The South Main Art Trolley Tour will be held Friday, Sept. 28, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the South Main Historic Arts District. Email info@southmainmemphis.net.

2. Fresh Start - Thursday, December 01, 2011

The city’s long-beleaguered animal services department will showcase its brand new $7.1 million facility at 2350 Appling City Cove Saturday, Dec. 3, at 11 a.m. with a grand opening celebration that will include tours for the public and face painting and other activities for young visitors.

3. Problems Follow Memphis Animal Shelter to Cordova - Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The new Memphis Animal Shelter in Cordova, which will have its formal opening next month, will come with many of the same concerns that plagued the old shelter near Memphis International Airport.

The problems go beyond the building used to house abandoned or stray dogs, cats and horses as well as other animals rounded up across the city.

4. Advancing Vet Care - Friday, November 18, 2011

IDEXX Laboratories Inc. has completed a $13.5 million expansion of its Memphis reference laboratory and distribution center at 6100 E. Shelby Drive.

5. Memphis Animal Shelter Begins Transition - Thursday, November 03, 2011

The city of Memphis begins this week a transition from its old animal shelter to its new one.

The last day of operation at the current shelter on Tchulahoma Road is Thursday, Nov. 10, with the new shelter at 2350 Appling City Cove slated to open Nov. 15.

6. Shelter Crisis Tests Wharton’s Mettle Immediately - Thursday, October 29, 2009

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s first full day on the job began with a major crisis before the sun came up.

It started with a 5:15 a.m. raid of the Memphis Animal Shelter by Shelby County sheriff’s deputies. By the end of the day, the facility was closed to the public. And some shelter employees had been put on leave with pay while an investigation into alleged animal abuse and cruelty continued.

7. Contractor Begins Work On Memphis Animal Services Facility - Tuesday, September 08, 2009

2350 Appling Cove
Memphis, TN 38133
Permit Amount: $7.2 Million

Project Cost: $7.2 million
Permit Date: Applied September 2009
Completion: Fall 2010
Owner: City of Memphis
Tenant: City of Memphis Animal Services
Contractor: Barnes & Brower Inc.
Architect: Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects

8. Work Begins on New Animal Services Facility - Monday, September 07, 2009

Crews have begun site work on the new $7.2 million Memphis Animal Services facility at 2350 Appling Cove. Ground was broken late last month after the city of Memphis filed a permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to build the one-story, 34,000-square-foot facility that will sit on 13.73 acres near Appling Road and Interstate 40.

9. Assisted Living/Alzheimer’s Facility Near Completion in Schilling Farms - Tuesday, February 03, 2009

15 Schilling Bend Commons
Collierville, TN 38017
Loan Amount: $4 Million

Loan Date: Jan. 7, 2009
Maturity Date: Jan. 7, 2009
Borrower: Southridge Nursing LLC
Lender: Financial Federal Savings Bank

10. $7.5M Permit Filed For Animal Services Facility - Monday, January 26, 2009

The city of Memphis has filed a $7.5 million permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to build a 34,000-square-foot facility that will house Memphis Animal Services. The facility will sit on 13.73 acres near Appling Road and Interstate 40; its formal address will be 2350 Appling Cove.