It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to drive through the old town part of Cordova near its one-time train station and see the potential. Now word of a new restaurant opening later this month in what is known as Farley House. The old town is an interesting mix of new development and old development including an iconic country Baptist church that not too long ago turned 100 years old. And then there is the trail head for the Shelby Farms Greenline that runs near the train station.

2. Dream About to Become Reality at Youth Villages - Thursday, May 4, 2017

Earlier this week, Youth Villages CEO Patrick Lawler presided over the groundbreaking of a $22 million expansion at the Bartlett campus that will result in a 148,000-square-foot center designed to enhance the treatment of the community’s most at-risk and vulnerable youth.

3. Germantown Village Square Sells for $27.3 Million - Thursday, April 27, 2017

7694 Poplar Ave.
Germantown, TN 38138

Sale Amount: $27.3 million

Sale Date: April 24, 2017 

Buyer: PEBB Enterprises

4. Germantown Village Square Sells for $29.3 Million - Wednesday, April 26, 2017

A Boyle Investment Co. real estate investment fund has sold Germantown Village Square to PEBB Enterprises, a private equity firm based in Boca Raton, Florida, for $29.3 million.

5. Boyle Investment Fund Sells Germantown Village Square for $29.3M - Tuesday, April 25, 2017

A Boyle Investment Co. real estate investment fund has sold Germantown Village Square to PEBB Enterprises, a private equity firm based in Boca Raton, Florida, for $29.3 million.

6. Jenny Bush Named To Youth Villages Board - Saturday, February 25, 2017

Youth Villages, one of the largest providers of children’s behavioral health services in the country, has named Jenny Bush, president of Cummins Mid-South and Southern Plains, to its national board of directors.

7. Jenny Bush Named To Youth Villages National Board - Friday, February 24, 2017

Youth Villages, one of the largest providers of children’s behavioral health services in the country, has named Jenny Bush, president of Cummins Mid-South and Southern Plains, to its national board of directors.

8. Parkside Developers Finish Acquiring Land for Shelby Farms Urban Village - Monday, January 9, 2017

Developers of Parkside at Shelby Farms, a proposed mixed-use project, took another step forward with the purchase nearly 40 acres of vacant property adjacent to Shelby Farms.

9. Mattress Firm Collecting Shoes for Youth Villages - Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Mattress Firm’s 22 Memphis locations are hosting a shoe drive through Oct. 30 to help local foster youth and families.

New shoes and monetary donations will be collected during normal business hours, with all proceeds going to Youth Villages, one of the national retailer’s local nonprofit partners.

10. Mason Village Start Seven Years In The Making - Thursday, September 15, 2016

On a hot day in South Memphis, Charles E. Blake, the presiding Bishop of the Memphis-based Church of God in Christ looked through several chain link fences onto open land on both sides of Mason Street – the street named for COGIC founder Charles Mason – and said, “We’ve got space to grow – room to grow.”

11. Trust Marketing Mantra: It Takes Villagers to Reach the People - Saturday, September 10, 2016

Even if you have not heard of Trust Marketing & Communications Inc., you’ve seen their work.

12. Downtown Animal Hospital Moving to Victorian Village - Saturday, August 27, 2016

Downtown Animal Hospital will relocate from its current facility at 347 N. Third St. in the Pinch District to 660 Jefferson Ave. in Victorian Village.

13. Downtown Animal Hospital Moving to Victorian Village - Thursday, August 25, 2016

Downtown Animal Hospital will relocate from its current facility at 347 N. Third St. in the Pinch District to 660 Jefferson Ave. in Victorian Village.

14. Memphians Invited to Tour Victorian Village Homes This Weekend - Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Scott Blake lives in the kind of Memphis neighborhood where he can go three, sometimes four days without ever starting his car. Everything he needs, everywhere he has to go, is that close by.

15. Aerosmith Frontman Tyler Partnering with Youth Villages - Friday, November 13, 2015

In November of 1989, Aerosmith released its hit song “Janie’s Got a Gun.” The song, as the title implies, took a direct route to the issue of child abuse.

Now Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, who co-wrote the song, has announced a partnership with nonprofit Youth Villages in Memphis: “Janie’s Fund” will have the goal of providing trauma-informed care and experiential therapies to girls who have histories of being abused and/or neglected.

16. Memphis City Council Delays Vote on Subdivision in The Village - Thursday, September 17, 2015

The Memphis City Council delayed a vote Tuesday, Sept. 15, on an appeal of a two-lot subdivision at the northeast corner of Williamsburg Lane and Village Road.

Neighbors of the development are appealing the Land Use Control Board’s approval of the project proposed by Biffco GP and Investor Nation LLC.

17. Study Finds Merit In Youth Villages' Transitional Program - Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Youth Villages’ 17-year-old transition program for children aging out of the foster care system at age 18 improved participants’ outcomes in housing stability, economic well-being, and employment and earnings, according to a new clinical study by nonprofit research organization MDRC.

18. New Homes Approved in Victorian Village - Monday, August 4, 2014

The Memphis and Shelby County Landmarks Commission has unanimously approved the design for the first of seven single family homes in the Planters Row II subdivision in the Victorian Village Preservation District.

19. New Housing Option Comes to Victorian Village - Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Florence Hervery had been thinking about the next phase of her life for some time.

The 55-year-old Whitehaven resident had been mulling over a move Downtown, but she wanted a home, not a condominium or apartment, and was hesitant to move into the bustling Downtown core.

20. Mallory-Neely House Reopening Seen as Boon for Victorian Village - Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Thanks to a new roof and disability compliance, the Mallory-Neely House will be open to the public Fridays and Saturdays beginning Friday, Nov. 9.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located at 652 Adams Ave. in Downtown Memphis’ Victorian Village Historic District, the Mallory-Neely House retains most of the original historic interiors, furniture and artifacts.

21. New Day Coming for Sears Crosstown Urban Village - Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The historic Sears Crosstown building in Midtown Memphis is being redeveloped as a mixed-used vertical urban village, with nine “founding partners” in local health care, education and arts organizations that have signed on to occupy 600,000 square feet of the total 1.4 million square feet of space.

22. B&B Development Could Spark Victorian Village - Monday, August 6, 2012

Following years of due diligence, the James Lee House in Downtown Memphis could soon be the centerpiece of the Victorian Village master plan.

23. Sister Spencer Instrumental In Youth Villages’ Success - Friday, June 1, 2012

Sister Barbara Spencer has been changing children’s lives for decades.

As a founding staff member of Memphis-based Youth Villages, she’s been instrumental in its growth from a small nonprofit into a national organization that provides a wide array of services to more than 18,000 children and families annually in 11 states and Washington.

24. Belmont Village Senior Living Sells for $16.9 Million - Tuesday, February 14, 2012

6605 Quail Hollow Road
Memphis, TN 38120

Sale Amount: $16.9 million

Sale Date: Jan. 26, 2012

25. Belmont Village Sells for $16.9 Million - Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Belmont Village-Memphis, a senior living community at 6605 Quail Hollow Road, has sold for $16.9 million to an Ohio-based real estate investment trust.

26. Former French Village Apts. Sell for $2.8 Million - Tuesday, July 12, 2011

4055 Summer Ave.
Memphis, TN 38122
Sale Amount: $2.8 million

Sale Date: June 30, 2011

27. Fannin Promoted to Director at Youth Villages Dogwood Campus - Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Nicole Fannin has been promoted director of Youth Villages Dogwood Campus.

Fannin joined Youth Villages as a counselor in 2001. Since then, she has served the organization as program manger and regional supervisor for its foster care program.

28. Filmmaker to DonateVictorian Village Archive - Wednesday, March 19, 2008
     Memphis filmmaker, photographer, historian and author Willy Bearden will turn over an extensive photo archive of the historic Victorian Village neighborhood to the Memphis Public Library & Information Center Monday. His

29. Bearden to Chronicle Memphis Starting With Victorian Village - Friday, January 25, 2008

Willy Bearden is a prolific filmmaker and author whose projects over the years have tackled local subjects as diverse as Memphis' garage band scene, Elmwood Cemetery and the importance of King Cotton.

30. Atlanta Co. Pays $9.2MFor Coventry Village - Thursday, July 26, 2007
     The 470-unit Coventry Village Apartments at 1340 Winchester Road have sold to an Atlanta-based company for $9.2 million. Miles Properties Inc., working under the name MPI Coventry Village LLC, bought the property from Co

31. Competition From Other States Killed Village Roadshow Deal, Insiders Say - Friday, December 8, 2006

In "Happy Feet," Village Roadshow's computer-animated feature that's topped the box office charts since opening three weeks ago, an emperor penguin named Memphis has a familiar Southern drawl and woos his mate with a rendition of "Heartbreak Hotel."

32. CDC Forms To Preserve Victorian Village - Monday, September 18, 2006

It's going to take a village to shore up - a village.

That's apparently the sentiment driving a group of people who want to breathe new life into Victorian Village, the historic cluster of stately mansions, 19th century homes and small businesses on the eastern edge of Downtown Memphis.

33. State Film Incentives Offer Clue About Village Roadshow in Memphis - Friday, September 8, 2006

For the big-league Hollywood film company that's in talks to set up a movie production hub in Memphis, it's lights, camera, inaction - at least for now.

On the one hand, sources have confirmed that either Village Roadshow Pictures Group or a division of that company is interested in opening a major operation in Memphis, an undertaking that would include building a soundstage and production offices. Village Roadshow, in turn, would spend $250 million on productions in the city over a five-year period.