New Report: Affordable Housing Trust Fund research completed by UNC Morehead Cain Scholars
In summer 2024, our latest cohort of Morehead Cain Scholars completed new research on the City of Memphis’ Affordable Housing Trust Fund and presented their findings to Mayor Paul Young and his executive leadership team. The resulting research report and presentation include insights on Memphis’ current housing landscape and challenges, how peer cities have developed […]
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Eviction Courtwatch Data Release
April 2023 From March 18, 2021 to August 2, 2021 the research team observed the eviction proceedings of the Shelby County, TN General Sessions Civil Court. Each week during this period, researchers were given eviction dockets that provided them with relevant information to follow legal proceedings in the courtroom and complete these surveys. Throughout the […]
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Reimagining the Civic Commons: A Case Study by Urban Institute
August 4, 2020 | Urban Institute For the past four years, Memphis has been proud to participate in Reimagining the Civic Commons, the national initiative to advance ambitious social, economic and environmental goals through transformed public spaces. Participating in this network has helped our project team better engage with the community and create solutions for […]
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Memphis Affordable Housing Trust Fund
High Ground News Podcast: An affordable housing trust fund for Memphis Paul Young, director of the city’s division of housing and community development and John Paul Shaffer, executive director of BLDG Memphis, discuss the recent creation of a local trust fund that will help support the creation and preservation of affordable housing.
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Memphis Medical District Collaborative: Catalyzing Change on a Community Level
Memphis Medical District Collaborative: Catalyzing Change on a Community Level November 11, 2018 Between July and September 2018, The Democracy Collaborative and Innovate Memphis conducted a review of MMDC’s work during its first two years of operation. This research process was composed of a review of baseline anchor data, stakeholder surveys, and current program data; […]
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Bus System Overhaul Would Shift Balance of Service to More Frequency
Bus System Overhaul Would Shift Balance of Service to More Frequency April 10, 2018. Memphis Daily News Coverage of the results of the report for Memphis 3.0
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Lowering Crime + Reviving Neighborhoods
How Memphis is lowering crime and reviving neighborhoods Dec 16, 2014 | CNN n the face dwindling budgets and changing societal needs, the nation’s mayors are using innovation to solve their most pressing problems. With support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, five mayors have deployed innovation teams to deliver creative solutions that improve the lives of their […]
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MEMFix Lessons
Build it and they will learn: lasting lessons from temporary MEMFix projects Oct 14, 2014 | High Ground News High Ground takes a look at the roots of the tactical urbanism movement in Memphis, beginning with the surprising success of Broad Avenue. With the support of adaptive city leadership and invigorated neighborhood stakeholders, each MEMFix […]
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South Land MEMFix
South Land MEMFix Memphis Flyer | Oct 10, 2013 The concept for MEMFix is gatheting attention with a neighborhood block party to reactivating streets and vacant storefronts. Previous events have been held in Crosstown and the University of Memphis area. This article highlights the South MEMFix is a partnership between the mayor’s team, the LeMoyne-Owen […]
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