Gentrify Memphis

02/27/2020

A Ferris wheel is coming to Mud Island! See photo! 🎡

Memphis, look at this photo... and let’s dream. No, as of now this headline isn’t real, but SHARE THIS IF YOU WANT THIS A REALITY! Aren’t you tired of your tax dollars going to wasteful projects? I’m tired of being failed by organizations that aren’t being held accountable. We are pumping millions into Tom Lee Park (which is already well attended all year) while this amphitheater and Mud Island river park age, fall apart, and become more obsolete. Why don’t we invest in this ALREADY existing park with low attendance that use to host thousands of attendees a year and hundreds of concerts a year? Let’s approach this with SMART ideas and SMART design. Let’s shift 50-55 million of the funds being allocated to TLP to the river park, then do upgrades to TLP for 20-25 million. We need to keep what we have already built nice, up to date, and relevant. As a musician, I would love to play the amphitheater and ROCK”IT” MAN! 🚀

🎵Upgraded amphitheater, seating, and venue

🚈 Upgrade the extremely out of date tram over to the park

🎡Install a Ferris wheel and join Seattle and other leading cities with Farris wheels on their “porch” of their skyline

💦Upgrade the Mississippi River model and museum. Shine a light on this mighty river we cherish with all new info, interactions, etc.

🍴 Upgrade the event space, restaurant, and bar

02/27/2020

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanderark/2020/02/26/art-health-learning-in-community-a-vertical-urban-village-in-memphis/

A relic of the past can be transformed into a center that serves the community. Here's one such example from Memphis, where art, health, and learning are a core focus of a major revitalization project.

12/29/2019

Is Brooklyn like Memphis?

As a gentrifier myself, I decided to study how we justify what we're doing.

12/08/2019

Congratulations for following through with solutions. What is being done about the high crime in these areas? Everyone from the small homeowner to the national corporation wants to live and work without fear. Can they do it in these neighborhoods?

This two part series explores how race built Memphis. From a newly discovered 1930s redlining map to recent lawsuits, discriminatory housing policies have kept Black families from home ownership and Black neighborhoods from thriving.

12/01/2019

Don’t let our city’s homes go into disrepair.

THDA works with local partners to provide home rehab grants to low-income, elderly (60 years or older) and/or disabled homeowners. Funding is limited and homeowners must meet certain qualifications.

11/27/2019

‼️Attention‼️ The Community Development Grant applications are now open and to be accepted beginning December 3rd. See the attached flyer for more information!