by Ray Rico | Mar 22, 2017 | Community News, Opinion
By Dr. D. Jackson Maxwell What are Optional Schools? Well, the Optional Schools program was first initiated in 1976 with four schools. “The basic idea was to create high caliber schools that would specialize in either [sic] academic, artistic, or vocational subject...
by Ray Rico | Mar 21, 2017 | Cover Story, CYCA
By Stephanie Gonzalez Whether you’re new to Cooper-Young or have been in the neighborhood for decades, you probably know Aaron James. He’s a fixed face at every community function, you might have even bought some salvaged home fixtures from his “compound” on Felix....
by Ray Rico | Mar 21, 2017 | Community News, CYCA
By Kim Halyak The next time you stroll through the Spanish Park Memorial, stop to admire the nine newly planted trees. Judi Shellabarger, Cooper-Young’s official Arboretum Chair, and Mike Larrivee, Beautification Committee, worked tirelessly with the City of Memphis...
by Ray Rico | Mar 21, 2017 | Community News, CYCA
Love Plants? Like to garden but don’t have a lot of space? Enjoy being creative? Here’s your chance to help beautify our neighborhood for the upcoming garden walk with your creative designs. Enter the Cooper-Young Garden Club’s inaugural “Outdoor, Creative, Colorful...
by Ray Rico | Mar 21, 2017 | Community News, CYCA
A huge round of applause to GiveCamp Memphis for the amazing help they provided to our Cooper-Young Garden Club, Garden Walk, and Arboretum project. Their unselfish generosity of time, talent, and hosting costs have taken our group to a whole new professional level....
