and grass roots organizations in Memphis today are advocating “smart growt,” “sustainable development,” and something called “new urbanism” as an answer to the ills of “urban sprawl,” which robs the core...
Read MoreThe past couple of days I’ve been thinking about the City’s short sighted decision to approve the CVS at Union and Cooper over recommendations of rejection from both Office of Planning and Development and the Land Use Control...
Read MoreAt some point in the history of Memphis and Shelby County, local and state legislative leaders decided that “boards”, “commissions”, or “authorities” should take over some of the duties necessary to run our City and County. Some...
Read MoreMemphis has been called “the city of good abode” although some of its citizens would be hard pressed to agree. Recently Mayor A C Wharton announced an end to homelessness in 10 years. A very difficult quest indeed. But Memphis...
Read MoreFor the second year in a row we dodged a big bullet fired by our suburban friends in Shelby county. In the words of a famous Republican… “Well, there you go again”. The bullet is none other than the Special School District...
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