Originally from Iowa, I now call Memphis home. Below are just 3 reasons why I tell my friends they should make the move to Memphis. 1. There is ALWAYS something to do. In the 2+ years I’ve lived here I’ve never been bored nor have I ever felt the need to order cable tv. Grizzlies [...]
1. Overton Square is the literal and figurative heart of our city, where so many great Memphis neighborhoods intersect. Its rebirth will have a tremendously positive impact on Tucker-Jefferson, East End, Evergreen, Central Gardens, Idlewild, Lenox, Cooper-Young, and all of Midtown. 2. Mention “Overton Square” to pretty much any Memphian of any age, and they [...]
St. George’s Independent School is hosting its second annual Education Symposium on April 14, and it’s one you won’t want to miss! In partnership with LaunchYourCity, Inc. and Bioworks, St. George’s presents Entrepreneurial Citizenship: Responsibility, Civic Awareness, Engagement featuring dialogue and ideas about the importance of entrepreneurial citizenship in the 21st century, with local business, [...]
There’s a great new website by the folks at City Leadership, a local nonprofit. It’s called Choose901.com and it’s targeted toward young professionals looking for opportunities to invest their time and talents. The site highlights the sights, sounds and tastes that make Memphis a great place to live, work and play and features Memphians who [...]
Memphis is a musical city, and we all know it. MemphisConnect’s new series brings a pair of locally brewed musical treats for you every Friday around lunch time. Enjoy the first installment, featuring a tune from ground breaking funk/rock/soul band the Bar-Kays and one from a relatively new band from South Memphis, Black Rock Revival. [...]
Many of Memphis’ economic challenges relate to our relatively low percentage of college graduates in the population. In today’s economy workers without a degree will it difficult to land a job with earning power. Beyond the individual, the city itself suffers when competing to land industries and corporate relocations; Memphis can’t compete on a level [...]
Ashley Burkes exemplifies the brand of leadership that has become common in Memphis: an engaged grassroots leader determined to make a difference. She also proves the point about how easy it is to plug in and get involved in Memphis. Although she’s only lived in Memphis five years, she’s become a familiar face and passionate [...]
Research to Policy Eighty percent of our sensory connection to the world is through our eyes, and the development of vision is an extraordinary example of how early experiences combine with genetics to shape the brain’s developing architecture. The effects of a child’s vision development are far-reaching. At birth, a child uses her eyes to [...]
1. ‘A Note for Hope’, mural by Jeff Zimmerman at Redbirds Stadium. This project coordinated by a group of Rhodes College students as a summer public art apprenticeship during my transition from the leader of the CODA program at Rhodes to Executive Director at the UrbanArt Commission. The largest exterior mural in Memphis, it was [...]
Memphis is a city full of proud residents who are passionate about calling this community home! The Leadership Academy partners with The Commercial Appeal to feature members of our community who are proud to say “I Choose Memphis.” Name: Tim Ware Job Title: Founder and Executive Director Company: Veritas College Preparatory Charter School Length [...]
Nothing complements dinner like a great conversation. You can find some of the most interesting ones in the city April 12 when the University of Memphis College of Arts & Sciences holds its 2012 Great Conversations. Each year, these dinner conversations offer an exchange of ideas with professors and distinguished graduates on 23 wide-ranging topics, [...]
The Marcus Orr Center for the Humanities at the University of Memphis begins its Italian Film Series tonight. Tonight and for the next two weeks there will be FREE films at the University Center Theater. Just one more cool thing to do in Memphis that you might not know about. Or over at Rhodes College [...]
