Business partners have an unquenchable thirst for CY
Memphis Made Brewing Co. owners Andy Ashby (l) and Drew Barton. Cooper-Young Community Association wouldn’t be what it is without our neighbors. They volunteer. They own businesses. They contribute their ideas and their passion to the Cooper-Young community. Each...
Festival 4-Miler crosses finish line
Photo by Franz Happel-Parkins By Sheree Stubblefield It was Friday the 13th, but the 2019 Cooper-Young Festival Friday 4-Miler came off without a trace of bad luck on September 13. This year saw over 2,000 racers run, walk, jog, and even hula hoop through the...
Input sought on proposed apartment building
The Cooper-Young Community Association will host a public meeting with developers of a proposed mixed-use building at 871 S. Cooper in Cooper-Young. The meeting will be October 3 at 6 p.m. at the CYCA offices, 2298 Young. Organizers request that comments and...
Cooper-Young heads to the polls
October 3 is election day in Memphis, with the seats of city mayor and the entire city council up for grabs as well as municipal judgeships and the city court clerk. There is also a referendum on a .5% sales tax increase that would be used to restore health care...
October 1 marks new National Night Out
Cooper-Young is readying for a night of block parties and neighborhood engagement as National Night Out moves to October 1. Previously held in August, National Night Out is held every year as a community-building initiative that promotes police-community partnerships...
Letter from the President: Fall brings Beerfest, staff changes
Mark Morrison We made it through another scorching festival weekend, and I’ve got two completely different subjects to talk about this month. First, the 10th annual Cooper-Young Beerfest is coming up on October 19. This event is particularly important to me because I...
Cooler temperatures mean patio time in Midtown
By Dr. D. Jackson Maxwell September is here and hopefully cooler temperatures will become the norm. For Memphis Midtowners that can mean only one thing —I t’s porch weather! Throughout the Cooper-Young, Central Gardens, Vollintine-Evergreen, and associated area...
Midtown music teacher composes symphony of sights in CY yard
By Sharron Johnson Living in Cooper-Young is a highlight to my life. I wonder if most people in the community feel the same? If it weren’t for dear ole CY I may have never became the community volunteer, restauranteur, or consummate gardener that I have become. A...
Operation Identification helps you keep your stuff
By June Hurt Sometime around lunchtime yesterday, my neighbor was lucky enough to catch two women stealing lawn furniture from his front porch. As one of the responding police officers relayed the incident to me, I drifted away to my own little fantasy world of...
Council candidates get up close with CY
City Council Super District 8-1 candidate Gerri Curry (left) visits with voters at the recent CYCA candidate meet-and-greet. City Council elections are coming October 3, and the Cooper-Young Community Association hosted a meet-and-greet for the public at Epicenter...
