What The National Civil Rights Museum Means To Memphis
There’s a tendency in our community for pessimism to overwhelm signs of progress and for negative...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Aug 5, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Civil Rights, Shelby County government, Tennessee Legislature
There’s a tendency in our community for pessimism to overwhelm signs of progress and for negative...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Aug 1, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice, Tennessee Legislature
Authoritarian politicians hate nothing more than when their rhetoric is factchecked. The recent...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 29, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Economic Development
The earlier Smart City Memphis post, June 12: Memphis and Musk While our daily newspapers have...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 27, 2024 | Cartoons
Former Memphian and Commercial Appeal cartoonist Bill Day is the recipient of numerous...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 25, 2024 | John Branston, Uncategorized
By John Branston What in the name of Pete Buttigieg is the matter with travel? Computer crashes,...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 18, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Taxation
The lack of curiosity by local government legislative bodies is staggering. This blog’s last post...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 15, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Shelby County government, Taxation
When Rick Masson, Robert Spence, and I negotiated the agreement to bring the Grizzlies from...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Former Memphian and Commercial Appeal cartoonist Bill Day is the recipient of numerous...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Jul 11, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Civil Rights, Poverty, Uncategorized
By Ava Crofford (they/them) croffoaa@mail.uc.edu This article is to bring awareness to digital...
Read Moreby 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 →
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, author of two books, and consultant on public policy. 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 that “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.