City of Memphis
City of Choice
The Collective Vision
City Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery
City Council Chairman Harold Collins
County Mayor A C Wharton
Former County Commission Chairman Diedre Malone
County Commission Chairman Joyce Avery
Memphis City Schools Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash
Memphis is a city of choice.
Middle income families live here, public
school students have options for the future,
poor families move into the economic
mainstream, and talented workers are
developed, attracted and retained.
Benchmark of Success
Clean, Green, Safe,
and Vibrant
Neighborhoods
City of Choice
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Memphis Competitors
Most Economically Segregated City of
The Top 50 Metro Areas
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Current Trends
Per Capita Income
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Current Trends
Memphis’ Difference: Kids
Colored area is Memphis; black lines mark 51 largest metros
Age Pyramid,
Memphis, TN--AR--MS MSA
85 plus
80 to 84
Female
Male
75 to 79
70 to 74
65 to 69
60 to 64
Age Group (2000)
55 to 59
50 to 54
45 to 49
40 to 44
35 to 39
30 to 34
25 to 29
20 to 24
15 to 19
10 to 14
5 to 9
Under 5
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Source: Census Bureau data
Current Trends
6%
Lower Percentage of College Students
(18-24 year-olds enrolled in college)
Current Trends
• Our public business model is broken
• Our trajectory leaves no margin for error
• 105,000 students are treated as problems rather
than as a competitive advantage
• Economic development strategies are anchored
in cheapness rather than quality
• Incremental progress is not enough because we
never catch up
Why it Matters
Memphis Does Have
an Alternative Future…
We Can Become a
City of Choice
Core Services Alone
Cannot Change The Game.
Only Through
Strategic Investments
Can We Yield
CityDividends
Talent Dividend
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20%
40%
60%
Four Year College
Attainment Rate
Current Trends
If we move Memphis from 23.7% college
attainment to 24.7% college attainment)…
The Memphis Talent Dividend =
$1 billion annually
Memphis Talent Dividend
Green Dividend
Current Trends
If we move Memphis from 26.6 miles per day
to 25.6 miles per day…
The Memphis Green Dividend =
$232 million annually
Memphis Green Dividend
Opportunity Dividend
Poverty Rate
20%
Memphis
18%
16%
14%
12%
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
Current Trends
If we move Memphis from 17.8 % poverty rate
16.8% poverty rate…
The Memphis Opportunity Dividend =
$109 million annually
Memphis Opportunity Dividend
Total City Dividends for Memphis…
$1.341 Billion Annually
City Dividends
ARRA Stimulus
Opportunities
Sustainable
Shelby
Memphis
Fast Forward
City of
Choice Process
CEOs
For
Cities
Brookings
Institution
Gates
Foundation
City of Choice
Is a New Way of
Looking at Future
Decision Making To
Reverse These Trends
City of Memphis /Shelby County
Human Capital
Development /
Education
Healthcare
Energy
Conservation
and Green Jobs
Public Safety
Transportation
Housing
Business /
Economic
Development
Infrastructure
Neighborhood
Redevelopment
Social Services /
Special Needs
Government
Efficiency,
Accountability,
Transparency
Game Changers
Areas of Priority
Information
Technology
City of Choice
Concentrates on Game
Changers that Can Turn
Around Current Trends
Game Changers
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Game changers will improve Memphis’ trajectory.
Game changers:
- Build on what we are first, best, and only in –
our distinctive strengths and authentic assets.
- Emphasize bold action.
- Keep human capital as the over-arching issue.
- Are about alignment, collaboration, and connectivity.
Game changers are actions taken with the end in mind -- a city
of choice.
City of Choice
Hope VI
Eliminated Public Housing and
Replaced them with Neighborhoods
“Memphis is the Model City That Got it Right”
Ron Sims, Undersecretary HUD
City of Choice
Attracts New Intellectual
Capital and National
Experts to Help Solve
Our Problems
City of Choice
Builds Competitive
Advantage on Our
Authenticity – What’s
First, Best and Only
First, Best, and Only
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Distinctive assets, culture, and character that are authentic to
Memphis and the basis for our competitive advantage.
• Creativity: music, culture, entrepreneurship
• Logistics: modern world commerce was invented here
• Natural Resources: Mississippi River, connected by Wolf
River greenways to Shelby Farms/eastern Shelby County
• Tourism: National Civil Rights Museum, Graceland, music
heritage sites, Beale Street
• Medicine: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, biotech
niche, regional center for hospitals
City of Choice
Creativity
Beale Street
Logistics
FedEx
Tourism
Graceland
Natural
Resources
Mississippi River
Medicine
Memphis BioWorks
Medicine
St. Jude
Game Changing-Projects
Are Not Just About
The Projects Themselves
They Are Also About How
They Interconnect With
Other Projects
Memphis Bio-Works
Legends
Memphis Motorsports Park
Playhouse on The Square
Greenway & Greenline
Greenway and Greenline
Uptown Development
Shelby Farms Park
St .Jude
FedEx
Beale Street Landing
Fairgrounds
Civil Rights Museum
Stax
Graceland
Aerotropolis
University Place