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CYCA Housewarming party on January 11, 2011

By Emily on December 27, 2010

On Tuesday January 11, 6-8 pm, the CYCA will reopen the community office at 2298 Young. The office has been closed since Monday September 27, 2010 when a fire in the adjoining space caused extensive smoke damage. Many of you have expressed a desire to help the CYCA make the office more welcoming and functional [...]

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CY Residents fill snack bags for holiday workers

CY Residents fill snack bags for holiday workers

By Emily on December 24, 2010

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the snack bags tonight. Pictured are just a few of the folks who dropped by to help fill the 70 bags, donated by Eclectic Eye, which were delivered to the Union Station Police Precinct and the Fire Stations on Lamar and Union Avenue which protect our community. Residents who dropped [...]

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Remembering those who serve with snack bags on Christmas Eve

By Emily on December 22, 2010

On Friday, December 24th the CYCA will again stuff snack bags for the police and fire department personnel who serve our community on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We have 70 bags provided by Eclectic Eye. Items for the bags can be store bought or homemade. If homemade, be sure to wrap them individually and [...]

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Painting at the CYCA Office

By Emily on December 15, 2010

Do you  need to get a little physical labor under your belt to relieve some stress just before the holidays? Come by the Cooper-Young Community Association office on Saturday December 18th from 9-12 to help with some painting of our new space.  Our goal for Saturday is to paint the doors, trim and prime the walls to [...]

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December LampLighter 2010

December LampLighter 2010

By Emily on December 4, 2010

Read the December LampLighter (as a pdf) or pick up the printed version at Burke’s books or other CY businesses that stock the paper. Like to sort your news by topics first? You can do that at lamplighter.cooperyoung.org. The December cover article tells the story of how local churches and residents have refocused their Christmas celebrations [...]

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St. Jude Marathon coming through Cooper-Young

By Emily on November 30, 2010

The Cooper-Young Water Station is mile marker 18, and will be across from the vicinity of the Drum Shop on Cooper. Set up will begin at 7:30 a.m. If you would like to volunteer contact E-mail hidden to prevent spam to find out what slots need filled. You will need to sign a release waiver to [...]

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Lick Creek Public Meeting Monday

By Emily on November 19, 2010

Monday, November 22, 5-7 pm Snowden School Cafeteria, 1870 N. Parkway Please attend! Meeting with Mayor Wharton, Councilman Strickland, and the Lick Creek Stormwater Coalition to discuss flooding and drainage issues throughout Midtown. To get the most from this public meeting Mayor Wharton will need to know how you have been impacted by the flooding [...]

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Union Station Crime Update from Col. Bullard

By Emily on November 9, 2010

The following info is from the Midtown Security Community. On November 3rd, the Commercial Appeal printed a news article entitled “Serious crime continues to fall in Memphis”. While the article praised the Blue Crush efforts, it painted Union Station in a negative light. The article stated that crime fell in all nine precincts, except Union [...]

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