Riverfront Redux
In response to Thursday’s posting of Carol Coletta’s letter about the riverfront, we received a complaint from a regular reader. We publish his comment here, followed by Carol’s reply:LibertyLarry said…...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 10, 2005 | Uncategorized
In response to Thursday’s posting of Carol Coletta’s letter about the riverfront, we received a complaint from a regular reader. We publish his comment here, followed by Carol’s reply:LibertyLarry said…...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
Did you ever notice how quickly those of us who are in the majority – this time, I’m thinking Christian – can advise the minority to quit being so sensitive and to be more tolerant about our religious intrusions into their...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 8, 2005 | Uncategorized
This article from today’s Chicago Sun-Times reports on research that began as part of our work at Coletta & Company (now Smart City Consulting) with economist Joe Cortright for Philadelphia, Atlanta, Portland,...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 8, 2005 | Uncategorized
The Commercial Appeal letter to the editor:If Memphians can’t make our riverfront a signature gathering place, what are we capable of doing? Your Dec. 5 editorial, “Land bridge going nowhere,” misses the fact...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 8, 2005 | Uncategorized
Please, mayor, say it ain’t so.In the wake of the release of the most insightful, thorough report on tax incentives for business ever written, Shelby County Mayor AC Wharton calls for creation of a committee.It’s not...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 7, 2005 | Uncategorized
The long-anticipated study of the city-county PILOT (payment-in-lieu-of-taxes) program is finally finished and the conclusion couldn’t be more clear and unequivocal: the present system is broken and cannot be fixed. The 97-page...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 6, 2005 | Uncategorized
From a Financial Times interview with Tom Friedman by Andrew Hill…”Sir John Rose of Rolls-Royce [said], “I think we’re going to move from developing, developed and under-developed countries to a category...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 6, 2005 | Uncategorized
A book review from the Philadelphia Inquirer:The Gang That Wouldn’t Write Straight Wolfe, Thompson, Didionand the New Journalism Revolution By Marc WeingartenCrown. 325 pp. $25Long-form journalism keeps taking punches to...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 6, 2005 | Uncategorized
From Nashville Tennessean:Lawmakers may have been in the dark, but Nissan North America’s consultant wasn’t when a new law came up for a vote last summer that would mean millions more taxpayer dollars for the car...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Dec 5, 2005 | Uncategorized
While we have questioned the ultimate usefulness of the Wharton-advocated development fees in correcting the fatally flawed tax structure that plagues our community, his proposal is not the devastating attack on the homebuilding...
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Since 2005, this has been Smart City Consulting’s blog with the aim of connecting the dots and providing perspective on issues and policies shaping Memphis. Editor and primary author is Tom Jones, columnist at Memphis magazine, author of two books and a museum exhibition, and consultant on public policy and strategic planning. Smart City Memphis was called one of the most intriguing blogs in the U.S. by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change; The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal wrote: “Smart City Memphis provides some of the most well-thought-out thinking about Memphis’ past, present, and future you’ll find anywhere,” and the Memphis Flyer said: “This incredibly well-written blog sets out to solves the city’s ills – from the mayor to MATA – with out-of-the-box thinking, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ideas.” If you have questions, submissions, or ideas for posts, please email Tom Jones, at tjones@smartcityconsulting.com.