The Guardian of Memphis

The state pays us attention, somewhat. LOL. If they didn't, we wouldn't have gotten some of the funding to renovate FedEx Forum. I think there are so many mouths to feed in this state, and everyone wants to jockey in position to get what they want. Memphis gets blamed for its leadership (or lack thereof), which is agreeable to a point. It's not all 100% bad. Our new mayor wants to increase property taxes to pay for needed services. Current Tennessee Bureau of Investigation statistics show some areas of crime are down, but still a lot more work to be done. I'm happy that we have at least one major sports team, and also proud that they've been here for going on 20 years.

I agree with these realistic approaches. Maybe it would take another developer to tackle the properties. Don’t have to have 3 huge developments at once - maybe just one high rise at a time. There must be a way to think outside the box rather than settling for low rises. Seems like there should be demand for St. Jude employees, visitors, plus convention center visitors. Intrator waited too long on this. The Pinch is the perfect destination and could hopefully be a second entertainment area for those groups since Beale is far away.

Seems like a lot of waiting could be had. There isn’t a stop further north on Madison, near Front? Maybe it could reverse easily there.

It will be interesting to see how the light rail cars and trolleys intersect at Madison and Main. Hopefully more density will happen near the Cleveland/Madison intersection.

I'm hoping this doesn't put a damper on the dock expansion projects the city proposed.

It's much needed. Going north from FedEx Forum is where all the activity is. South of Beale needs more vibrancy. This excludes South Main.

I hope this was a joke. The Medical District Collaborative Board should block this super fast. Can they do that?

Whatever happened to Morgan Keegan being renovated into apartments?

Medical District development Vic on Union scales down, receives PILOT extension Glad to know this project will go forward and hasn’t been scrapped as we thought. I thought this was an encouraging quote from the article: “When we picked Memphis, we did it because we saw a long-term opportunity to grow as Memphis is growing.” Yeah baby!!

Shoutout to Fred Smith! Flex ya muscles dude! LOL.

It IS unique - this is the type of style that needs to be on Beale anyway. Speaking of the Edge District, what is going on with the Rise at the Ravine, especially where Coleman Taylor used to be?

I would hope they would have a shuttle to take them where they need to go.

MIM BBQ fest is moving to Liberty Park. Thoughts anyone?

Great news indeed! It would've been nice to see MLGW build something new or relocate downtown, but all in all, very excited to see what will happen! I guess Paul Young had to flex his muscles before the election. LOL. The Downtown Master plan is coming to fruition. Glad that old MLGW will be torn down - it never fit anyway. That's a good piece of real estate too. So is the leadership still bad?

The city should throw its name in the hat. Be proactive and aggressive. At least we'd know where we stand. Probably need more population here for added support. AZP doesn't look like it'll be able to expand from the looks of the Brewers stadium, but what do I know. I'd like to see what the new mayor, whoever that is, has planned for this type of stuff.