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Asantehene lifts Ghana high in?Memphis

Business Ghana 17 May 2022
The United States' city of Memphis, situated along the Mississippi River, the second-longest river in North America, opened its arms for the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II last week, as Ghana became the centre of attraction at the 44th Memphis in May International Festival ... Engagement at University of Memphis.
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Lee budget amendment includes money for airports, Memphis waterfront, raceway

The Wilson Post 30 Mar 2022
(The Center Square) – An $80 million grocery tax holiday, $78 million for the state’s airports, $20 million for docks on the Memphis waterfront, $17 million for a racetrack and $500 million bonded for a new Tennessee Titans stadium all were part of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s fiscal year 2023 budget amendment first on Tuesday morning ... Sen ... ....
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Budget: New Titans stadium, grocery tax pause, vote machines

Napa Valley Register 30 Mar 2022
Other big-ticket proposed additions include $80 million for a one-month break from state and local grocery taxes; $78.1 million to boost airports; $20 million to help Memphis waterfront development on the Mississippi River; $20 ...
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TN Budget: New Titans stadium, grocery tax pause, vote machines

The Nashville Ledger 30 Mar 2022
Other big-ticket proposed additions include $80 million for a one-month break from state and local grocery taxes; $78.1 million to boost airports; $20 million to help Memphis waterfront development on the Mississippi River; $20 million to reduce privilege taxes paid by a handful ...
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Letters from readers: Give the schools numbers, not names

The Florida Times Union 06 Mar 2021
Give the schools numbers, not names. I do not believe in solving problems by making new problems, If the School Board votes to re-name some schools, a different portion of the public will be upset. My suggestion ... Included to see and experience are the waterfront parks at Louisville, Cincinnati, Memphis, Tampa, Chattanooga and St. Petersburg.
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Community Foundation's Crystal Ball Gala set for Saturday

The Clarksdale Press Register 15 Jan 2021
The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi will honor Charley Pride and local volunteers at its 21st annual Crystal Ball Gala on Saturday. The free virtual starts at 6.30 p.m., and Charley Pride’s hit song, Roll On Mississippi is the theme ... Mr ... Auction items include.. 1 ... 2 ... Waterfront home at Lake Bruin, Louisiana ... VIP passes to Memphis Grizzlies ... .
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Erasing Gainesville’s spirit of place

The Gainesville Sun 03 Sep 2020
In the past several years, cries have arisen across the city that Gainesville is losing its identity ... Some cities’ identity is tied to singular geographic features — Jacksonville and Miami to their majestic waterfronts, Minneapolis and Memphis to their sites perched high above the Mississippi River ... It is also necessary ... Why these? ... .
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Commentary: Goodbye, guy on a horse. A new wave of monument design is changing how we ...

The Los Angeles Times 23 Jul 2020
Summer, 1942 ... The party gets rolling ... Advertisement ... ... Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and her firm, Studio Gang, have spent several years on design concepts for the Mississippi waterfront in Memphis ... A detail from the installation of “Stone Stories” shows the different ways individual cobblestones from Memphis’ Cobblestone Landing might be re-imagined.
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Final Plans Unveiled for New Tom Lee Park

Memphis Flyer 20 May 2020
Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, and Beale Street Music Festival ... Embracing the local knowhow that characterized the working waterfront structures that operated here for so long, the architecture is designed to celebrate the material history of Memphis by making new use of salvaged wood and metals.”.
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Music in the Park continues with Broadway Phil & the Shouters

The Roseburg News-Review 01 Aug 2019
MYRTLE CREEK — Music in the Park will continue with west coast blues, R&B and roots rock band Broadway Phil and The Shouters ... The group has played a variety of venues and festivals, including Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival and the International Blues Challenge in Memphis ... ....
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Manhattan Happenings, Week of May 30, 2019

The Villager 29 May 2019
BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELL-DOMENECH .. MUSIC. Waterfront blues ... to 8.30 p.m. This year, the event is a tribute to legendary blues guitarist Memphis Minnie, and will feature a free outdoor concert on the waterfront plaza of the North Cove. A night for Amy ... Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7.30 p.m ... Eastern musical mix ... (Courtesy Whitney Museum).
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New York Guitar Festival announces Memphis Minnie tribute concert

Guitar.com 21 May 2019
And for its upcoming 20th edition, the festival is celebrating the life and music of the late blues guitarist Memphis Minnie with a free outdoor concert titled Memphis Minnie ... Memphis Minnie. In Search Of The Hoodoo Lady will take place on 1 June at Brookfield Place’s Waterfront ...
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Looking at Memphis in May's future, festival bosses fear moving off the river

Commercial Appeal 13 May 2019
Plans to turn Tom Lee Park into a landscaped $60 million Downtown destination could push Memphis in May off the waterfront ....
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Evanoff: Looking at Memphis in May's future, festival bosses fear moving off the river

Commercial Appeal 13 May 2019
Plans to turn Tom Lee Park into a landscaped $60 million Downtown destination could push Memphis in May off the waterfront ....

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