By Brad on December 3, 2010
This Monday is an important meeting which will affect access to the Shelby Farms Greenline from Cooper Young. (Click image to see original PDF)
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By Brad on November 22, 2010
The Memphis Daily News has the scoop on Cortona, the restaurant that will soon occupy the space formerly home to Dish. It will serve Italian cuisine characterized by Chef David Cleveland as “light, fresh pastas, pizzas, keeping it affordable,” and priced “in the mid-range.”
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By Brad on November 12, 2010
The Cooper Young Community Farmers Market ended its first and “amazingly successful” season October 30th, but you can still find plenty of farm fresh goodies in the neighborhood on Saturdays. The winter market is a more casual and lower key affair held in the Tsunami parking lot on Saturdays 10a-1p. The vendors have expanded from [...]
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By Brad on November 10, 2010
The Commercial Appeal reports this morning that the plan for bike lanes in Cooper Young have been hammered out by reaching a compromise mediated by Mayor AC Wharton and Bike/Pedestrian Coordinator Kyle Wagenschutz: The compromise: Continuous, striped bike lanes on both sides of Cooper, from Central south to Southern. The bike lanes will be traditional, [...]
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By Brad on October 21, 2010
As part of Anthony Siracusa’s new role with Livable Memphis’ Walk Bike Memphis campaign, a new blog has been launched to communicate progress with cycling and pedestrian development and advocacy. Monday’s post gives great background and detailed information about the Southern Ave bike lanes which are currently in development and will provide connection between Cooper [...]
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By Brad on October 1, 2010
The City Government has published two new online videos meant to illustrate issues that are in the news but that may not be explained very well. The first video is titled “How Did We Get Here?” and gives a great overview of the $57.4 million debt the City owes the Memphis City School system: How [...]
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By Brad on September 23, 2010
Well, we heard earlier this month that Urban Outfitters was thinking about joining us in Cooper Young, and we now hear that it’s official! From Toby Sells for the Commercial Appeal: Urban Outfitters will open a new store in Memphis at the corner of Central Avenue and Cooper Street, the “gateway” to the Cooper-Young neighborhood. [...]
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