From 2007: Memphis Music Revolution 2.0
In the wake of the release of the recent Sound Diplomacy blueprint for Memphis Music, it’s not...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 20, 2025 | Arts and Culture, City of Memphis Government | 0
In the wake of the release of the recent Sound Diplomacy blueprint for Memphis Music, it’s not...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 17, 2025 | Arts and Culture, City of Memphis Government, Economic Development | 0
Now, for the hard part. Memphis has its latest blueprint for the future for music, this one by...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 11, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, Planning and Urban Design | 0
A favorite economist and urban thinker is Joe Cortright whose wisdom is regularly posted to his...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 6, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, John Branston | 0
By John Branston Have you noticed that the escalators are not working at the celebrated Memphis...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 20, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Shelby County government, Taxation | 0
Memphis City Council is poised to raise the city hotel-motel tax to its maximum of 5.0%, an...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 3, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, John Branston | 3
By John Branston The line forms this week outside the door of Mayor Paul Young’s office on...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jan 15, 2025 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Economic Development, Planning and Urban Design, Politics and Government, Poverty, Taxation, Tennessee Legislature | 0
The following blog posts were the most read in 2024: 1) City Council’s New Salary-Setting Power...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 18, 2024 | City of Memphis Government | 2
Elon Musk’s supercomputer project and 86 other MLGW industrial customers pay a discounted rate for...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 9, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Shelby County government, Tourism | 0
Guests in Memphis hotels regularly suffer from sticker shock when they check out. That’s because...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 2, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Parks and Greening, Transportation | 0
There are so many reasons to take a new and bold look at the street network in downtown Memphis,...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 25, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Federal Government | 0
The 3,000 residents of Boxtown on the east side of the Horn Lake Cutoff in southwest Memphis know...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 20, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Leadership | 0
So, now, Memphians will see if they have put the foxes in charge of the henhouse. That’s...
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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.