The City Council gave its blessing to the DMC buying 100 N. Main, Memphis’ tallest building, so that it can be improved and turned around and sold to a buyer who intends to house corporate and retail tenants there. Tearing the building down is also an option. It’s a big purchase price but I agree, it needs to be done. The building purchase still has to be approved by the County Commission.
The Shelby County Health Department has a new interim director, Dr. Lasonya Harris Hall, who works as deputy chief administrative officer for the county. She’ll lead the agency for up to 90 days while also leading the search for her permanent successor at the Health Department.
A church building at Second and Henry in Uptown went up in flames just days after a new congregation, Redemption Church, had begun to worship in the building. The building dated to 1942.
Action News 5 profiles the National Civil Rights Museum in its latest 5 Star Story.
Vaccine disparity: A higher percentage of people who live Downtown, Midtown, and in the eastern suburbs have received the COVID-19 vaccine than other parts of Shelby County.
I haven’t watched the Prince Harry/Meghan Markle interview with Oprah because I don’t care much about the royal family. However, I’ve seen posts on Quora saying “watch it with the sound off and pay attention to the body language.” Hmmm interesting.
Not a very newsy day. Back tomorrow with more.