On November 1, 2010, Josh Whitehead was appointed by Mayors A C Wharton and Mark Luttrell, Jr., to serve as the Director of the Memphis and Shelby County Office of Planning and Development, which is responsible for land development planning within the City of Memphis and unincorporated Shelby County. The Office promotes the vision of [...]
The Coalition for a Better Memphis (CBM) will be conducting live interviews with each of the Memphis Mayoral and City Council candidates for the upcoming October election. CBM is in need of volunteers to help conduct the candidate interviews on Wednesday, September 7 from 8:30am to 2:30pm at the Urban Child Institute, 600 Jefferson Ave [...]
Join the Leadership Academy for a luncheon featuring five Academy Fellows who are driving the latest trends and policies that move our community forward. The panel will be moderated by Johnny Pitts of Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance, LLC and Mayor’s Luttrell and Wharton will provide opening remarks. The panel will feature: Al Bright, Chairman of EDGE [...]
The city of Memphis is known for so many things, especially the remarkable generosity of our people. Memphians take pride in our city and share a strong sense of community. This is what my vision of One Memphis has always been about – people working together, growing together to make our whole city stronger, safer [...]
As I’ve said for years, our community has got to tell its own story… or other people will tell it for us. In order to make Memphis a city of choice for professionals, families, and businesses, however, we need to decide how we want to be seen — not by using conventional branding or positioning [...]
For the third consecutive year Memphis –The Summer Experience was a sweeping success. As one of The Leadership Academy’s initiatives to recruit and retain knowledge workers in the city, the summer-long program introduces college students and recent college grads to their peers, established city leaders and the city of Memphis. After an eventful summer, over [...]
Elvis Week 2011 is under way. Check out the full schedule of events to help celebrate the Memphis and Rock n Roll legend. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) are conducting a Federal Certification Review for the Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).Your input is needed for the review process. Join the [...]
Parental involvement is one of the most deciding factors in a child’s success, which is why initiatives such as Mayor Wharton’s 1st annual Training Camp for Dads are so important. The one day camp will provide seminars and resources to engage, educate and empower fathers across our community. The event is free, open to the [...]
The Memphis Center for Independent Living will host an ADA Celebration on July 26, 2011 at the Hall of Mayors, 125 N. Main Street from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Speakers will talk about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, along with updates from the past year. Various people with disabilities will tell [...]
“Memphis is still very much in the early stages of these great developments and although momentum is being built, we are far from where we need to be. The envelope must continue to be pushed to advance entrepreneurship.”
