Four replicas of Civil War-era cannons placed in then-Confederate Park six years ago were removed from the riverfront site this week, part of the revamping of the property by Memphis Greenspace.

The removal on Wednesday, Aug. 1, by private work crews for the nonprofit owners of the park, symbolizes the ongoing changes to the property, including renaming the parcel Memphis Park. Memphis Greenspace bought the park as well as Health Sciences Park last December – a major step in eliminating Confederate markers from the two parcels.

2. Big Attraction Not Key to Remaking Mud Island River Park, N.Y. Expert Tells Memphis Group - Thursday, July 19, 2018

Mud Island River Park doesn’t need a master plan or a new big attraction, the former director of Governors Island in New York City told a Memphis group this week.

Leslie Koch said she had neither during her tenure as president and chief executive of the Trust for Governors Island, the organization created to manage the former military base that was turned over to the city of New York as park land.

3. Review of Mud Island Museum Begins as River Museum Closes Early for Season - Friday, July 6, 2018

The former director of Governors Island in New York and the head of a Colorado company that helps develop outdoor adventure businesses are coming to Memphis this month as part of the process of rethinking the 36-year-old Mud Island Mississippi River Museum.

4. Council Approves 13-Year Contract with MRPP - Thursday, June 21, 2018

Memphis City Council members gave the Memphis River Parks Partnership a 13-year contract to manage and operate the city’s riverside parks Tuesday, June 19, with a 10-year renewal option.

The MRPP, which until earlier this year was the Riverfront Development Corp., sought a 10-year contract with the city in order to promote the stability of the organization in drawing private and philanthropic funding for the city’s riverfront plan.

5. Council Approves 13-Year Contract with MRPP, Makes End of Fiscal Year Moves - Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Memphis City Council members gave the Memphis River Parks Partnership a 13-year contract to manage and operate the city’s riverside parks Tuesday, June 19, with a 10-year renewal option.

The MRPP, which until earlier this year was the Riverfront Development Corp., sought a 10-year contract with the city in order to promote the stability of the organization in drawing private and philanthropic funding for the city’s riverfront plan.

6. Council Approves 13-Year Contract With MRPP, Makes End of Fiscal Year Moves - Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Memphis City Council members gave the Memphis River Parks Partnership a 13-year contract to manage and operate the city’s riverside parks Tuesday, June 19, with a 10-year renewal option.

The MRPP, which until earlier this year was the Riverfront Development Corp., sought a 10-year contract with the city in order to promote the stability of the organization in drawing private and philanthropic funding for the city’s riverfront plan.

7. Changes Coming Quickly to Riverfront - Thursday, June 14, 2018

Changes are coming fast, if tentatively, to the most identifiable part of the Memphis riverfront – the part between Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid and the southern end of Tom Lee Park.

8. Last Word: Riverfront Change, Skeleton to Canopy and Summer Camp - Wednesday, June 13, 2018

The two contenders for Shelby County Mayor in the Aug. 2 county general election – Democratic nominee Lee Harris and Republican nominee David Lenoir – meet for the first time in the general election campaign Wednesday at the Memphis Kiwanis Club weekly luncheon. It is the first of several debates between the two. And judging from what Harris and Lenoir have said separately and what we’ve reported from those appearances, this is a highly anticipated debate/discussion about the future of Shelby County on several fronts.

9. Tentative Tom Lee Park Plan Adds Trees and Festival Infrastructure - Tuesday, June 12, 2018

There is a plan to add more trees to Tom Lee Park and other amenities and still keep the park as the home of the Memphis In May International Festival with some of the festival infrastructure becoming permanent.

10. TDZ Expansion Seen As Catalyst for 'Public Realm' Work - Friday, May 25, 2018

In the five weeks since the Riverfront Development Corporation became the Memphis River Parks Partnership, Greenbelt Park on Mud Island and Martyr’s Park on the Memphis mainland have gotten some rehabbed park benches. The bench work includes the Bluffwalk as well as work on the RiverLine trail that runs behind the flood walls on the other side from the Pyramid.

11. Week Ahead: May 7-13 - Monday, May 7, 2018

Happy Monday. This weekend is the one between the Beale Street Music Festival and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, but there are still Memphis in May International events to attend. Great month to be in Memphis!

12. Riverfront Development Corp. Becomes MRRP - Saturday, April 28, 2018

The Riverfront Development Corp. is changing names as the organization that manages city property by the Mississippi River has a change in leadership.

13. Last Word: Last Day of Early Voting, Senate Poll and Legislature Goes to Overtime - Thursday, April 26, 2018

The last day of early voting before the May 1 election day is Thursday. And the turnout count through Wednesday has eclipsed the total early voting turnout in this same set of elections in 2010 and 2014. You can find a list of early voting locations and the hours at www.shelbyvote.com, the website of the Shelby County Election Commission. The winners on election night next Tuesday advance to the August county general election.

14. Last Word: Graceland's New Map, Weighted Caseloads and Rallings on Duran - Tuesday, April 24, 2018

I’ve been thinking a lot about the term budget season and what that means in our political culture. My thought is we need to make this more season than process in the same way that we have made May more than just the last full month of spring. We should celebrate reprogramming and enterprise funds. Why hasn't someone written an ode to OPEB or at least done an OPEB mural? -- unless that was one of the ones on Willet that got painted over by mistake.

15. Coletta Talks About Phase One of Riverfront Redevelopment After Memphis In May - Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Once the Memphis In May International Festival ends, workers will move into Mississippi River Park to begin the $65 million first phase of redevelopment of the riverfront.

The redevelopment will move south from the park, across the cobblestones and to Tom Lee Park, the home of the major events of Memphis in May.

16. Riverfront Development Corp. Becomes MRRP on April 20 - Monday, April 23, 2018

The Riverfront Development Corp. is changing names as the organization that manages city property by the Mississippi River has a change in leadership.

17. RDC Rebrands With Leadership Change - Friday, April 20, 2018

The Riverfront Development Corp. is changing names as the organization that manages city property by the Mississippi River has a change in leadership.

18. Last Word: TNReady Blinks Again, Gov. Debate Thoughts and Mud Island's Museum - Friday, April 20, 2018

There was a point Thursday morning during the troubled TNReady testing at some Tennessee school districts when there was a “brief” slow down in the online testing, according to the Tennessee Education commissioner’s office. By noon that had been resolved and more than 250,000 completed tests had been submitted since testing began Monday. One can only imagine what some of the thoughts were in the office during the slow down and the gap between how long the slow down seemed and how long it actually was.

19. History Upgrade - Friday, April 20, 2018

Mud Island’s Mississippi River Museum will have a shorter season than the rest of the river park.

The park on the southern half of Mud Island opened for the season April 14 during a changing of the guard at the Riverfront Development Corp., which runs the park for the city.

20. Riverfront Agency Names Coletta President and CEO - Saturday, March 31, 2018

The new president and CEO of the Riverfront Development Corp. will oversee changes in the organization that runs the city riverfront under a contract with the city. The changes include more of an emphasis on raising private money for the city’s riverfront plan as well as a name change to be announced later.

21. Last Word: The RDC's New Leader, Potter on 100 North Main and FedEx Moves - Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Is Memphis big enough for FedExForum and some kind of event space on the Graceland campus in Whitehaven? The city administration thinks that could be the case. But it requires an “honest broker” between Graceland and the Grizz – who run the forum for the city and county – to quote city chief legal officer Bruce McMullen – if there is a deal to be had.

22. Coletta to Lead Changing Riverfront Development Corp. - Monday, March 26, 2018

The new president and CEO of the Riverfront Development Corp. will oversee changes in the organization that runs the city riverfront under a contract with the city. The changes include more of an emphasis on raising private money for the city’s riverfront plan as well as a name change to be announced later.

23. Memphis-Area Planned Parenthood Nears $12 Million Fundraising Goal - Thursday, December 22, 2016

Bracing for an uncertain future as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, Planned Parenthood of the Greater Memphis Region is taking steps to stay operational in the event of losing its federal funding.

24. ‘Freewheel’ It To MLK Park on Oct. 29 - Saturday, October 29, 2016

The Grizzlies Foundation, city of Memphis and Kresge Foundation will host a special “Freewheel” slow bicycle ride to MLK Park in Downtown Memphis on Saturday, Oct. 29.

The event is designed to generate ideas and conversations on how the park can contribute more value to South Memphis and Downtown, according to Carol Coletta of the Kresge Foundation.

25. ‘Freewheel’ It To MLK Park on Saturday - Thursday, October 27, 2016

The Grizzlies Foundation, city of Memphis and Kresge Foundation will host a special “Freewheel” slow bicycle ride to MLK Park in Downtown Memphis on Saturday, Oct. 29.

The event is designed to generate ideas and conversations on how the park can contribute more value to South Memphis and Downtown, according to Carol Coletta of the Kresge Foundation.

26. Coletta: ZIP Codes Don’t Define Destiny - Friday, May 2, 2014

It’s not often you hear a featured speaker identify herself by ZIP code, but that’s just what Carol Coletta did Thursday morning at the ninth annual Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence conference at Temple Israel.

27. Downtown Memphis Among ‘Top ArtPlaces’ in Country - Saturday, January 19, 2013

Downtown Memphis has been identified as the Memphis metropolitan area’s top ArtPlace, which recognizes neighborhoods where the arts are central to creating the kinds of places where people want to be.

28. Downtown Memphis Among ‘Top ArtPlaces’ in the Country - Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Downtown Memphis has been identified as the Memphis metropolitan area’s top ArtPlace, which recognizes neighborhoods where the arts are central to creating the kinds of places where people want to be.

29. Plough Foundation Awards $1.7M to Talent Dividend - Monday, April 2, 2012

The Plough Foundation has awarded a $1.7 million grant to the Memphis Talent Dividend College Attainment Initiative, whose purpose is to build a stronger city by increasing the number of college graduates in the Memphis metropolitan area by 1 percent over the next five years.

30. Memphis Orgs in Running for National Arts Grants - Friday, January 27, 2012

Three Memphis organizations have been named finalists for ArtPlace’s Creative Placemaking Grant.

Ballet Memphis, Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Community L.I.F.T./Memphis Music Magnet are in the running for funding from ArtPlace – a Chicago-based, private-public collaborative that expects to distribute $15 million in grants this year.

31. Memphis Vies for ‘Talent Dividend’ Prize - Monday, May 9, 2011

Representatives from the Bluff City are joining their peers from cities across the country in Chicago Monday and Tuesday for the kickoff of the Talent Dividend Prize Competition.

Sponsored by CEOs for Cities, Lumina Foundation for Education and the Kresge Foundation, the initiative will ultimately award $1 million to the U.S. city that demonstrates the greatest increase in college attainment over a four-year period.

32. Talent Dividend Promotes Increasing Graduate Rate - Monday, January 10, 2011

The Memphis Talent Dividend (MTD) College Attainment Initiative is a more than 100-member mission to increase the number of college graduates in the Memphis Metropolitan area by 1 percent over the next five years.

33. Group Seeks 100 Ways to Boost Degree Attainment - Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Leadership Memphis wants your ideas now for boosting college education in Memphis.

With its “100 Things in 100 Days” campaign well under way, the organization is asking people to call or e-mail president and CEO David Williams. He promises a response within one business day.

34. Untapped Potential Lives in Memphis, Coletta Says - Monday, May 24, 2010

Carol Coletta is president of CEOs for Cities, a consulting company exploring the idea of “talent dividends.”

35. Community Leaders Work on Plan To Boost ‘Talent Dividend’ - Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The dropout rate for college students nationally, locally and statewide is far higher than for high school students.

The difference in the two problems is students leaving college before earning degrees isn’t viewed as being as urgent of a problem.

36. Events - Monday, December 14, 2009

InMotion Orthopaedic Research Center and the Memphis Bioworks Business Association will present the Memphis Orthopaedic Research Lecture Series today from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Memphis University School, 6191 Park Ave. The speakers will be Drs. John Coleman and John Williams of Medtronic Inc. For reservations, call 866-1452.

37. Events - Thursday, February 8, 2007

The Animal Protection Association is holding its annual Feral February event. This program offers services such as spaying, neutering and rabies shots for feral (alley) cats. The cost is $25. For more information or to donate, call Barbara Standing at 210-1328 or visit www.spaymemphis.com.

38. Events - Wednesday, February 7, 2007

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art hosts "Marti Gras," a tribute to Creole culture, art and food, today from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 1934 Poplar Ave. The event includes a tour of Maritza Davila's exhibit "Cityscapes and Country Views: America through Prints 1900-1955" at 7 p.m. Admission is free for members and $6 for non-members. Call 544-6209 for more information.

39. Bethel Named New VP Of COMEC Board - Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Greg Bethel has been named vice president of the board of directors of the Commission on Missing & Exploited Children (COMEC). Bethel is the director of human resources for the Jackson-Madison County School System in Jackson, Tenn. He's been on the board of directors for two years.

40. Green Light? - Wednesday, January 3, 2007

You don't have to look far to find examples of U.S. cities that are going green.

St. Louis, for example, has paved the way for an intricate greenway system that stretches some 400 miles throughout the city. Nashville has poured $250 million - roughly what the city of Memphis spent on the FedExForum arena - into a first-class parks and greenways system.

41. It Takes Strong Leadership to Lead a City - and Williams Appears to be the Ultimate Groomer - Friday, July 7, 2006

What makes a great city? David Williams, the new president and CEO of Leadership Memphis, hasn't completely answered that question yet, but he's got some ideas.

"You make a great Memphis by building great leaders," Williams said.

42. Finding Safe Harbor - Monday, June 26, 2006

The Riverfront Development Corp. (RDC) has absorbed $500,000 of city budget cuts and appears ready to move ahead on its largest project to date, the $29.3 million Beale Street Landing.

When the Memphis City Council approved the city budget June 6, the RDC received $2.1 million for its operating budget for fiscal year 2007, down 18 percent from $2.6 million last year. The RDC's total operating budget is projected to be $4.2 million, down slightly from last year's $4.3 million.

43. Events - Wednesday, March 29, 2006

The Rotary Club of Memphis East holds a luncheon meeting today from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of The Peabody Hotel, 149 Union Ave. FedEx chairman and CEO Frederick W. Smith will be the keynote speaker. Tickets are $35 per person and $300 per table. Call Lee Hughes at 754-1615.

44. City Council Wants to Hear from You Tuesday - Monday, March 27, 2006

March 27

Memphis Heritage presents "The Parkways: Framing our Midtown Neighborhoods" as part of its 2006 Preservation Series from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Trinity Methodist Church, 447 N. Evergreen St. Registration is $60. Call 529-9828 or visit www.memphisheritage.org.

45. New machines to help avoid voting irregularities - Friday, January 6, 2006

The Shelby County Election Commission voted 3-1 this week to recommend technology giant Diebold Inc. for the contract to purchase between 1,300 and 1,500 new voting machines in time for the August 2006 primary election.

46. Census Bureau Pinpoint's City's Daytime Population - Monday, November 14, 2005

Each weekday after sunrise, Memphis gets a taste of suburban flight in reverse.

More than 100,000 people commute to work in Memphis five days a week from outside the city, offering literally a moving portrait of the city's magnetic pull. That number, calculated for the first time this year by the U.S. Census Bureau, has implications for city planners, businesses - and even supporters of a tax proposal aimed at commuters that has been quietly simmering in the legislature.

47. Archived Article: Gov - Friday, June 17, 2005
Gene pearson:

Report Spells Progress for Shelby Farms Plan

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

In the ancient world, as history tells it, all roads led to Rome. In Memphis, long-range road plans call for more than 30 new lanes of traffic all leadin...

48. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, June 8, 2005
TMA Elects Surgeon to Board of Trustees

Local Surgeon Elected to Medical Association Board

The Tennessee Medical Association elected vascular surgeon Dr. Hugh Francis III to serve a three-year term on its Board of Trustees. Francis previously ...

49. Archived Article: Real Focus - Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Real

Architects Work to Build Public Awareness

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

Some say ignorance is bliss.

Maybe so, but Memphians unaware of whats happening in the citys architecture community couldnt possibly be experiencing true bliss....

50. Archived Article: Prof (lead) - Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Flickinger

Memphis 100 Has Eye on Citys Future

Talented group works to enhance Memphis image

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

This story is part of a series on Memphis recruiting.

As Memphis moves into the race to attract the nations you...

51. Archived Article: Prof (lead) - Friday, December 12, 2003
In addition to the program for interns, MPACT also connects its members with those who might be flown into town for an intervi

Memphis Competes for Young Talent

City must sell itself when recruiting young professionals

LANCE ALLAN

The Da...

52. Archived Article: Marketplace - Monday, October 7, 2002
Recession not hurting performing arts

Some performing arts feeling pinch of recession

By SUE PEASE

The Daily News

Discretionary income is first to feel the tightening grasp of a recession, meaning less eating out and even less entertainm...

53. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, August 7, 2002
Amanda Dame joined archer>malmo as an account supervisor, with day-to-day responsibility for managing the Valent U

Amanda Dame joined archer>malmo as an account supervisor. She will manage the Valent U.S.A. team and leading new business dev...

54. Archived Article: Tech Focus - Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Make Memphis a people climate to develop economy Make Memphis a magnet to develop economy, expert says By SUE PEASE The Daily News The key to a healthy, dynamic local economy is to attract a creative, knowledgeable workforce. Many say the way to acc...

55. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, August 2, 2001
Public/private partnership drives Memphis prosperity Public/private partnership drives Memphis prosperity By MARY DANDO In the heated discussions of the pros and cons of spending millions of dollars to bring an NBA team to Memphis, its easy to forge...

56. Archived Article: Tech Focus (thinkers) - Wednesday, May 24, 2000
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Service shows users how to squeeze more out of the Web By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Every day, more Web sites spring up offering services or information at the click of a button. Internet access brings with it access to a s...

57. Archived Article: Riverfront (lead) - Wednesday, May 26, 1999
By LAURIE JOHNSON Riverfront committee plans focus groups, town meetings By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News In 1924, a detailed drawing depicting an ambitious development plan for the Downtown stretch of Memphis Mississippi riverfront graced the front...

58. Archived Article: Discover U St - Sunday, October 25, 1998
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Entrepreneur designs `health club for the mind' Discover U feeds members bodies and minds By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News When Carol Coletta went to the University of Memphis University College as a non-traditional student, it...

59. Archived Article: Milestones - Friday, October 23, 1998
The Association for Women in Communications will sponsor its Big Idea Communications Seminar from 8:30 a The Association for Women in Communications will sponsor its Big Idea Communications Seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the National Ci...

60. Archived Article: Milestones - Friday, October 16, 1998
The Association for Women in Communications will sponsor its Big Idea Communications Seminar from 8:30 a The Association for Women in Communications will sponsor its Big Idea Communications Seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 27 at the National Ci...

61. Archived Article: Back - Tuesday, March 19, 1996
3-19 back Downtown Memphis Award nominees announced The Exchange Building and the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau are among this years nominees for the Center City Commissions Downtown Memphis Awards. The commission received over 50 percent...

62. Archived Article: Milestones - Friday, December 8, 1995
12/08 Milestones Carol B. Blinder has been named an account manager for Thompson & Price Dialogue marketing, a division of Thompson & Co. Blinder formerly worked as an account executive for Weintraub and Associates Advertising in St. Louis. ...

63. Archived Article: Women-nvs - Friday, October 20, 1995
women-nvs-10\20 Survey: more women want to own businesses BY NATALIE VANTREASE STRODE The Daily News Nine out of 10 women contemplate owning their own business, according to a survey conducted by Working Woman magazine. The survey, commissioned by N...