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Riverfront Development Corporation — 22 N Front St, Memphis, TN 38103

Mud Island Input Meeting

The Memphis Flyer Breaking News — September 29, 2009

Tonight is the first of the final two Mud Island public input meetings held by the Riverfront Development Corporation. I have a feeling that it's going to be packed with skaters and derby girls, so if skate parks don't interest you, or you think they a... »

Skating Toward A Better Future

Smart City Memphis — September 28, 2009

With the Mud Island Land Use Study - Phase Three Public Meetings wrapping up this week, there may be questions about the final recommendations, but there can be no questions any longer about the potential of a skate park on the Mississippi River isthmu... »

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Daily News article: Downtown Neighborhood Association making a comeback

Paul Ryburn's Journal — September 22, 2009

If you live or work Downtown, check out this Daily News article about the Downtown Neighborhood Association.  After two and a half years of ineffective leadership, new people are in charge and the DNA is making a comeback.  The next meeting is at Harbo... »

Art Park Paints A Better Picture Of Memphis

Smart City Memphis — September 21, 2009

My morning commute delivers me many days to downtown Memphis from the Riverside Drive exit of I-40. It’s the antithesis of the experience that greets me two miles away south when I enter downtown from the other end of Riverside Drive off I-55.There, th... »

Fixing the Fairgrounds

The Memphis Flyer Breaking News — September 17, 2009

Henry Turley has been called a visionary developer in his 40-year career in real estate, but his vision of the old Mid-South Fairgrounds is looking increasingly less likely. An alternative option — call it the public option, in today's parlance — would... »

Flyer Flashback

The Memphis Flyer Breaking News — August 27, 2009

To mark the Flyer's 20th anniversary, we're looking back at stories from our first two decades. by Bianca Phillips [image-1] Earlier this month, a standing-room-only crowd of riverfront advocates and preservationists piled into »

Cobblestone Concerns

The Memphis Flyer Breaking News — August 20, 2009

Opponents object to walkways and boulders in riverfront plan. by Bianca Phillips Preservationists, members of Friends for Our Riverfront, and the Riverfront Development Corporation (RDC) all agree on one thing: The riverfront's »

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Back To The Future With Memphis City Council

Smart City Memphis — July 09, 2009

We are repeating a post from June, 2007, that we never thought might apply to this Memphis City Council:It is an aphorism – though none the less true – that the most segregated hour in Memphis is at 11 a.m. on Sunday morning.Surely it’s equally true th... »

Pedestrian Bridge Project

The Memphis Flyer Breaking News — June 18, 2009

In connection with the University of Memphis' new law school on Front Street — scheduled to open this fall — the Riverfront Development Corporation is building a pedestrian bridge across Court Avenue. The bridge will connect the former Customs House ... »

Light Opera

The Memphis Flyer Breaking News — June 15, 2009

Just got the following release from the UrbanArt Commission: As the University of Memphis moves its law school to Front Street in downtown Memphis, the Riverfront Development Corporation is building a pedestrian bridge that will span the length of Cour... »