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Who we are
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Click on the photo for a demonstration of his skate skills. Thurman Richardson, Affiliated Computer Services ACS (an IT Outsourcing company that supports Nike Inc in Memphis as well as Nike Inc Globally) as a Sr. Systems Administrator. Without Thurman we would have never known about the Nike Back Your Block grant. Thanks Thurman! Here is Thurman's bio:. Updated October 16th, 2009 by Skatelife Memphis. Kris Gurley , Autocad engineer. That Skatelife did for to provide food for the Midsouth Food bank. Terry...
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City of Hernando Skate Park Project
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Hernando Skate Park Project. 2011: In October 2011, Hernando citizens Edward Pidgeon, Chad Crawford, Michael Ann Dillinger started the long quest for skate park in their town. They started the grassroots group on facebook Hernando Skates. 2011-2014:Due to the groups tireless fundraising efforts, $34,000 was raised mostly at through small gifts donated at the Hernando Skates booth at the downtown Farmer's Markets. With the funding and location. In place, 2015 will be the year of construction!
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Memphis Cobblestones: Why?
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Monday, March 3, 2008. The City of Memphis plans to. The boat landing that has long drawn thousands of tourists and Memphians to the historic cobblestones at the center of our waterfront. The historic landing would compete with a new boat dock they want badly to build. But that plan eventually stalled, for lack of broad public support. In its eight years of existence (and despite its middle name) the RDC hasn't actually built anything except a roundabout and some stairs. The reputations of very power...
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Memphis Cobblestones: The Big Switch: How the riverfront strategy quietly changed
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Thursday, June 18, 2009. The Big Switch: How the riverfront strategy quietly changed. The City Council authorizing resolution for Beale Street Landing and every annual budget proposal the RDC has placed before the City Council has included some variation of the the following language:. This project provides funding for the first major project in the implementation of the Riverfront Master Plan approved by the City Council in May of 2002. The seventh of Master Plan's ten design principles set this goal:.
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Memphis Cobblestones: CA: Overnight cruises on Mississippi River put on hold
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Friday, September 10, 2010. CA: Overnight cruises on Mississippi River put on hold. By Wayne Risher, The Commmercial Appeal. September 10, 2010. A cruise company's troubles have cast doubt on plans to bring overnight cruises on the Mississippi River back to Memphis next year. The small-ship cruise line Cruise West announced it had suspended new bookings while the company is restructured. It said company executives would not respond to questions from the media. Cruise West said the first step in its restr...
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Memphis Cobblestones: Parsing the public's requirements
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Monday, August 10, 2009. Parsing the public's requirements. Notices the fifth bullet on the RDC's Web page, which says, "Continuation of and improvements to the docking of boats." He still wants a straight answers to his question about RDC's intentions:. I want to land my boat on the Cobblestones. Will I be able to do this after the improvements? Let's take a closer look and see if he might already have an answer. The answer is no, as was made clear in testimony. BOYD: Alright, the cobblestone use. I...
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Memphis Cobblestones: Cobbles under glass: A closer look
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Sunday, August 2, 2009. Cobbles under glass: A closer look. As I said in an earlier article. The problem can be viewed in fairly simple terms: The RDC proposes a plan that was designed to meet the wrong objective. Their objective was to decommission the Cobblestone Landing, moving all riverboats to the Beale Street Boat Dock. They would repair and restore the Cobblestones themselves, but merely as a museum relic, to be seen but not used. Look closely and you will see some yellow strips. Those are the...
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Memphis Cobblestones: Letter to the editor: A vibrant riverfront -- for less
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Saturday, January 2, 2010. Letter to the editor: A vibrant riverfront - for less. The Commercial Appeal published my letter to the editor. As the mayor reconsiders whether to spend $26.6 million more. After the $11 million we've sunk. Into Beale Street Landing, the question remains: What are the alternatives? Here are five practical and affordable ideas to rejuvenate our riverfront area, with my estimates of the costs. These ideas aren't radical. Most have been suggested many times by others. Because the...
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