Please join us on April 26 at 2:00 pm to celebrate the grand opening of The Heights Line, a unique linear park that was once a trolley line. The event will take place at 761 National Street. Through the Accelerate Memphis initiative, this neighborhood-led project has transformed a portion of National Street into a pedestrian-friendly public space in North Memphis, enhancing connectivity and promoting a vibrant community atmosphere.
Beginning on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at about 6:00 a.m. and continuing through Friday, May 24th, 2024 at about 5:00 a.m., Riverside Drive between Georgia Ave and Union Avenue will be totally closed to through traffic for RiverBeat Music Festival and the SmokeSlam Barbecue event.
Beginning on Friday, April 19, 2024, at 9 a.m., City of Memphis crews will begin resurfacing work on Park Avenue between Lynnfield Road and Semmes Street. l
Beginning Monday, April 15, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., Manassas Street between Poplar Avenue and Lane Avenue will be closed
Traffic Alert: Beginning Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at 7:00 a.m., the section of Dr. MLK Jr. Avenue between South Main Street and South Second Street will be closed entirely to traffic.
North Second Street between Court Avenue and Adams Avenue and Jefferson Avenue between North Front Street and B.B. King Boulevard will be closed
Memphis, TN. Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Memphis Mayor Paul Young, in partnership with the African American Mayors Association (AAMA), announced the launch of the Black Mayors’ Coalition on Crime (BMCC), an initiative to harness the collective power of black mayors across the nation to fight crime. The inaugural meeting will take place in Memphis on March 27-28 and will host 21 mayors and their proxies from Washington D.C., IN, TN, MO, MS, LA, AR, GA, AZ, CA, and NC.
Monday, March 25, 2024 | The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will suspend all interstate construction work on Easter weekend in anticipation of increased holiday travel.
Mayor Paul Young announced Bloomberg Philanthropies selected Memphis as one of 25 U.S. cities to join Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities.
In alignment with Petco Love’s commitment to administer one million additional free pet vaccines, Memphis Animal Services (MAS) is set to host its third free dog vaccination event, extending its reach to the Orange Mound community.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) contract crews will be closing the northbound lanes of Germantown Road this weekend for repairs to the Wolf River Bridge.
WARMING CENTERS OPEN TONIGHT
City Solid Waste Division crews will honor the Presidents Day holiday, resulting in most customers who have regular trash collections on Monday having their trash picked up on Tuesday. (Please see map for those Monday customers who will have service on Tuesday).
The City of Memphis’ Division of Housing Community Development (HCD) joined forces with the Rhodes College Research-2-Action Collaborative, an initiative of the college’s Institute for Health Equity & Community Justice, to unveil the eagerly awaited “2023 State of Memphis Housing Report.”