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Earlier this year, Mayor Jim Strickland announced a multi-pronged plan to improve solid waste collection service across Memphis. After a thorough interview process and pending City Council approval, Mayor Strickland is pleased to announce that Albert “Al” Lamar will head up the newly formed Solid Waste Division within the City of Memphis.

The Memphis City Beautiful Community Grant Program is now accepting proposals of $500 or less to help support neighborhood projects in Memphis that fall within the focus areas of Litter Prevention, Waste Reduction, Recycling and Beautification/Community Greening.

Since launching on May 23, Explore Bike Share members have taken 25,522 trips, ridden 81,445 miles, and burned an estimated 3.2 million calories!

We believe in communicating regularly about what we're doing to reduce crime. Here's our most recent update.

There’s a reason I rarely, if ever, criticize other elected officials. There’s a reason I don’t participate in the games of partisan politics. There’s a reason I don’t always weigh in on the issues of other governments.

City of Memphis offices will be closed Thursday, November 22, and Friday, November 23, in observance of Thanksgiving.

Two pieces of good news for Memphis hit the surface this week, and they’re both potentially so big that I’m not quite sure where to start. So let’s tackle them both from the top of this week’s email.

The Memphis Area Transit Authority is actively seeking a startup that will help MATA develop a streamlined process for providing in-house transit city data.

Government and business leaders in Memphis announced today a proposed set of changes to the local economic development ecosystem designed to accelerate recent economic growth in Memphis and Shelby County.

City of Memphis offices will be closed and solid waste pickup will not run on Monday, November 12, in observance of Veterans Day.

We are pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Edmund Ford, Jr. as our new Financial Literacy Coordinator.

Back in the summer, MPD officer Jeff Creighton was injured when he was struck by a drunk driver while on duty. He has a long road ahead of him.

The City of Memphis continues to make strides in many areas in October, including a decrease in false alarms and euthanasia rate . There was also a continued increase in Library program attendance.

The City celebrated its new multiplex compound with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday morning.

A new scooter company started operating here today without obtaining a permit or entering into an operating agreement. Our ordinance requires these approvals, which the company had previously been told.

We can accelerate this growth. We’re finalizing plans to strengthen our community’s economic development model.

Road closures for RiverArtsFest have been announced. The festival will run October 27 and 28 on Riverside Drive between Jefferson Avenue and Beale Street in Downtown Memphis.