Project: Pollinator Gardens

Pollinator Gardens

Launched in April 2024, the Native Land Management Program has transformed three Smokey City lots. Partnering with local black-owned contractor Servitude Solutions and with hydroseeding by Aelera Contracting, the CRA has reimagined these areas as lively community gathering spots where neighbors connect and native ecosystems thrive.

In 2026, the CRA transformed an additional eight vacant lots along I-40 into flourishing pollinator gardens, all nestled within a vibrant half-mile corridor between Firestone and Vollintine Avenues.

Established: 2024
Neighborhood: Smokey City
Lots: 995, 999, 1001, 1003, 1030, and 1096 Lewis; 851 Manassas; 1115 Vollintine; 1130 Firestone; 1140, and 1146 Coker
Partners: Servitude Solutions, Aelera Contracting

The CRA envisions every neighborhood in the City of Memphis and Shelby County providing its residents with a healthy and safe environment, economic opportunity, affordable housing, and excellent quality of life.

CONTACT US

Community Redevelopment Agency
850 N. Manassas
Memphis, TN 38107
Phone: 901-435-6992
Email: info@cramemphis.org

The City of Memphis and Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is committed to providing equal access to its programs, funding, employment, services, and activities and complies with all applicable Federal and state civil rights laws and enabling regulations. The CRA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, age, disability or any other protected class in admission to its programs, funding, employment, services, or activities; in access to them; in the provision of benefits, or in any aspect of operations.