On Smart City Memphis, many of us make things sound easy. Let’s just build dense, walkable neighborhoods. Let’s just remove bus fares and make the routes go here or there. Let’s tear down the rest of the public housing and...
Read MoreFinish Beale Street Landing, review the process and let the battle on the Mississippi begin. Over the last few months a debate has been brewing about the future of the Downtown cobblestones. The problem of the area’s...
Read MorePlanning in the Memphis area is being done, in some cases at a high level and by everyone. Chambers, governments and community groups. Mayors, business leaders and developers. Everyone has a plan for something. But what is...
Read MoreB.E.G.-2015 is a not-so tongue-in-cheek plan to: a) Spend $5 million to attract smart people or BRAINS to Memphis. b) Inspire commitment or ENERGY from existing Memphians to finish something big. The Power of 10 was...
Read MoreB.E.G.-2015 is a not-so tongue-in-cheek plan to: a) Spend $5 million to attract smart people or BRAINS to Memphis. The M-Prize for Brains was discussed in the last post. b) Inspire commitment or ENERGY from existing...
Read MoreUrban revitalization really needs three things: available buildings or property, loyal developers or investors, and the right incentives to make the deal as profitable as a suburban project. Sounds simple enough and, after all,...
Read MoreIf travelling through Colorado, make time to enjoy Downtown Denver. With five hours to kill last week, I did just that. I can’t say this was enough time to uncover benchmarks and best practices. But it is hard not to be...
Read MoreLet’s all take a deep breath and chant together, “we all love both FedEx and Memphis.” In the last post, I dared to ask if it was okay to think about life after FedEx, a company that has given many of us jobs, insurance and...
Read MoreElvira Nabiullina, the Russian Minister of Economic Development and Trade, is developing a program to restructure “monotowns” or cities built around a single industry. She is also grappling with industry failures in some...
Read MoreSometimes we don’t need expensive consultants or years of study or the latest technology. Sometimes we may need to try to get more out of the resources we have. Sometimes all we need are good leaders to set some enthusiastic...
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by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →