Mid-South Greenways Map Available 
ULI Memphis is pleased to offer the Mid-South Greenways Map—a web-based interactive map of existing parks, greenways and open space features from throughout the region. Click here to get started!
MRCT Presents Preliminary Report January 19th
The Mississippi River Corridor Tennessee (MRCT) and its planning team will present a preliminary report on enhancing and expanding the Shelby County component of the 10-state Mississippi River Trail (MRT). Join us January 19th at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Hall of Central Station, SW corner of South Main and G.E. Patterson, for our final meeting on the MRT bicycle route in Shelby County.
MRCT in partnership with the University of Memphis and the Memphis Regional Design Center studied the Shelby County segment of the Mississippi River Trail including a survey of the existing route, interviews with representatives of local hiking and bicycling organizations, meetings with parks and recreation departments, and three public meetings. The study also sought to determine a new route to connect the I-55 Bridge with DeSoto County, Mississippi. We hope you will be able to join us for this important community planning meeting. Please extend an invitation to others you feel may be interested in attending.
This plan was made possible by generous financial support from the Hyde Family Foundation as lead funder and matching funds were provided by John & Estie Sheahan, FedEx Corporation, Sustainable Shelby and Shelby County Government.
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ULI Memphis Awarded Community Action Grant
In Spring 2011, ULI Memphis was awarded a $10,000 ULI Community Action Grant to help fund the project "Strengthening Our Urban Fabric: Creating a Complete Streets Policy for Memphis/Shelby County." ULI received 21 applications from 18 district councils and awarded Six Community Action Grants totaling $110,000 in this round of funding. ULI Memphis is honored to share the award with the Memphis Complete Streets Coalition. Read more about it!
Sears Building Memphis, TN
In the early decades of the 20th century, Sears & Roebuck built 9 expansive warehouses throughout the country. ULI Memphis Young Leaders hosted Sears Crosstown: A Rare Look Inside in October 2010 where we explored the 1.4 million-square-foot landmark Art Deco structure opened in 1927 and permanently vacated in 1993. Tour guides led a discussion about the opportunities and challenges of redeveloping such a remarkable building. Building images (above) were taken by local architect Peter Warren (Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects).