Every year, the misuse of emergency medical services costs Memphis $20 million in budget shortfall. Unnecessary calls double response times when dealing with a life-or-death emergency.

In the earliest plans for the city of Memphis, they were part of the Promenade – a section of public land that includes the city’s first public library, the river view behind what is now the University of Memphis Cecil C.

Neighborhood Preservation Inc., working with Innovate Memphis and others in the battle against blight, will launch the first phase of the Memphis Property Hub, an online source for data on Shelby County properties, with a training session for its users Wednesday

Innovate Memphis is charged with developing and delivering bold ideas that the Bluff City can implement to address some of its biggest challenges.

MEMFix, an event held Saturday in the Crosstown neighborhood, kicked off a larger City of Memphis strategy aimed at generating new business starts, growing existing businesses and increasing commercial occupancy rates in core city neighborhoods.