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By Staff on December 5, 2011
By Sydney Ashby Just like the character Two-Face in Batman, Josh Somes’ fate was decided by the toss of a coin. When he returned to Memphis after living in Kansas City, he and his wife, Deidre, had to decide which one of them was going to work on their rental properties and which one was [...]
Posted in Community News, Green/Eco | Tagged beautification, Cooper Young, eco, energy, green, Project Ginkgo |
By Staff on October 31, 2011
By Debbie Sowell Well, leave it to Cooper-Young to show out for Halloween. As the judges were driving around to choose the Great Pumpkin Award winners, it was great to see the creativity of our neighborhood. There were moving body parts, noise makers, fog machines, and lights. There was everything from creepy, homemade tombstones to a store bought, [...]
Posted in Awards, Community News, CYCA | Tagged beautification, Cooper Young, neighbors |
By Staff on September 3, 2011
By Sydney Ashby Do not let the fact that Sandy Furrh’s yard is composed mostly of perennials make you think that she doesn’t work hard each week to keep her yard beautiful. Although she is not planting flowers and shrubs each year, you can bank on the fact that she will be up early every [...]
Posted in Yard of the Month | Tagged beautification, Cooper Young, CYCA, green, neighbors |
By Staff on July 30, 2011
By Sydney Ashby You would not notice it by walking or driving by 2072 Oliver, but there is an oasis just up the front porch steps. Lisa Marr and Steve Lancaster, along with her daughters, Brittany and Mallory, have created a lovely, shaded area on their front porch that is easily ten degrees cooler than [...]
Posted in Yard of the Month | Tagged beautification, Community News, CYCA, green, Yard of the Month |
By Staff on July 30, 2011
By Mandy Grisham A little over 3 years ago a unique partnership developed between the Cooper-Young community and our little neighborhood school, Peabody Elementary. You may remember that spring day when everyone came together to completely makeover the playground behind the school. For those involved, it was an amazing 4 months of planning with Kaboom!, [...]
Posted in Education | Tagged beautification, Cooper Young, family, kids, neighbors, Peabody Elementary |
By Staff on July 2, 2011
By Sydney Ashby Since moving to the United States from Vienna, Austria in 1956, Charlotte Dunn has spent all but three months in and around the Cooper-Young area. Those of you who have been in the neighborhood awhile may remember Charlotte’s Place on Cooper at Peabody (where Eclectic Eye is now), or as it was [...]
Posted in CYCA, Yard of the Month | Tagged beautification, CYCA, green, Yard of the Month |
By Staff on July 1, 2011
By Kristan Huntley Many may have thought Mike Earnest crazy when he decided to come out of semi-retirement and use his personal savings to begin Midtown Nursery. Three years later, Mike is still going strong, talking to customers and enjoying the outdoors, even in the Memphis heat. Prior to beginning Midtown Nursery, Mike Earnest was [...]
Posted in Business, Community News, Green/Eco | Tagged beautification, Community News, green, Yard of the Month |
By Staff on June 4, 2011
By Sydney Ashby If you drive down Nelson Avenue between Barksdale and McLean, chances are you will see Georgia Woods outside either working in her yard or sitting on her front porch. She moved into 1845 Nelson in 2005, and the only item in her yard was a small white oak tree that needed some [...]
Posted in Community News, CYCA, Yard of the Month | Tagged beautification, Community News, neighbors, Yard of the Month |
By Emily on April 2, 2011
By Kristan Huntley When was the last time you used that kitchen gadget that was supposed to deseed your strawberries? How often do you use that hand-me-down chair to sit in and not as a coat rack? Do you really still use that pair of roller skates? Well, now it is time to weed out [...]
Posted in Community News, CYCA, Events, Green/Eco | Tagged beautification, Community News, CYCA, green, midtown, neighbors, Yard sale |
By on January 31, 2011
By Kristan Huntley On Saturday, January 8, several brave volunteers bundled up and came out to help clean up the area around the McLean trestle. There were many, many leaves packed on the sidewalk and the street, posing a pedestrian hazard and possible issue with storm water drainage. With an impending snow, the clean up [...]
Posted in Community News | Tagged beautification, neighborhood clean-up, Volunteers |
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