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  ipedia.com: Memphis, Tennessee Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Memphis is a city located in Shelby County, Tennessee of which it is the county seat.
Memphis is a center of manufacture of textiles, heating equipment, pianos, and automobile and truck parts.
Memphis' Division of Light, Gas and Water ("LG&W") is one of the largest municipal utitilites in the United States.
www.ipedia.com /memphis__tennessee.html   (1042 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis barbeque is rendered distinct by its sole usage of pork (as opposed to beef), focus on rib and shoulder cuts of meat, and multiple locally-owned barbeque restaurants.
Memphis has also had a significant impact in the world of photography, William Eggleston, the pioneer of color photography as a serious artistic medium and considered one of the greatest photographers of all time, still lives and works in Memphis.
Memphis is governed by a mayor and thirteen council members, six elected at large from throughout the city and seven elected from geographic districts.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee   (5396 words)

  
 Historic Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, TN
Historic Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, TN Chartered in 1852, Elmwood (the name was drawn out of a hat by the founders) was established as part of what became known as the "Rural Cemetery Movement" of the 1800s.
One of many blues singers to perform on Beale Street in Memphis, Lillie Mae Glover took on the name Ma Rainey II and was the acknowledged “mother of Beale Street.” She sang with artists such as B.B. King.
Among that list are some names who may surprise you, such as Annie Cook and Emily Sutton, who were "fallen women" who dedicated themselves to the care of the sick, only to sicken and die themselves.
www.elmwoodcemetery.org /main/history.htm   (1298 words)

  
 Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is the primary city of a metropolitan region including parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
The Memphis metopolitan area encompasses the counties of Fayette, Tipton, and Shelby in Tennessee, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica in Mississippi, and Crittenden in Arkansas.
Public transportation in the Memphis area is provided by the Memphis Area Transit Authority, which provides the area with buses and a downtown trolley system that is also in the process of expanding into a regional system.
creekin.net /c7882-n248-memphis-tennessee.html   (1892 words)

  
 Top20Memphis.com - Your Top20Guide to Memphis, TN.
Memphis is also the home of famous radio stations and recording studios such as WDIA (which was the first American radio station programmed by African-Americans), Stax Records (e.g.
The Memphis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the 42nd largest in the United States, has a 2000 population of 1,205,204, and includes the Tennessee counties of Shelby, Tipton, and Fayette, as well as the Mississippi counties of DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, and Tunica, and the Arkansas county of Crittenden.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water ("MLGandW") is also one of the largest municipal utitilites in the United States.
top20memphis.com   (3045 words)

  
 Christian Science Monitor article - Nov. 9, 2001
Pine Bluff ranks first on the FBI lists in violent crime, aggravated assault, and burglary; third in property crime and murder; and fourth in rape.
From Tuscaloosa to Jackson, Tenn., law_enforcement officials, mayors, and chambers of commerce presidents are working to reassure citizens that their cities aren't as bad as they appear in federal rankings.
She lists high unemployment, lower incomes, and warmer weather, which allow people _ and criminals _ to be outdoors more often, as reasons for crime.
www.memphiscrime.org /news/articles/csm-southerncrime.html   (785 words)

  
 Memphis, Tennessee - www.1-memphis.com
As of 2005, the city of Memphis had a population of 680,768, making it the largest city in the state of Tennessee and the 17th largest in the United States.
Memphis is marked by six major districts, with smaller districts lying within their borders.
Memphis had two major rail passenger stations, Memphis Union Station, razed in 1968, and Memphis Central Station, which has been renovated and serves Amtrak's City of New Orleans route between Chicago and New Orleans.
www.1-memphis.com   (5098 words)

  
 Headlines/Breaking News from Memphis Business Journal - bizjournals.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Two long-time Memphis transportation executives have joined a Winnsboro, Texas-based air freight forwarder, launched operations in the Bluff City to tap the distribution market and are quickly propelling the local office to the top of the company.
Memphis small business Express Logistics, Inc., is continuing its ascension into the big leagues as a 300% annual growth rate has the freight auditing firm launching a 30,000-square-foot build-to-suit at Southwind.
Memphis bars and clubs may count on beer and burgers for the bulk of their revenue, but many are also sweetening the bottom line by selling merchandise.
www.bizjournals.com /site_map/memphis_sitemap_1.html   (7736 words)

  
 An Introductory Background Report on Automated Traffic Enforcement
In Memphis, necessary partnerships between city and county law enforcement and traffic safety personnel must be cultivated.
In order to develop community-based support, advocates recommend involving community groups in the process by sending a specific list of potentially enforceable intersections to community groups, rather than soliciting a general list of candidate intersections.
The City of Memphis must select a vendor with the demonstrated capacity to develop and manage an automated enforcement program in a major city or similar jurisdiction.
www.memphiscrime.org /research/studies/auto-traffic.html   (2388 words)

  
 Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
"Memphis is home to a number of potentially vulnerable sites and our emergency management officials need all the resources they can get to protect them."
The funding is part of the $700 million Congress appropriated in the fiscal year 2003 supplemental budget to enhance the security of urban areas with high density population areas and critical infrastructure.
Funding levels were determined by a formula developed by the Department of Homeland Security that takes into account, threat information, critical infrastructure, and population density.
www.house.gov /apps/list/press/tn09_ford/20030515homeland.html   (164 words)

  
 commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN
With the University of Memphis and Memphis Grizzlies basketball teams planning to move to the FedExForum next season, running The Pyramid is becoming an increasingly lonely proposition.
Chumney's mother asked representatives from the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division if they could devise a system to ensure that utility customers who waited longest to get their power restored after the last major outage would be first on the priority list next time.
Memphis City Council member Carol Chumney plans to range far outside her council district, which covers parts of Midtown and East Memphis, when she gives a talk at the West Tennessee State Prison in Henning Friday afternoon.
blogs.commercialappeal.com /blake/archives/memphis_city_council   (11381 words)

  
 City Mayors: Safest US cities
City Mayors lists and features urban events, conferences and conventions aimed at urban decision makers and those with an interst in cities worldwide.
Ron Gonzales was re-elected Mayor of San José, the Capital of Silicon Valley, in the March Primary of 2002.
His goals as Mayor include strengthening neighborhoods, improvement of public education, and ensuring the continuing economic vitality of the city with high quality public services and effective solutions to affordable housing and traffic congestion in the region.
www.citymayors.com /society/uscities_safest.html   (1118 words)

  
 News & Opinion: The Sticking Point (Memphis Flyer . 02-02-98)
The Memphis and Shelby County Health Department’s statistics show as many as 20 percent of people with AIDS say they could have been exposed to the disease by injecting drugs.
But with the reported increase in heroin usage in Memphis, intravenous transmission of HIV is on the rise.
Even though needle exchange is favored by an impressive list of advocates, there’s a comparatively small but vocal group of adversaries, including some members of Congress and the Clinton admini-stration’s “drug czar” Barry McCaffrey, who seem to pose a serious threat.
weeklywire.com /ww/02-02-98/memphis_cvr.html   (2633 words)

  
 Train of Thought | The University of Memphis Magazine
The room is filled with box upon box of papers donated by civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, a U of M distinguished adjunct professor of political science and history.
Hooks was born in 1925 in Memphis, where he grew up and attended LeMoyne College in 1941.
In 1948, he graduated and returned to Memphis and married Frances Dancy, an elementary school teacher, in 1951.
www.memphis.edu /magazine/v20i3/feat2.html   (1651 words)

  
 Chinese Restaurant Memphis Tennessee
Downtown Memphis, Tennessee - Downtown Memphis, Tennessee is located on the Mississippi River between Interstate 40 to the north and Interstate 55 to the south.
Downtown Memphis is the home of Beale Street, The Lorraine Motel (now the National Civil Rights Museum) where Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chinese Restaurant Memphis Tennessee - Chinese Restaurant Memphis Tennessee The Tsunami Restaurant Cookbook In this collection of over 150 recipes, Tsunami Restaurant chef/owner Ben Smith displays his love for "clean, uncluttered presentations" chinese restaurant memphis tennessee and "crisp, identifiable flavors." Influenced by his culinary experiences from San Francisco...
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 bizjournals: Memphis Business Journal Residential 2002
While DeSoto County leads the Memphis area in new home growth on a percentage basis, Shelby County is still holding its own with many new sewer basins in the county reserves yet to be developed.
Memphis City Council action on a controversial set of design guidelines for new homes in the revitalized Uptown area has once again been postponed due to concern about over-regulation and the effects it would have on housing costs.
A group of Downtown residents are up in arms about a proposed change to the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development's zoning plan for the southern portion of Downtown, which would allow a large night club to locate next to their homes.
www.bizjournals.com /site_map2/memphis_residential_2002.html   (1251 words)

  
 University of Memphis :: Great Conversations
With that in mind, the University of Memphis presents Great Conversations, an evening of dining and talk led by some of the most engaging conversationalists in the University.
The University of Memphis, a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action University.
It is committed to education of a non-racially identifiable student body.
cas.memphis.edu /conversations   (170 words)

  
 Mayors - Election books, find the lowest prices
Mayors - Election books, find the lowest prices
More than the Flower Show : Elected Mayors and Democracy
Racial Politics at the Crossroads : Memphis Elects Dr. W.W. Herenton
www.allbookstores.com /Mayors-Election_p2sd.html   (160 words)

  
 Alumni Affairs and Special Events :: Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law Chapter :: University of Memphis
Reunion activities include a CLE opportunity followed by a Saturday evening All Class Party, to be held in downtown Memphis at the Cadre Building.
Twenty-four teams participated; Congressman Harold Ford Jr., Mayors AC Wharton and Willie Herenton; and Coaches Calipari and John Robic were all in attendance.
University of Memphis President Shirley Raines and Law Alumni President Amy Amundsen present Governor Phil Bredesen with the Friend of the Law School Award at the 2006 Striving for Excellence in the Law Dinner.
www.memphis.edu /alumniclub/law_chapter.htm   (505 words)

  
 The Memphis Flyer :: the mid-south's news weekly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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Former top aide to Shelby County mayors must say goodbye to some unusual perks....
In the environs of Lake Woe is Me(mphis), all tax increases are "modest " all spending cuts "severe.Ó...
www.memphismagazine.com /memphis/Archive?author=oid:444   (485 words)

  
 List of mayors of Memphis, Tennessee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of mayors of Memphis, Tennessee.
[1] As a result of a yellow fever epidemic in 1879, Memphis lost so much of its population that it was disincorporated and was not rechartered until 1895, which accounts for the absence of there having been any mayor during this period.
This page was last modified 23:03, 11 August 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Memphis,_Tennessee   (94 words)

  
 African American mayors books, find the lowest prices
Double Trouble : Black Mayors, Black Communities, and the Call for a Deep Democracy
African-american Mayors : Race, Politics, And The American City
Black Mayors and School Politics : The Failure of Reform in Detroit, Gary, and Newark
www.allbookstores.com /African_American_Mayors.html   (205 words)

  
 NPR : Black Mayors at White House
All Things Considered, August 17, 2001 · The National Conference of Black Mayors paid a visit to the president's home today, meeting with a number of administration officials in the president's absence.
The mayors represent populations ranging from a few thousand to more than a million, but their needs were much the same.
NPR's Don Gonyea reports from the White House.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1127573   (132 words)

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