 | Connecting Blight and Sex Offenders
When the Memphis City Council passes a vacant property registry on Tuesday, April 9, it address only one part of the problem created by abandoned buildings. One Memphis real estate broker believes there is a connection between abandoned properties and sex offenders.
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 | City Council to Vote on Blighted Property Registry
The deadline for Memphis City Council to pass the registry proposal, aimed at cleaning up blight and holding property owners responsible, is right around the corner.  Watch Video
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 | Crosstown Project Turns Eyesore Into Opportunity
Developers are bringing life into an empty warehouse that's been vacant for 20 years. Watch Video
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 | Still No Plans for Vacant Downtown Greyhound Station
The last bus left the old Greyhound bus station in downtown Memphis a year and a half ago, and yet the building on Union remains empty. Now Memphians are ready to see something occupy the blighted property. Watch Video
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 | The 'Coolest Blight in Memphis' Headed to Court
The Downtown Commission President refers to it as 'the coolest blight in Memphis,' but the Commission says it's time for change. Watch Video
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 | Demo, Cleanup Begins at Flood & Fire Ravaged Mobile Home Park
It's been a dangerous eyesore, now an abandoned mobile home park is finally being cleaned up. Watch Video
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 | Memphis Dairy Plant Demolition Paves Way for "Gateway to Soulsville"
The city hopes the demolition of a south Memphis dairy plant will help revitalize the neighborhood. Watch Video
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 | Cash for Tires Program Coming Back
The "Cash for Tires" or "Tire Redemption Program" is back. It is Memphis' and Shelby County's attempt to fight blight, with one dollar for every tire brought in for recycling. Watch Video
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 | Abandoned Home Breeding Vermin in Frayser Neighborhood
Tyrone Hinds lives on Overton Crossing in Frayser. He says at times he feels as though he's living in a jungle because of all the vermin that lives next door to him in a destroyed, abandoned home. Watch Video
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 | Raleigh Residents Fed Up with Blight
People living in a Raleigh neighborhood have filed several complaints with Memphis City Hall about the blight in their neighborhood. Watch Video
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 | Neighbor Blames City for Missing Chance to Demo Blighted Property
A Frayser woman is fed up with the City of Memphis and the owner of the blighted property next door. The home has been condemned not once, not twice, but three times in the last five years, and it's still standing. Watch Video
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| County Looks to Clean Up after Arson at Blighted Mobile Home Park
Another fire due to arson broke out at the Countryview Mobile Home Park in Northaven. Sunday night a mobile home on the property was set on fire. Watch Video
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 | Memphis & Shelby County Planning More Greenways
The city of Memphis is getting the green light to fight both poverty and crime. Watch Video
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 | Oxford Considers Fighting Blight by Billing Homeowners for Repairs
If you live in Oxford, Mississippi the city could fix your property for you., then send a bill. It's part of a proposed plan to crackdown on rundown real estate.
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 | Memphis Neighborhood Blighted by Vacant, Flood-Damaged Homes
There's a small patch of people in southwest Memphis who say their neighborhood is different, and not in a good way. The area was flooded last year when the Mississippi hit near record levels. A once quiet neighborhood is now a decimated neighborhood, and some say city leaders just don't care about them. Watch Video
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 | Newest Eyesore in the Heart of Downtown Memphis
The fight against Memphis blight has hit ground zero, with the old Greyhound bus station in downtown Memphis now boarded up and vacant.
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| Federal Funds Drying Up for City Improvements
The Memphis blight fight is facing a fight of its own, one for money. Federal grants have dropped more than 20 percent recently and will probably get worse. Watch Video
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| Year-Old Flood Debris Remains at Abandoned Mobile Home Park
A Shelby County judge told the owners of Countryview Mobile Home Park off Millington Road in Frayser they need to clean up the debris still left after more than 100 mobile homes were destroyed by floodwaters last May. Watch Video
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| New Budget Means Fewer Funds to Fight Memphis Blight
The Memphis fight against blight is about to take a beating of its own as the new city budget takes effect Sunday. Watch Video
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 | Former Flea Market Getting Makerover
A former flea market that used to be a hot bed for crime is getting a makeover. Watch Video
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