Mayor Wharton with Bike/Ped Coordinator Kyle Wagenschutz

Walk Bike Memphis meeting with Mayor Wharton and Bike/Ped Coordinator

Last night Livable Memphis had a couple special guests to its regular Walk Bike Memphis meeting at Otherlands Coffee Shop held on the first Monday each month.  Mayor AC Wharton introduced his newly appointed Bike/Ped Coordinator to the overflowing crowd in the back room of the coffee shop just north of Cooper-Young.  The new joint [...]

Festival Friday 4 Miler Results (Update: New Picture)

Festival Friday 4 Miler Results (Update: New Picture)

We had a record number of runners for this year’s Festival Friday 4 Miler last night!  Many thanks go out to to the participants, sponsors, volunteers, and Light The Way party-goers who helped make this year’s race the best yet! Results for the race are now posted, click here to see them. Also, congratulations to [...]

CY History Book’s Author Interviewed

This week’s Memphis Flyer includes a Q & A with Lisa Lumb, co-author of the new history of Cooper Young, Cooper Young: A Community that Works. I love her advice to people looking to revitalize their declining neighborhood: “Begin by getting to know your neighbors.  Throw a block party and invite them all.”  Certainly consistent [...]

Urban Outfitters considering CY store

National retailer Urban Outfitters is in negotiations to open a store at Central and Cooper. Andy Ashby, reporting for the Memphis Business Journal: The Philadelphia-based retail company, which operates the Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People and Terrain store brands, is negotiating to lease a former antique mall building at the northeast corner of Central and [...]

CYCA General Meeting Tonight

Tuesday, August 10, 6-7:30 p.m. Community Office 2298 Young Ave Volunteer sign up for the CY Festival Friday 4- Miler, the race bag stuffing on Tuesday, September the 7th and  the CYCA Booth at the Festival. Have fun with your neighbors while helping the CYCA raise money. Volunteers get a T-shirt to show their CY [...]

Skatepark Announced for nearby Tobey Park

This morning Mayor Wharton announced plans to construct a skatepark in Tobey Park, just on the opposite side of the fairgrounds from Cooper Young, north of Central between Flicker and Hollywood streets!  This is great news considering the disappointment after the skatepark was originally budgeted and planned for Glenview Park, just south of Cooper Young, [...]