The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the City of Memphis and Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) a $2,693,160 Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) grant. The grant will help mitigate the barrier and impacts of Interstate 40 for seven historically African American and disinvested neighborhoods in North Memphis.

Because of the egregious conditions of the intersections and their significant neighborhood impacts, community-driven planning has been conducted over the last 5-10 years, and this planning grant builds on that foundation, with a focus on working out the design details and preparing as much as possible for implementation. Important elements for consideration will include improving pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, reimagining perilous pedestrian bridges, and exploring measures to turn adjacent vacant lots into a network of environmentally beneficial green spaces with trails.

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Awarded Application

In the 1980s, the City of Memphis pursued a policy of physical expansion by expanding its Urban Services Boundary. The annexation had a direct impact on the urban core as resources and investments turned their figurative back on the oldest and poorest parts of the city, many of which are in North Memphis…

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Request for Proposal

The CRA issued a Request for Proposal with the sole purpose and intent of obtaining proposals from interested and qualified professionals offering to provide Grant Management Services.