Bianca has a report on the Mid-South Regional Greenprint Consortium, a group working to create "a long-term vision for the area's greenspaces, including parks, greenways, community gardens, stormwater management, and waterways." We need that. The plans include not just Shelby County, but also Crittenden, Desoto and Fayette.
In case you hadn't heard, the South Main neighborhood is getting really cool. Your Effin' Memphis used to live in the neighborhood, and can testify to the fact that there's something very good happening down that-a-way. If you decide to traipse over that way soon, you are required to eat at Rizzo's Diner (best new-ish restaurant in Memphis, hands down) and go shopping at SACHË, simply because they are cool and they are my friends.
Speaking of South Main and Downtown development in general, Henry Turley says, "you can be somebody in Memphis."
The family of murdered Clarksdale, MS, mayoral candidate Marco McMillian has released a statement about his death, and it is gruesome and heartbreaking. An excerpt:
We know that Marco was brutally murdered. His body was found on Wednesday, February 26, 2013, beaten, dragged and burned (set afire). This was reported in our meeting with the local coroner on two occasions. We were informed that the official autopsy report could take two to four weeks to complete. We feel that this was not a random act of violence based on the condition of the body when it was found. Marco, nor anyone, should have their lives end in this manner.
My god.
In much happier regional news, the University of Mississippi Medical Center and its Dr. Hannah Fay seem to have cured HIV in an infant for the first time. This story is making serious international headlines. Congratulations to Dr. Fay and her team!
Anyway, enjoy your Monday! Here's something we're listening to this morning, because it came up in our iTunes shuffle and it is awesome:
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