2012: Construction began on Greenbrier Apartments at South Front Street and East Nettleton Avenue, a $2.5 million, three-story development with 25 apartment units and underground parking.

1993: Tennessee Gov. Ned McWherter signed legislation creating TennCare as Tennessee’s version of Medicaid.

2. Council Tackles Budget, Tax Rate - Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Memphis City Council members take their first steps Tuesday, May 7, toward approving a city operating budget and property tax rate for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

The council meets at 3:30 p.m. at City Hall, 125 N. Main St.

3. Beale Street Landing Eatery Search Resumes - Wednesday, May 01, 2013

There were some signs early on that finding a restaurant operator for Beale Street Landing might be difficult.

The date for the restaurant to open kept getting pushed back and the contract remained unsigned long after it was announced that Beale & Second Inc. had tentatively agreed to operate the restaurant.

4. Beale Street Landing Restaurant Stalls - Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The Riverfront Development Corporation is looking for a new contractor to operate a restaurant in Beale Street Landing.

5. Lendermon Discusses Riverfront Access - Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Riverside Drive could work well if it lost a lane of automobile traffic in each direction, says the president of the Riverfront Development Corp.

6. Riverfront Report Highlights Quick Fixes - Wednesday, March 20, 2013

With a set of 20 Memphis riverfront plans and reports spanning several decades, urban planner and designer Jeff Speck’s mission wasn’t to add to the stack of documents, maps and renderings.

7. Speck Suggests Riverfront Remedies - Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Urban planner and designer Jeff Speck has told city government leaders that the recently renamed Jefferson Davis Park is the “obvious next opportunity” for riverfront development plans and represents a “big bang in an important place.”

8. Exterior Plans for Bass Pro Approved - Friday, March 08, 2013

Bass Pro Shops’ exterior building and site improvements for repurposing the city-owned Pyramid as a destination retailer were approved by the Design Review Board Wednesday, March 6, but the board asked for more time to digest the company’s controversial signage requests.

9. Exterior Plans for Bass Pro Approved - Thursday, March 07, 2013

Bass Pro Shops’ exterior building and site improvements for repurposing the city-owned Pyramid as a destination retailer were approved by the Design Review Board Wednesday, March 6, but the board asked for more time to digest the company’s controversial signage requests.

10. Spence Named Vice President at Riverfront Development - Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Dorchelle T. Spence has been promoted to vice president at Riverfront Development Corp. Spence, who formerly served as director of communications, will assume broader organizational responsibilities to focus on providing strategic direction in addition to marketing, public relations, advertising, community relations, programming and government relations.

11. Going With the Flow - Friday, February 15, 2013

When the world’s largest steamboat returns to Beale Street Landing on March 9, it will have a different look than it did almost a year ago when it came up the river from New Orleans to dock at its Memphis home port for the first time.

12. Riverfront Development Corp. Promotes Spence - Saturday, February 09, 2013

Dorchelle T. Spence has been promoted to vice president of the Riverfront Development Corp., the nonprofit with jurisdiction over the Memphis riverfront public spaces and amenities.

13. Riverfront Development Corp. Promotes Spence to Vice President - Thursday, February 07, 2013

Dorchelle T. Spence has been promoted to vice president of the Riverfront Development Corp., the nonprofit with jurisdiction over the Memphis riverfront public spaces and amenities.

14. Lyons Named Interim CEO Of Memphis Symphony - Saturday, December 08, 2012

Al Lyons has been tapped to serve as the interim CEO of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

He’ll serve in the position until a CEO search that’s now in progress is completed.

In addition to formerly working with the Bodine Co. as chief financial officer and president, Lyons has been involved as leader in arts organizations including the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, where he served as interim director from 2007 to 2008 and was president of the board of trustees in 2010 and 2011.

15. Lyons Named Interim CEO of Memphis Symphony Orchestra - Thursday, December 06, 2012

Al Lyons has been tapped to serve as the interim CEO of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

He’ll serve in the position until a CEO search that’s now in progress is completed.

In addition to formerly working with the Bodine Co. as chief financial officer and president, Lyons has been involved as leader in arts organizations including the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, where he served as interim director from 2007 to 2008 and was president of the board of trustees in 2010 and 2011.

16. River Business - Friday, November 30, 2012

From Thanksgiving through the first full week in December, four overnight cruise boats will have docked at the Memphis riverfront.

And the Riverfront Development Corp., which manages the riverfront for the city including Beale Street Landing, has been talking with one cruise company about more of the boats coming to Memphis.

17. Voices of the Past - Thursday, November 01, 2012

A new crop of historical markers and monuments is sprouting across the city in a move by several groups to broaden the span of the city’s recognized history.

Last week the UrbanArt Commission formally dedicated a statue by artist Vinnie Bagwell in Chickasaw Heritage Park that is the image of a Native American woman. Her sculpted cloak bears images from some of the history that followed the Native Americans who built the ceremonial mounds in the park around 1500 A.D.

18. River Walk Rehab - Thursday, October 11, 2012

What is 2,000 feet long, 30 years old, has 20 cities and can carry a leaf from Cairo, Ill., to the Gulf of Mexico in 40 minutes?

The Mud Island River Walk, a scale model of the Mississippi River, has seen a lot of changes since it opened as the dominant feature of the river park in 1982.

19. Downtown Memphis Commission Celebrates Progress - Monday, October 01, 2012

There was bicycle-powered smoothie preparation, an aerial circus-style art show, Beale Street Flippers, live music outside, a disc jockey inside, and food and drinks from Downtown restaurants and suppliers.

20. Civil War Cannons Go to Memphis Park - Thursday, September 06, 2012

Four reproduction Civil War cannons will be installed in Memphis’ Confederate Park, replacing real Civil War cannons that were sacrificed during World War II as part of a scrap-metal drive.

The park later displayed World War II cannons. Those were removed in 2009 to be renovated and placed in Overton Park’s Veterans Plaza.

21. Funding Brings More Changes to Riverfront - Tuesday, August 07, 2012

The world’s largest steamboat will have some company at Beale Street Landing. Water taxis would travel from the landing at the foot of Beale to the south end of Mud Island River Park and back as part of a still developing plan that last week secured $800,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

22. Making Way - Thursday, July 26, 2012

The $191 million transformation of The Pyramid into a Bass Pro Shops superstore by August 2013 will have an effect not only on local tourism but also on surrounding commercial real estate.

The 21,000-square-foot office building at 400 N. Front St. is a prime example. The 100-year-old space has been owned and occupied by Greg Ericson of Ericson Group Inc. for the last 14 years.

23. Landing Sign Approved Following Design Debate - Friday, July 13, 2012

The sign for Beale Street Landing turned out not to be a big deal for the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Design Review Board.

It’s larger than the planning standards and guidelines for that part of Downtown. But most on the board argued an exception was warranted and the sign could go bigger because of the scale of the project it is attached to. The sign was approved.

24. Events - Wednesday, July 04, 2012

The Daily News’ offices will be closed Wednesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Offices reopen at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, July 5, and will remain open during normal business hours.

25. 150 Years Later: City’s Role Remembered - Friday, June 08, 2012

The 150th anniversary of the Civil War arrived in Memphis this week with plans to return cannons to Confederate Park and lots of contemporary views about the battle of Memphis in which no cannons were fired from land.

26. Cordova’s Appling Lakes Sells for $26 Million - Monday, May 28, 2012

1385 Appling Road
Cordova, TN 38016
Sale Total: $26.4 million (27 TIC sellers)

27. RDC Files $9.8M Application for Beale St. Landing - Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Riverfront Development Corp. is preparing for the next phase of Beale Street Landing: development of a riverfront park. The organization has filed a $9.8 million building permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for the park.

28. Riverfront Rehab - Wednesday, May 16, 2012

As the American Queen steamboat docked Tuesday, May 15, at Beale Street Landing and left the same day for a trip to New Orleans, plans were under way for the restoration of another part of the riverfront just to the north – the cobblestones as well as a plaza and fountain at the foot of Union Avenue.

29. DRB Approves Cobblestone Work - Friday, May 04, 2012

The Design Review Board of the Downtown Memphis Commission has approved the cobblestone river landing project tentatively set to start work sometime this fall.

The review board is one of the final stops for the long-planned project to stabilize the cobblestones by the river as well as create a plaza at the foot of Union Avenue and allow public access to the river’s edge.

30. Cobblestone Plan Gets DMC Design Board Approval - Thursday, May 03, 2012

The Design Review Board of the Downtown Memphis Commission has approved the cobblestone river landing project tentatively set to start work sometime this fall.

The review board is one of the final stops for the long planned project to stabilize the cobblestones by the river as well as create a plaza at the foot of Union Avenue and allow public access to the river’s edge.

31. Our River Reflects City’s Past, Future - Monday, April 30, 2012

For decades, redevelopment of the city’s riverfront has been an elusive goal. Look at it over the years and you can see moves toward a goal of a riverfront that is once again busy – but busy for reasons different than those when the cobblestones represented the gateway to a 19th century logistics hub.

32. Gather at the River - Monday, April 30, 2012

About a year ago Memphians were drawn to one spot in particular on the city’s riverfront.

At the foot of Beale Street, the Mississippi River had risen last May to a level where the muddy water covered the intersection of Riverside Drive and Beale, offering a view of an uninterrupted river stretching three miles from the intersection to the levees in West Memphis.

33. Cook Named Director At Memphis Farmers Mkt. - Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Allison Cook has been named market director at Memphis Farmers Market. Cook brings her marketing and business management experience to the position, and also has volunteered at the market and its Harvest Celebration fundraisers for three years.

34. Events - Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force will host a meeting Tuesday, April 10, at 8:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Select, 160 Union Ave. Federal and state officials will discuss strategies to address water quality in the river basin and gulf. For details, contact Reginald Jackson at 501-352-7761 or reginald.jackson@ar.usda.gov, or Jeannine May at 601-260-0298 or jeannine.may@ms.usda.gov.

35. Showcasing the River - Monday, April 09, 2012

Leading up to Mud Island River Park’s 30th anniversary celebration, changes have been made everywhere from its logo to its concert series and even upgrades in areas that were damaged during last May’s Mississippi River flood.

36. River View - Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A river view alone isn’t enough for a restaurant to make a go of it on the Memphis riverfront.

And there are many examples to prove the point.

The old Harbor Landing restaurant on Mud Island has a beautiful view of the Memphis harbor and a slightly more distant view of the Mississippi River. There was once an old towboat on the cobblestones that offered the pleasures of dining on its decks. And One Beale Street also came with a view.

37. Planned Riverfront Grille Would Open in July - Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Riverfront Development Corp. is in the final stages of negotiations with Beale and Second Inc. to operate the restaurant at the Beale Street Landing project.

38. Marty Regan Blends Civic, Community Duties - Thursday, December 15, 2011

When Marty Regan looks out from his penthouse view at One Commerce Square, he sees an array of public and private partnerships that wouldn’t have been possible without real estate attorneys.

39. Farris Bobango Targets Expansion - Thursday, December 15, 2011

The law firm of Farris Bobango PLC has a proverbial “help wanted” sign outside its office doors in Memphis and Nashville.

Firm partner John Bobango said the firm, which was founded in the 1950s, is looking to expand its offices in both cities in specific practice areas.

40. Memphians Observe World AIDS Day - Monday, December 05, 2011

A procession of red rice paper sky lanterns delicately floated into an orange sky over Tom Lee Park in Downtown Memphis Thursday, Dec. 1, as the sun descended on the Mississippi River.

41. Events - Monday, November 21, 2011

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Memphis will host “Lunch with an Entrepreneur” Monday, Nov. 21, at noon at the FedEx Institute of Technology, 365 Innovation Blvd. Jason Gillum, president and founder of Millennium Search, will speak. For more information or to register, visit lunchwithanentrepreneur1121.eventbrite.com.

42. Fate of Ramesses Statue Still Hangs in Balance - Thursday, October 06, 2011

The fate of the Ramesses statue outside The Pyramid was delayed for another two weeks at City Hall as a Memphis City Council member again derailed the effort to move the monolith to the University of Memphis campus.

43. GASC Looks to Promising Future as Bookings Begin - Friday, September 23, 2011

There are a lot of bare walls in the offices of the newest tenant at One Commerce Square. But the offices of the Great American Steamboat Co. have a river view and the lobby houses a scale model of the company’s chief asset – the largest steamboat ever built.

44. Rollin’ on the River - Tuesday, August 30, 2011

With the announcement that two grand steamboats will soon begin trolling the Mighty Mississippi past Memphis – one of which will make the city its home port – the last few weeks have brought news for the city’s riverfront that’s definitely made some waves.

45. Riverboat News Points to Upswing Along River - Monday, August 29, 2011

With last week’s approval of up to $215 million in bonds for the city’s expanded Pyramid plus plans, the project Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s administration describes as the other anchor for riverfront development has been moving in quieter waters.

46. County Commission Reviews City Buyout of Convention Center - Thursday, August 18, 2011

Shelby County Commissioners reviewed Wednesday, Aug. 17, the city of Memphis’ plan to buy out the county’s share of the Memphis Cook Convention Center for $75 million.

The 6-1 vote in committee is a recommendation of the resolution that goes to the full commission Monday, Aug. 22, for a vote.

47. Bass Pro, Pyramid Project Grows - Thursday, August 18, 2011

The adaptive reuse of The Pyramid by Bass Pro Shops got about $105 million larger in scope this week.

The project now includes a $75 million city buyout of the county’s interest in the Memphis Cook Convention Center, $5 million more for what had been a $10 million city purchase of the Lone Star concrete facility by The Pyramid and a $25 million seismic retrofit of The Pyramid and the land bordering the Wolf River Harbor.

48. Council Approves Expansion of Pyramid Project - Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Memphis City Council members approved a bond resolution that expands the scope of The Pyramid renovation by Bass Pro Shops.

The project now includes a $75 million city buyout of the county’s interest in the Memphis Cook Convention Center, $5 million more for what had been a $10 million city purchase of the Lone Star concrete facility near The Pyramid and a $25 million seismic retrofit of The Pyramid and the land bordering the Wolf River Harbor.

49. Council Gets Details Of Pyramid Construction - Tuesday, August 16, 2011

When Memphis City Council members hear Tuesday, Aug. 16, that the Bass Pro Shops conversion of The Pyramid is again ready to move, they also will be asked to approve a pair of resolutions to finance a city buyout of county government’s interest in the Memphis Cook Convention Center as well as the development of the nearby Pinch District.

50. $10M Permit Filed for Beale Street Landing - Friday, August 12, 2011

Just days after the purchase of the American Queen riverboat by the Great American Steamboat Co. was announced, the Riverfront Development Corp. filed a building permit for the next phase of the Beale Street Landing project.

51. American Queen Steamboat Will Call Memphis Home - Wednesday, August 10, 2011

The city of Memphis now owns a $9 million interest in The American Queen steamboat, the only overnight cruise boat working the Mississippi River when it leaves its Memphis port in April.

When the U.S. Maritime Administration signed off on the sale of the massive steamboat to HMS Global Maritime and its Great American Steamboat Co. subsidiary this week, it was a milestone in a complex, fast-moving deal.

52. American Queen Seals GASC Move to Memphis - Tuesday, August 09, 2011

The sale of the American Queen to the Great American Steamboat Co. for $15.5 million has cleared federal maritime regulators and the CEO of the company said today the first cruise from the Memphis homeport will be in April.

53. Events - Friday, July 01, 2011

FRED’S, Frito-Lay and Bumpus Harley-Davidson are joining to raise funds to assist Staff Sgt. Russell Logan, a member of the Air National Guard, at a cookout Sunday, July 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bumpus Harley-Davidson, 325 S. Byhalia Road in Collierville. Logan lost his left foot while on patrol in Afghanistan. To make a contribution or for more information, call Bumpus at 316-1121.

54. Events - Thursday, June 30, 2011

The Madison Hotel will continue its Sunset Atop the Madison series Thursday, June 30, at 5:30 p.m. at the hotel, 79 Madison Ave. Preston Shannon will perform, and the evening will include drinks and a special menu. Admission is $7. For more information, call 333-1200.

55. Events - Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Talk Shoppe will present “The Mastermind Principle” Wednesday, June 29, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Hyatt Place, 9161 Winchester Road. For more information, call Jo Garner at 482-0354.

56. Mayor Wharton Shares Minority Biz Plans - Thursday, June 23, 2011

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. told a minority business forum his administration will begin questioning those who want to do business with the city about their use of minority and locally owned businesses in general.

57. ArtsMemphis' Schadt Wins Michael Newton Award - Monday, June 20, 2011

The 2011 Michael Newton Award was presented to Susan Schadt, president and CEO of ArtsMemphis, by Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization for advancing the arts. The award has been given annually since 1991 and recognizes exemplary leadership skills and extraordinary dedication to supporting the arts through a united arts fund. Schadt, who took her position at ArtsMemphis in 2002, received her award at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in San Diego.

58. Steamboats To Call Miss. River Home Once Again - Thursday, May 19, 2011

The overnight riverboat cruise business has certainly had its share of false starts in recent years. The trouble began in 2001, six years after The Delta Queen Steamboat Co. had the largest steamboat in the world built. The company went bankrupt and The American Queen went out of service.

59. Overnight River Cruises to Finance Beale Street Landing - Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. Tuesday outlined a plan to Memphis City Council members to bring overnight and multi-night riverboat cruises back to Memphis as headquarters for the Great American Steamboat Co. The deal would also provide the funding to complete the stalled Beale Street Landing project.

60. Flooding Forces Firm To Redesign BBQ Locale - Thursday, May 12, 2011

Following last Monday’s announcement that the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is moving from Tom Lee Park to the Mid-South Fairgrounds, planners had less than 48 hours to turn around the new design at Tiger Lane.

61. Special Coverage: Mid-South Flooding - Monday, May 09, 2011

Mud Island River Park Closed Indefinitely

Mud Island River Park closed Friday for safety reasons as the waters of the real Mississippi River flooded the park’s scale model of the Mississippi River.

62. Mud Island River Park Closed Starting Friday - Friday, May 06, 2011

Mud Island River Park closed Friday for safety reasons as the waters of the real Mississippi River flooded the park’s scale model of the Mississippi River.

Leaders of the Riverfront Development Corp., which runs the park for the city, cited the inability of emergency responders to get past flooded parts of service roads on the island in their decision to close indefinitely.

63. All Eyes Turn to Mississippi River - Thursday, April 28, 2011

The Mississippi River at Memphis officially went above flood stage Wednesday morning with a reading of 35.36 feet at 9 a.m.

That compared to a 33.7 foot reading 24 hours earlier. In between the two readings, the river reached 34 feet – the level that is considered flood stage in Memphis.

64. Event Planners Brace for Rising River, Outdoors Inc. Race Permanently Canceled - Tuesday, April 26, 2011

It’s not the rain here. It’s the rain going into the Mississippi River north of Memphis that is the cause for concern as the Memphis In May International Festival prepares to kick off this weekend.

65. Event Planners Brace for Rising River, Outdoors Inc. Race Permanently Canceled - Monday, April 25, 2011

It’s not the rain. It’s the rain going into the Mississippi River north of Memphis that is the cause for concern as the Memphis In May International Festival prepares to kick off this weekend.

66. Conference Pits MEM At Center of Aviation World - Tuesday, April 12, 2011

For five years Memphis International Airport executives and other civic leaders have worked on developing the city’s aerotropolis – the concept of an airport serving as a region’s economic engine.

The idea will be as public as ever – at least here – Tuesday, the second day of the Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition at The Peabody hotel. That’s when FedEx Corp. founder Frederick W. Smith and Delta Air Lines Inc. CEO Richard Anderson share the stage with University of North Carolina professor John Kasarda, the originator of the aerotropolis concept.

67. Harahan Boardwalk Backers Plan Return to Omaha - Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Memphis group working with Union Pacific Corp. to build a bike and pedestrian boardwalk across the Mississippi River will be at the railroad’s Omaha, Neb., headquarters next month.

68. An Overdue Thank You to Memphis - Friday, November 26, 2010

I’m thankful for home.

I’m in a serious relationship with this city. Unlike our casual visitors who have their one-night stands on Beale Street, love us and leave us during Memphis in May, lust after our barbecue from afar and sing our songs around the world, I wake up every day with Memphis.

69. Bass Pro Pyramid Creates Downtown ‘Gateway’ - Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has referred to The Pyramid plans as “The Gateway,” the new city name for a project that ties together other recent residential and commercial breakthroughs that stretch from the riverfront to the medical center.

70. SunTrust Files Permit for Uptown “St. Jude” Branch - Tuesday, June 29, 2010

600 A.W. Willis Ave.
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $720,000

Project Cost: TBA
Permit Date: Applied June 2010
Completion: First Quarter 2011
Owner: SunTrust Banks Inc.
Tenant: SunTrust Banks Inc.
Contractor: TBA

71. Webb Files $10M Permit For Beale Street Landing Project - Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Webb Building Corp. has filed a $10.4 million permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for work on the Riverfront Development Corp.’s Beale Street Landing project.

72. Bass Pro and Beyond - Monday, June 14, 2010

"Adaptive reuse” is the term for what city leaders hope will happen at The Pyramid.

Throw in the Mid-South Fairgrounds and the Beale Street Landing projects, though, and “adaptive reuse” seems inadequate to define what is happening among the three concepts.

73. Funding Questions Haunt Beale Street Landing Project - Friday, May 14, 2010

The president of the Riverfront Development Corp. said earlier this week the organization may have been too aggressive in pursuing the Beale Street Landing project, even when federal stimulus funding dried up.

74. Charter Commission Begins Work On Metro Financial Structure - Friday, May 07, 2010

Metro Charter Commissioners haven't divided the services of a consolidated local government into urban and general services districts yet.

But Thursday the group approved a set of recommendations that give some shape to metro government finances.

75. Work Begins Installing Court Avenue Bridge - Friday, April 30, 2010

A new 200-foot long elevated pedestrian bridge spanning Court Avenue was delivered Downtown, where workers began installing it Thursday.

The bridge installation is part of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law/Confederate Park Public Access project led by the Riverfront Development Corp.

76. Lease Agreement Appears Close For Bass Pro - Thursday, April 29, 2010

Lease negotiations for The Pyramid are going so well, an e-mail may seal the deal, said Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.

City leaders and Bass Pro Shops executives are scheduled to meet Thursday in Springfield, Mo., at the headquarters of the outdoor retailer.

77. Much Care, Work Goes Into Law School Transformation - Thursday, January 14, 2010

As the new University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law has come to fruition this winter, it has been difficult not to feel the presence of the building’s former lives.

But none of those lives has remained completely intact in a series of renovations since its 1884 debut as the U.S. Customs House.

78. Mud Island Makeover - Monday, November 30, 2009

In August 1976, Roy Harrover, the Memphis architect who designed such landmarks as Memphis International Airport, Memphis College of Art and the NBC Bank Building wrote a six-page description of a project then known as Volunteer Park.

79. Mud Island Offers Halloween Night Fun - Tuesday, October 20, 2009

“Halloween on the Island,” an event that attracted 3,000 people last year, will take place again Oct. 31 rain or shine at Mud Island River Park from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The event offers families a place to celebrate the holiday in a safe environment. Activities this year will include a Haunted River Walk with trick-or-treat stops along the way, hayrides, haunted train rides, games, prizes and candy. Admission to the event, which is sponsored by Riverfront Development Corp. and Clear Channel Radio in partnership with Mud Island River Park, is $2.

80. New Leaders Work to Reinvigorate Downtown Neighborhood Association - Tuesday, September 22, 2009

New leadership within the Downtown Neighborhood Association has increased membership by 20 percent over the past two months as the organization rebuilds from a period of turmoil.

Terry Woodard, the new DNA president, said the organization is striving for more than a number goal with membership.

81. Lendermon: Cobblestones Must Be Preserved - Monday, August 17, 2009

The Memphis Cobblestone Landing takes up about 600 yards of riverfront that dates back to the 1800s. The cobblestones, where boats unloaded and loaded cotton, other goods and passengers, are on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Cotton Row District.

82. City Launches Effort To Reopen Historic Homes - Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Two of the most historic structures in the city shuttered several years ago because of budget cuts are one step closer to reopening.

The city of Memphis is looking for a private management entity to operate and market the Mallory-Neely House, a 25-room mansion at 625 Adams Ave. built in 1852, and the Magevney House, a small clapboard cottage at 198 Adams Ave. built in the 1830s.

83. Bares to Give Council Medical Center Update - Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Dr. Steve Bares, president of the Memphis Bioworks Foundation, is scheduled to give an update today to Memphis City Council members about the progress of his nonprofit foundation, as well as the growth of the Memphis Medical Center.

84. Events - Friday, April 24, 2009

The Germantown Athletic Club will host the Father-Son Grand Slam BBQ event today at 5:30 p.m. at Charles Vergos’ the Rendezvous, 52 S. Second St. After dinner, fathers and sons are invited to watch the Memphis Redbirds play the Nashville Sounds at 7:05 p.m. at AutoZone Park. Cost is $25 for the meal and $12 for game tickets. Non-club members will be charged a guest fee of $10. For more information, contact Scarlet Jones at scarletj@germantown-tn.gov or 751-7678.

85. Iconic Memphis Architect Dies Over Weekend - Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Jack Tucker, an architect known for his Downtown renovation and reuse projects, died Sunday of cancer. He was 70 years old.

86. Events - Thursday, April 02, 2009

The Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence will present two half-day seminars titled “Recruiting the Right Board Members” today from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Alliance office, 5100 Poplar Ave., Suite 502. Judy Millesen, associate professor of political science at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University, will lead the workshop. Cost for each seminar is $65 for members, $125 for nonmembers and $55 for those in the Program for Nonprofit Excellence. For more information, call 684-6605 or visit www.npexcellence.org.

87. Events - Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Talk Shoppe will present “How to Motivate Your Customers to Call You” today from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, 3693 Tyndale Drive. Andy Wick of Visual Thunder and Judy Burda of JUUDYY Graphic Design will present the seminar. For more information, call Jo Garner at 482-0354.

88. Events - Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Greater Memphis Chamber will present the first breakfast meeting in its Human Health Series today from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at The Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave. Phil Smeltzer will speak on “Wellness Programs, Where’s the Money?” The meeting is free to members and prospective members. For reservations, contact Ericka Milford at emilford@memphischamber.com or 543-3518.

89. Events - Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence will present a workshop titled “Focus … Organization … Productivity” today from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Alliance Office, 5100 Poplar Ave., Suite 502. Maryanne Macdonald, director of professional and continuing education at the University of Memphis, will lead the workshop. Cost is $65 for members, $125 for nonmembers and $55 for those in the Program for Nonprofit Excellence. For more information, call 684-6605 or visit www.npexcellence.org.

90. Events - Monday, March 23, 2009

The Engineers’ Club of Memphis Inc. will hold its weekly meeting and lunch today at 11:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Mark Lindstrom of ETI Corp. will present “Greenways and Trails.” Cost is $14. No reservations are required.

91. Beale Street Landing, Parks Highlight RDC’s Future - Thursday, August 07, 2008

The Riverfront Development Corp.’s latest annual report is out. It includes short profiles of more than a dozen Memphians with various ties to Downtown and who enjoy the riverfront in a variety of ways.

92. Memphis Could Be Host To Red Bull Event - Wednesday, August 06, 2008

The Riverfront Development Corp. is working with Red Bull – the well-known energy drink company – and the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau to bring one of Red Bull’s signature corporate events to Memphis.

93. Trolley Lambasted During Main Street Mall Meeting - Thursday, July 24, 2008

The idea of allowing car traffic on the Main Street Mall Downtown was panned at the first public hearing held by the Center City Commission this week.

But most in the crowd of 50 who attended were far more emotional as they trashed the operation of the Memphis Area Transit Authority’s Main Street Trolley that runs along the mall.

94. New Plan Could Shape Uptown, Pinch Future - Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The pace of development on the north end of Downtown Memphis, particularly in the neighborhood known as Uptown, has outgrown planning guidelines and a zoning framework for the area that are several years old.

95. Council Members Raise Questions About Riverfront Control - Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The Memphis City Council has signaled it may begin taking a more hands-on approach than it once did concerning the quasi-governmental entity that manages a five-mile stretch of riverfront Downtown.

96. Slow Market Leads to Condo Auction - Tuesday, June 10, 2008

The Houston-based redeveloper of a Downtown high rise has become frustrated with the soft real estate market and will place 44 unsold condominiums on the auction block.

On June 21 at 11 a.m., McCord Development Inc. will try to sell its remaining condominiums in the 152-unit River Tower at South Bluffs at a public auction. The first 10 will be sold absolute, which means they will be sold to the highest bidder regardless of price. Starting bids on the rest of the units will be based on the prices of those first 10.

97. Design Review Board to HearBeale Street Landing Proposal - Wednesday, March 05, 2008
     Proposals for a 590-foot floating dock, a 10,000-square-foot building and park areas for the $29 million Beale Street Landing project will go before the Center City Commission's Design Review Board today.
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98. Joint City, County SessionTo be Held Today - Wednesday, February 27, 2008
     The Shelby County Board of Commissioners and Memphis City Council are scheduled to hold a joint committee session today at 1:30 p.m. at 160 N. Main St. to discuss the Ericson Group's Pyramid Harbor proposal.
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99. RDC Seeks Remaining Approvals For Beale Street Landing - Friday, February 22, 2008

Beale Street Landing, the $29 million boat dock and riverfront attraction that has been planned for almost six years, has only a few regulatory hurdles left to clear.

Representatives of the Riverfront Development Corp. will return to the Memphis Landmarks Commission next week for one of the last approvals needed by the RDC, which is a certificate of appropriateness.

100. All's Fair in Love and Pyramid Negotiations - Thursday, February 21, 2008

The early reviews are in. And nothing appears certain in plans to let Bass Pro Shops develop The Pyramid.

Even the stability of The Pyramid was in doubt as Memphis City Council members and members of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners got their first look this week at a tentative development agreement between Bass Pro and the local governments.