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 July 2, 2011
By Lillian Johnson Memphis Light Gas & Water, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Memphis Public Library have teamed-up to offer two new programs to help Shelby County residents reduce energy consumption: Get EnergySmart @ Your Library and Kill-A-Watt Checkout. Get EnergySmart @ Your Library is a two-hour workshop that imparts practical tips and offers hands-on instruction. [...]
Posted in Events, Green/Eco | Tagged Education, energy, Energy Smart, MLGW |
By on October 28, 2010
By Debbie Sowell Cooper Young is still working hard for a win in the Smallest User Contest. This sculpture, located at the CYCA office at 2298 Young, is a prototype of the larger sculpture that will go to the winning community. We are still wanting to hear what you are doing to conserve energy for [...]
Posted in Green/Eco | Tagged eco, energy, smallest user |
By on September 3, 2010
By Bill Bullock Most of us don’t give a lot of thought to what fuels power the energy using devices in our homes. It may not seem like it, but we actually have some energy fuel choices. Some options, such as lighting your house with natural gas, heating your home with electric resistance heat, or [...]
Posted in Green/Eco | Tagged eco, energy |
By on July 2, 2010
By Bill Bullock The electricity network, all the way from generation to a customer’s meter, is similar to a highway system. If roads are built to handle all traffic smoothly during the few hours per week of rush hour then they are significantly over-built for the rest of the time. Often, there is a compromise [...]
Posted in Community News, Green/Eco | Tagged eco, energy, MLGW |
By on April 29, 2010
By Bill Bullock This is the third in a series of articles on energy use and practical information to help a resident of Memphis make wise decisions regarding ways to lower energy consumption and overall utility costs. In midtown, most of our homes were built before modern air conditioning was available. Many homes incorporated design [...]
Posted in Education, Green/Eco | Tagged eco, energy, green, tips |
By on April 28, 2010
By Amy Dunbar Green is everywhere. From bumper stickers, to logos on t-shirts, Cooper-Young is busting with shades of green. These shades are not the colors found in a crayon box or the colors of the trees and bushes. Rather, they are shades of attitude regarding energy conservation. I recently completed research, which was done [...]
Posted in Community News, Goings On!, Green/Eco | Tagged Community News, energy, events, green, smallest user |
By on March 28, 2010
By Bill Bullock This is the second in a series of articles on energy use and practical information to help a resident of Memphis make wise decisions regarding ways to lower energy consumption and overall utility costs. Last month’s article discussed how to reduce energy usage and save money when it comes to heating your [...]
Posted in Community News, Green/Eco | Tagged Community News, eco, energy, green, smallest user, tips |
By on March 4, 2010
I’ll just be forthright and say that I am not happy with the fact that Cooper Young is losing The Smallest User competition. Well, let me clarify. It’s not so much the losing that I have a problem with; it is the fact that it isn’t even a competition thus far. Cooper Young has never failed [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Community News, eco, energy, green, smallest user |
By on March 1, 2010
By Scout Anglin and Sutton Mora Hayes About 30 people turned out at First Congregational Church on January 27th for the launch of The Smallest User campaign to reduce energy consumption in the neighborhood. The Smallest User is a partnership between Cooper-Young Development Corporation (CYDC), the Evergreen Historic District Association, MLGW, and The University of [...]
Posted in Community News, Green/Eco | Tagged eco, energy, green, smallest user |
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