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By on July 1, 2010
By Brett Ragsdale I hope everyone knows by now what is happening at the fairgrounds site. No, I’m not talking about all the buildings being torn down around the Liberty Bowl nor the asphalt being ground into a pulp around the Coliseum. I’m referring to what seems now to be a small, 15 acre tract [...]
Posted in Business, Community News | Tagged development, fairgrounds, KROC |
By on July 1, 2010
By Aaron James The Memphis Regional Design Center (MRDC) remains hard at work with their efforts to create a Midtown Overlay District (MOD). As you may recall from our February article, the MOD represents proposed zoning restrictions that would supersede current, more generalized, zoning requirements. The MRDC has held a number of meetings over the [...]
Posted in Community News | Tagged development, midtown, MRDC |
By on March 28, 2010
Springing forward Spring is here! Yippee! Outdoor activities are already picking up, like quarterly clean-ups, preparing for the Art for Art’s Sake Auction on the 10th of this month, our own spring cleaning at the office….OH BUT WAIT! Have you heard the good news? CYCA has purchased the building at 2298 Young. Owning our own [...]
Posted in CYCA, Letters from the President | Tagged board, board elections, CYCA, development, fairgrounds |
By on February 27, 2010
Fairgrounds Update * Greening As you no doubt have seen by now, the structures from the Libertyland Amusement Park have been removed from the property. Two additional packages of demolition are scheduled to take place over the course of this spring and summer. This demolition will include barns and other structures which were once used [...]
Posted in Community News | Tagged Community News, development, fairgrounds, Libertyland |
By on January 30, 2010
Build Memphis up, not out, with a Midtown Overlay District As an architect, I wholeheartedly embrace the evolution of our built environments—when handled properly. I would much rather see Memphis focus on infill than recklessly continue her century-old tradition of white flight and eastern sprawl. As such, I applaud the efforts of the groups working [...]
Posted in Letters to the Editor | Tagged CYDC, development, midtown, MOD, MRDC, planning |
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