Author: Smart City Memphis

There nothing more painful to us than the comments by young people who tell of their plans to relocate as soon as possible or by those who already have moved and urge others to join them. It’s painful to us for two reasons: 1)...

How do you cut through the status quo and imagine a different future?Our guests this week have successfully answered that question, one as mayor and one as civic entrepreneur. Stephen Goldsmith was the two-term mayor of...

This post was previously published as Memphis magazine’s City Journal column:It’s hard to find a major U.S. city these days that isn’t experimenting with creative policies and programs that aren’t breathtaking in their...

We’ve been inviting readers to join in our discussion about the meaning of the recent mayor’s election, and we received an email from longtime Democratic Party strategist David Cocke, and with his permission, we are posting it...

We’re always impressed by the quality of comments that we receive and the provocative opinions left by readers. Much of this normally takes place below the radar (down among the comments), but we thought the following comments...

Here’s the most telling statistic from the election for Memphis Mayor:* Willie W. Herenton 16.38 percent* Carol Chumney 13.35 percent* Herman Morris 8.21 percentThose are the percentages of the total number of Memphis registered...

In light of yesterday’s election, we reprise a post from three months ago. We’ll have more to say on the elections in the coming days, but we need to start thinking now about where we’ll find the new faces and...

A few months ago, we asked you for a list of Memphis’ great streets and neighborhoods as a result of American Planning Association’s project to find the best in the U.S. We thought you might be interested in who made...

Many things influence the way we experience the urban environment – the history of the place, certainly its form, others who share the space with us, even the sounds and smells. Our guests this week are shaping urban...

Well, we guess you have to start somewhere.But it would seem that only in Germantown would eating on a restaurant patio constitute a blow for smart growth.And yet, four G’town businesses are willing to take this bold step in...