What is the Memphis Aerotropolis?
Memphis is the largest city in Tennessee and the seat of Shelby County. It is located in the southwest corner of the state, bordered by Arkansas and Mississippi, and overlooks the Mississippi River. The city is known as “America’s Distribution Center,” serving business interests throughout the northeast, southeast and southwest regions of the United States. The population is nearly 650,000.
Although Memphis is known around the world for its amenities, global enterprises, cultural assets and contributions to medicine and music, the Memphis International Airport is no doubt the city’s crème de la crème in air travel and serves more than 10 million passengers a year. The Airport, a world-class facility, is now considered to be an “Aerotropolis,” the only one of its kind in North America.
Public participation is essential to the success of the Memphis Aerotropolis planning process, allowing the Project Team to draw upon local knowledge, clarify issues, and understand community aspirations. Initial outreach efforts consisted of focus group meetings and interviews with community advocates and leaders, as well as “listening tours.” We want to know your ideas and recommendations.
Memphis Aerotropolis Landing a Vision
The proposed grand vision for developing the Memphis Aerotropolis is job creation.
MAR 21, 2013
Urban planning consultant Nate Cherry is to nominate that vision and describe three ways to achieve it during a community meeting Thursday 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Whitehaven High School.
Success, said RTKL’s vice president in charge of planning and urban design, will require building: A sustainable community through amenities, goods and services; improved transportation and intermodal connections that include streets built for walkers and cyclists as well as motorized vehicles; and smart collaborations, such as creating clusters of businesses and a way of governing the 50-square-mile project that’s streamlined and effective.
Aerotropolis Community-wide Meeting
Scheduled
March 21 at Whitehaven High School
MAR 1, 2013
The city of Memphis Division of Planning and Development is hosting a community-wide meeting at Whitehaven High School on March 21, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., to share with community stakeholders (business leaders, community leaders and residents) in the Memphis Aerotropolis study area the Master Plan that is being developed for future development and reinvestment, which could transform Memphis into a more competitive, logistics and distribution center of commerce that will benefit the entire Mid-South Region.
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Highlights from the Memphis Aerotropolis Listening Tours:
Airways Professional Center
Hickory Hill Community Center
Memphis Christian Center
Cherokee Library
