Strong leaders support strong neighborhoods. BLDG Memphis along with our partners will host a nonpartisan candidate forum in the lead up to the City of Memphis City Council elections in October. The questions posed to the candidates during the forum will focus on issues of neighborhood investment. Prior to the event on July 27, candidates submitted a questionnaire responding to questions related to affordable housing, transit & mobility, solid waste & litter, and racial equity. Here are the responses from candidates running for City Council positions.

Please note that the Qualifying Deadline for Candidates is July 20th. If a candidate exits the race, we will remove their responses from this page.

Responses are organized by District Position below. Also check out our City Council Voter Guide, which rates each Candidate Questionnaire response according to a Best Practices Rubric designed with our members' best practices in mind.

Strong leaders support strong neighborhoods. BLDG Memphis along with our members will host a nonpartisan candidate forum in the lead up to the City of Memphis Mayoral election in October. The questions posed to the candidates during the forum will focus on issues of neighborhood investment. Prior to the event on July 27, candidates submitted a questionnaire responding to questions related to affordable housing, transit & mobility, parks and libraries,` and racial equity.

Here are the responses from candidates running for Memphis Mayor. Also check out our Memphis Mayor Voter Guide, which rates each Candidate Questionnaire response according to a Best Practices Rubric designed with our members' best practices in mind.

Strong leaders support strong neighborhoods. BLDG Memphis along with our partners MICAH Memphis, NAACP, Frayser CDC and LISC Memphis will host a nonpartisan candidate forum in the lead up to the Shelby County Municipal election in August. The questions posed to the candidates during the forum will focus on issues of neighborhood investment. Prior to the event on July 19, candidates submitted a questionnaire responding to questions related to affordable housing, transit & mobility, solid waste & litter, and racial equity. Here are the responses from candidates running for County Mayor, Assessor of Property, Trustee, Environmental Court Judge and Register of Deeds. 

Strong leaders support strong neighborhoods. BLDG Memphis along with our partners MICAH Memphis, NAACP, Frayser CDC and LISC Memphis will host a nonpartisan candidate forum in the lead up to the Shelby County Municipal election in August. The questions posed to the candidates during the forum will focus on issues of neighborhood investment. Prior to the event on July 19, candidates submitted a questionnaire responding to questions related to affordable housing, transit & mobility, solid waste & litter, and racial equity. Here are the responses from candidates running for County Commissioner. 

On February 1,  BLDG Memphis kicked off Black History Month and our first Pizza with Planners of the year with a discussion around demystifying transit funding.

Community Land Trusts are designed to ensure community stewardship of land. BLDG Memphis wrapped up our 2021 Pizza with Planners series with Landing on CLTs: Preserving Homeowner Equity in Neighborhoods. The panelists from across the community development sector spoke about the need for community land trusts and the transformative effect it can have on building equity and preserving affordability in neighborhoods.

Three years ago, when I first moved to Memphis, I was alarmed by the lack of non-motorized transit options for residents in the city. Without having a car, I found it extremely difficult to take advantage of professional opportunities, access grocery stores, travel to work, or attend recreational events.

When nonprofit BLDG Memphis asked me to give a resident testimonial about my father's fatal bike crash and its effect on my family, I wondered how I would even begin to describe the tragedy that changed our lives in ways both predictable and unforeseen. 

Currently, Memphis is ranked the third deadliest city in the country for pedestrians. In 2020 alone, 66 pedestrians were struck and killed by vehicles – the highest number in at least five years. Shelby County leads the state with more traffic deaths than any other county in Tennessee. Despite the tendency to attribute traffic deaths to individual responsibility, these accidents are not random.

BLDG Memphis is a coalition of organizations and individuals who support the equitable redevelopment of healthy, vibrant, attractive, and economically sustainable neighborhoods through public policy and advocacy, organizational capacity building, and community education. 

BLDG Memphis is seeking a policy research fellow with a specific focus on our Public Policy & Advocacy agenda. The fellow will provide 10 hours a week between April 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 corresponding with the BLDG Memphis office schedule. 

The overarching goals of BLDG Memphis’ policy and advocacy are found on our website at www.bldgmemphis.org/policy.