There are 25 article(s) tagged Roshun Austin:

• April 2024

  • Opinion: ‘Community voices lead to our development decisions’

    “We spent months holding community meetings, conducting door-to-door surveys, taking phone calls and opening the proposed site daily for the Memphis Urban Wood project.”

    By Roshun Austin April 17, 2024

  • Ethics complaint showcases politics behind contentious North Memphis project

    The person who filed an ethics complaint against Memphis City Councilwoman Michalyn Easter-Thomas is an employee of an engineering firm working on a project the council member opposed. 

    By Samuel Hardiman April 12, 2024

• March 2024

  • Contentious North Memphis tree upcycling project scrapped

    Memphis Urban Wood planned to turn a vacant 10-acre property on North Watkins Street into a facility that transforms wood waste into lumber and wood compost. 

    By Keely Brewer March 18, 2024

• January 2024

  • Northside Square developers take on barriers to affordable housing

    Roshun Austin and Archie Willis III of the Klondike Partners development group talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the financial hoops the adaptive reuse of Northside High School has had to jump through.

    By Bill Dries January 20, 2024

  • One of Orange Mound’s own finds space for kids in his neighborhood

    Fueled by a desire help children fulfill their educational potential as well as developing a relationship with God, Howard Eddings willed the Opportunity Zone into existence.

    By Jane Roberts January 14, 2024

• December 2023

  • Northside Square represents new life for an old school — and so much more

    The $78 million redevelopment of the old Northside High School comes with an ambitious plan to bring back the surrounding Klondike subdivision from decades of blight.

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2023

• September 2023

  • Chapter Five: The effects of Plan Z busing roll across Memphis

    The latest chapter in The Daily Memphian’s oral history on the 50th anniversary of busing in Memphis City Schools moves into the years of the late 1970s and early 80s.

    By Bill Dries September 28, 2023

• May 2023

  • Opinion: The City of Memphis must get serious about affordable housing

    “The City of Memphis’ funding of its Affordable Housing Trust Fund has not been near enough. And it has lagged behind the funding in other peer cities.”

    By Roshun Austin May 12, 2023

• November 2022

  • Klondike redevelopment financing vote advances despite push for delay

    Commissioner Henri Brooks, whose district includes Klondike, sought again to delay the second of three votes on a TIF district for the redevelopment of the residential area. Other Democratic commissioners on the body moved forward.

    By Bill Dries November 15, 2022

  • Financing for Klondike redevelopment clears first hurdle

    The trust fund for city and county property taxes earmarked for the redevelopment area cleared the first of three votes before the Shelby County Commission.

    By Bill Dries November 01, 2022

• June 2022

  • County mayor says stable housing critical in keeping ex-offenders out of system

    The housing will provide a home for four ex-offenders who are participating in the Shelby County Office of Re-Entry’s FOCUSED program, an 11-week training program that combines job readiness with the opportunity for selection into vocational training programs.

    By Julia Baker June 28, 2022

  • Property assessor warns of rental housing crisis

    “We will lose young professionals, new college grads and young families to surrounding areas of other cities where there is substantial affordable housing available.”

    By Daja E. Henry June 24, 2022

• May 2022

  • Roshun Austin collecting awards for her Klondike-sized dreams

    She and her investors have bought up 400 lots in the North Memphis neighborhood and are ready to build a community where Black people can build wealth in their homes. 

    By Jane Roberts May 24, 2022

• February 2022

  • Watch: Remake of Northside High seeks broader impact for Klondike

    Planners hope the transformation of the old Northside High School building into a mixed-use development will rekindle a sense of community in the Klondike section of North Memphis. 

    By Bill Dries February 26, 2022

  • EDGE board approves PILOT for Northside High School redevelopment

    The former vocational high school at 1212 Vollintine Ave. will become a multi-use space for vocational skills training, workforce development, multifamily housing, health care services, performing arts and more. 

    By Julia Baker February 16, 2022

• October 2021

  • Watch: Merger aims to bridge gap in affordable housing

    The leaders of the two housing and community groups talked on “Behind The Headlines” about a larger scope and plan for affordable housing in a city that needs about 40,000 new units of the housing.

    By Bill Dries October 14, 2021

• September 2021

  • The Works, NPI merging

    Two organizations with different track records — one for building quality, affordable housing and the other for removing blight — are merging to serve the entire core city.

    By Tom Bailey September 30, 2021

• March 2021

  • Apartment complex renovation could be catalyst for more affordable housing

    On a cloudy Thursday afternoon, the organizations behind the Renaissance at Steele renovations in Frayser celebrated the $17 million project’s completion. 

    By Omer Yusuf March 21, 2021

• March 2020

  • Significant apartment renovation project in Frayser delayed

    The first units at the renovated Renaissance at Steele on Baskin Street were set to be available this month. The timeline for the project has been altered due to rain and COVID-19.

    By Omer Yusuf March 26, 2020

• December 2019

  • CDC leaders foresee less sprawl with Memphis 3.0

    A trio of leaders of community development corporations on "Behind The Headlines" say the long-term Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines should give them and others working on nonprofit catalysts more of a voice in how the city grows. 

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2019

• November 2019

  • Orange Mound Task Force holds first meeting

    Shelby County Assessor Melvin Burgess said that the task force would go on a tour of the area.

    By Elle Perry November 14, 2019

• August 2019

  • First apartments in $17M Frayser renovation available in spring 2020

    The now blighted apartment complex at 3085 Steele St. in Frayser is undergoing a $17 million renovation on property owned by The Works Inc. 

    By Omer Yusuf August 23, 2019

• May 2019

  • Strickland moves ahead with Memphis 3.0 as council vote is awaited

    Mayor Jim Strickland signed an executive order implementing the Memphis 3.0 plan Tuesday at a South Memphis CDC, a week before the Memphis City Council takes the first of three votes on the plan.

    By Bill Dries May 14, 2019

• March 2019

  • Blight fight moves from single lot to bigger market-based view

    The $11 million renovation of a Frayser apartment complex owned by The Works, a South Memphis community development corporation, is an indication that the coordinated fight against blight in the city has moved beyond one single-family home at a time.

    By Bill Dries March 15, 2019

• December 2018

  • Big Jump Project brings Glide Rides and a cultural kiosk to South Memphis

    It’s a warm and sunny Saturday morning in South Memphis. About 40 people have gathered at the South Memphis Farmers Market for the latest South Memphis Glide Ride.

    By Elle Perry December 02, 2018