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Accelerate Memphis: Invest in Neighborhoods
Recently Mayor Strickland gave a speech about some plans he had for the city of Memphis. "Accelerate Memphis: Invest in Neighborhoods", could include giving Mud Island some much-needed TLC, new green lines, rebuilding parks, mixed-used plazas, and possibly tearing down 100 N. Main which is the tallest building in Memphis. One of the planned libraries will be for Orange Mound. If you did not know the original Melrose High School sits facing Dallas Street and has been vacant for years. The plan states that funds will be spent to redevelop the building into a library and include senior housing units. The cost of this plan is $200 million! Please click here for the full article on what the plan includes. Byhalia Pipeline I am sure you all have seen the post about a possible oil pipeline being constructed that would run through predominantly black neighborhoods in our city. The problem with the pipeline is that it would run above the Memphis Sand aquifer and wellfield owned by MLG&W. This pipeline proposes a risk to our water supply and could possibly create a situation similar to the Flint water crisis. This is one of the times where we as a community must do our part to keep our city safe! Currently, there is a petition you can sign to oppose the pipeline, Protect Our Aquifer has a list of key individuals you may contact as well as talking points to bring up when contacting! Update: As of yesterday, Memphis City Council has delayed the vote on what will come of the pipeline so, there is still time to support the opposition. There is a Facebook page called MCAP (Memphis Community Against the Pipeline) that has a ton of helpful information. I will include a link to that page and other links with helpful information below. Protect Our Aquifer Byhalia Pipeline Article 02/23/21 Memphis City Council Meeting MCAP Slim and Husky’s Late last year Memphis got a Slim and Husky’s downtown and it is open for business. Slim and Husky is a gourmet pizza beeria founded by 3 friends who graduated from Tennessee State University together. The friends have opened a total of 7 locations! I have heard great things about the restaurant, and I can’t wait to try it out! This restaurant is black-owned so be sure to add them to your black-owned businesses to support. The Memphis location is at 634 Union Ave Memphis, TN 38103. See the link to Slim and Husky’s website here Trap Fusion Last November, Trap fusion opened a new location! 670 North Germantown Suite 14 gives the thriving restaurant its second location. You may visit the first location at 4637 Boeingshire Memphis, TN 38116 Whitehaven Development Plans are in the works to turn the former Graceland elementary location into a gated subdivision. The LeMoyne-Owen College Community Development Corporation is developing the subdivision and has offered Shelby County Schools $350,000 for the property. The subdivision will offer three, four, and five-bedroom homes and have prices ranging from $116,000 to 255,000. For more details on the subdivision click the link provided here. Tillman Cove A mixed-income apartment and townhome complex with retail space may soon find its way to Binghamton. The complex will replace the old Tillman Cove apartments and will be addressing the shortage of quality affordable housing in the area. The project would include a commercial space, a fitness room, apartment leasing office, central green space, community garden, and a pedestrian connection to the green line. For more information on the project click here. Hero Empowerment Center A $50 million superhero themed Empowerment Center may be making its way to Hickory Hill. The Heal the Hood Foundation of Memphis started a crowd-funding campaign through GoFundMe for the project which will be an entertainment, education, and community-service complex. Construction for the project may start this year as the land for the project has already been secured. For more information on this project and its creator click here Maciel's Maciel’s has a new location in Cooper-Young. 820 S. Cooper St. has patio seating that will be available during the warmer months. We can expect specialty cocktails to be added to the offerings at this location with a selection of limited beers. See the link for the full story here Chick Fil A Summer is getting a Chick Fill A at 449 Summer Ave! The popular fast-food restaurant will be built where The House Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church used to be. Adopt a park Remember how you could Adopt-A-block? Well, you can adopt a park too! If you are looking for an opportunity to give back and to help keep neighborhoods looking and feeling beautiful this is an initiative to get involved with. Contact Memphis City Beautiful about adopting a park as well as to obtain more information about the program. I have also provided a link to an article where park adopters talk about the difference them adopting a park has made and why other people should adopt a park too! See link here! MGLW Update Please continue to conserve and boil your water. We are still under the precautionary boil water advisory where we are to bring our water to a rolling boil for three minutes. Please call 901-528-4465 if you see water coming out of the ground or out of homes and businesses. See the link to MLG&W’s website here. Food Desert Initiative Neighborhoods that are considered food deserts may soon have an initiative in place that would supply them with a new food option. An organizer by the name of LJ Abraham wants to place refrigerators with free food in high-poverty areas. Refrigerators located in communities such as Binghamton will have access to FREE frozen, pre-made, and non-perishable meals. The refrigerators will be stocked, cleaned, and maintained by volunteers! Businesses, community centers, or volunteers willing to donate or partner with this initiative can email 901communityfridges@gmail.com For the full article click here! Emergency Rental & Utility Assistance On March 1, 2021, an application for emergency rental and utility assistance will open for people in Shelby County. The application provided by http://home901.org/ will be online and applicants will have to provide proof that the pandemic has impacted their ability to pay. The $28.1 million was given by the federal government and will be split between the city of Memphis ($19.5) and Shelby County ($8.6). Memphis and Shelby County are also working with other entities to help with evictions. Click here for the full article. Delinquent Utility Accounts If you are homeless and looking to move but cannot obtain new utility services because of an old or delinquent account Shelby County Community Services Agency has funds available to assist with your delinquent account. Please call 901-222-4200 for assistance and more information. DGX Earlier this month DGX, a spinoff of the Dollar General brand, opened at 113 S. Main Street taking the place of Yao’s China Bistro. The store is said to offer fresh fruits, vegetables, cleaning supplies, home décor, a health and beauty section, and more. See more about the DGX brand here! Bonus: Medical District The medical district is seeing a lot of new development, so I decided to group these three development projects and make them apart of the bonus. 1030 Poplar Ave A vacant apartment complex at 1030 Poplar Ave. has caught the eye of a developer. If acquired the developer plans to tear down the current building and put up 66 studios and some one-bedroom units. Construction for that project could start next month if approved. For more information click here. Uptown’s Malone Park Commons Uptown’s Malone Park Commons, a vintage-style walkable neighborhood, will be welcoming its first set of residents on March 1, 2021. The homes are called cottages and have will rent from $600 to $1,400. The residence sits in the middle of a busy area as the Pinch District and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Snuff District, Grind City Brewery, and Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid are all within walking distance. If you work in the Medical District housing incentives are available for you! For more information on this unique housing project click here! URBN on Union A 55.7-million-dollar mixed-used development may soon be happening near Methodist University Hospital. URBN on Union would include 270 apartments, retail space, and a parking garage. The address for the project would be 1338 Union Ave if approved. Read the full article by clicking here. Links to all 3 articles can also be found here! Extra Bonus: If you are interested in being a vendor at the Memphis Farmers Market, located at S Front & W GE Patterson, the vendor application is open. Click on the link provided for more information! 2021 Vendor Link Here is a link to where you can find water distribution sites! Free Water Distribution Sites    This list continues to grow! Here are some Black Owned businesses for you to check out. I will leave an asterisk symbol (*) beside places I can give insight on. Think of it as your little black book, a directory to support your own.
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The S.O. What! Foundation* This organization helps youth overcome obstacles and eliminate excuses by providing hope, love, support, encourage, direction, and training. Memphis Urban League Young Professionals* This organization is a service oriented leadership organization promoting the development of young professionals and serving their affiliates through social and community actions. STS Enterprise* This organization is a development organization for high school and college students in the Mid-South. 901 Natural Cutie This organization's mission is to promote positive images, people and activities in the African American community. Cynthia Daniels & Co. This organization creates events for professionals. Cynthia Daniels & Co, is a full-service event planning and design company that specializes in executing large-scale corporate and social events. JUICE Orange Mound This organization exist to unite, empower, and support each resident in HISTORIC Orange Mound by finding and funding innovative ideas within the community. The Collective (CLTV) This organization's mission is to inspire and cultivate creativity within the our community, to provide a platform for African American artists in Memphis to display their talents, and use that creative expression as a vehicle to uplift our community. Just City Memphis This organization's mission is to advance policies and programs within Shelby County and the State of Tennessee that strengthen the right to counsel and mitigate the damage caused to families and neighborhoods as a result of contact with the criminal justice system. Taylor's World* This organization educates, promotes awareness, and provides a positive outlet for individuals who have become prisoners to issues and roadblocks. Facebook and Instagram @mytaylorsworld Perfectly Me & Proud LLC. This organization is committed to eradicating stigma and low self-esteem in women by embracing, educating, and empowering the total woman. Facebook and Instagram @Perfectly Me & Proud Memphis is filled with history so, I wanted to share ways to really embrace and indulge in the culture! Places to Visit The museum that showcases 260 artifacts and interactive media covering five centuries of African American history, The National Civil Rights Museum. The museum is Located at the Lorraine Motel www.civilrightsmuseum.org/ Learn more about slavery when you visit one of the Underground Railroads safe haven stops for slaves on their way to freedom, Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum. Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum is housed inside the historic Burkle Estate that was owned by a German immigrant apart of the anti-slavery movement. www.slavehavenmemphis.com/ Now, at first I wasn't too sure about this one. I have always just walked straight passed this place because I wasn't certain what information it held but according to the website The Cotton museum will tell the complex history of cotton and it's contributions to the city. Let me know how it goes! memphiscottonmuseum.org/ Take a trip Downtown and check out the Withers Collection Museum and Gallery located on Bale street. View photos taken by the legendary Dr. Ernest C Withers who was a trained military photographer and one of the first nine African Americans appointed to the Memphis Police Department. His collection features life during the Civil Rights movement, the 20th century, and present day. www.thewitherscollection.com/ Celebrate musician greats like B.B. King, W. C. Handy, Isaac Hayes, Hank Crawford and research the impact Memphis has had on music by going to the Blues Hall of Fame, Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Sun Studio, Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum or W.C. Handy Home and Museum. blues.org/ staxmuseum.com/ www.sunstudio.com/ www.memphisrocknsoul.org/ wchandymemphis.org/ Take a trip to the first African-American neighborhood and stop by "The CMPLX" to celebrate the art created by today's Memphis talent! Brought to us by way of The Collective, The CMPLX is a black owned art gallery and event space displaying the creations of native Memphians. http://www.thecltv.org/ Events to Attend Events will be posted as they are scheduled! You may find them here as well as on the event calendar. Happy 2021!! Last year threw a lot our way BUT we made it through and I can't wait to see what 2021 has in store for us! As you all may know I've been taking a break from blogging but during my quiet time I've been wondering what is it that you all really want to hear about. So! I decided to do a survey. Answer the questions below to let me know what topics are really important to you or just stuff that you would like to see on the page. This blog isn't just for me so I definitely want to make sure that useful content is being displayed. Thanks in advance for taking a moment to help keep Plug901 current and may 2021 continue to be full of peace, growth, grace, and prosperity! Back in December of 2017 I created a blog called Main Street Eats. I was working Downtown where you can find some of the best food in Memphis and decided to share some of my favorite restaurants. Of course since then restaurants have been added and some have closed so I decided to update it but this time it'll be called Downtown Eats! I'm back working downtown, back exploring and back living my best foodie life. List of Finds: 901 Wings 97 N Main Street Memphis, TN 38103 Food Truck Thursday Court Square Center 62 N. Main Street Memphis, TN 38103 Cafe Keough 12 S. Main Street Memphis, TN 38103 City Market 66 S. Main Street Memphis, TN 38103 Aldo's Pizza Pies 100 S. Main Street Memphis, TN 38103 Margie's 901 Homemade Ice Cream and Cakes 125 S. Main Street Memphis, TN 38103 Pontotoc Lounge 314 Main Street Memphis, TN 38103 Rizzo's Diner 492 S. Main Street Memphis, TN 38103 Curry N Jerk 126 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 Sage 94 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Tailor's Union (The Pocket) 115 Union Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 The Vault 124 GE Patterson Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 Chef Tam's 668 Union Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 Hooters 250 Peabody Pl Suite 101, Memphis, TN 38103 Huey's 77 S 2nd St, Memphis, TN 38103 Maciel's 45 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Fam on Madison 149 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 Majestic 145 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Hu Diner 3 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Catherine and Mary's 272 S Main St ste 105-a, Memphis, TN 38103 Swanky's 272 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 SOB 361 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Bishop 545 S Main St #111, Memphis, TN 38103 Bar Hustle/Hustle and Dough 477 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Puck Food Hall 409 South Main Street First Floor, Memphis, TN 38103 The Arcade 540 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Ernestein and Hazel 531 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Eight & Sand 545 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Cheesecake Corner 113 E GE Patterson Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 Flava House 95 S Main Street Ste 105 Memphis, TN 38103 Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken 310 S Front St, Memphis, TN 38103 Bardog Tavern 73 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 117 Prime 117 Union Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 Miss Polly's Soul City Café 154 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103 Willie Moore's (t) 109 N Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Alcenia's (t) 317 N Main St, Memphis, TN 38103 Texas De Brazil 150 Peabody Pl Ste 103, Memphis, TN 38103 Sunrise Memphis 670 Jefferson Ave, Memphis, TN 38105 Tamp and Tap 122 Gayoso Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 Edge Alley 600 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 B.B. Kings Blues Club 143 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103 Central BBQ 147 E Butler Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 Automatic Slims 83 S 2nd St, Memphis, TN 38103 Blue Fin 135 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38104 Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous 52 S 2nd St, Memphis, TN 38103 And there you have it! A list of all of my Downtown favorites! Let me know if you all visit any the places listed or what your favorite menu items is if you have already been. Happy Tasting! This month I will be turning 30 and saying goodbye to my twenties so, to commemorate 29 here is a blog dedicated to the last year of a decade that brought me many things. 29 Days of Memphis is filled with things that scream Memphis, Memphis, Memphis, Memphis, Memphis the most beautiful land in the world. Also, each day of September I will TRY to post an activity from the list but remember this is my birthday month so don't be too hard on me if I miss a day! Be sure to follow me on Instagram as I explore and show you the real Memphis in 29 ways! Unfortunately some the activities listed we can't currently partake in but when we are Covid-19 free be sure to revisit this blog and have some good ole Memphis fun!
Bonus: 30. Plan a Stay-cation at a Popular Memphis Hotel I decided to throw an extra in here since I'll be 30 this week! To start off this new decade I'll be blogging about a stay-cation I take at the end of September. Stay tuned to see what Memphis hotel I pick to spend the weekend at and what adventures I get into! One Year to Grow on Quench Your Thirst There was absolutely no way I could finish this blog without mentioning something that has been the topic of many conversations and Memes, Memphis Water! I learned at an early age that all tap water was not equal! We would go out of town and have bottled water only but at home it could come straight out of the faucet! Later on I learned that was because of our sand aquifer. Memphis has some of the cleanest water in the world and some won't let you forget it. There is actually an organization dedicated to protecting our water supply. Click the link to read more about them! Protect Our Aquifer |
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