Two pieces of good news for Memphis hit the surface this week, and they’re both potentially so big that I’m not quite sure where to start. So let’s tackle them both from the top of this week’s email.

The Memphis Area Transit Authority is actively seeking a startup that will help MATA develop a streamlined process for providing in-house transit city data.

Government and business leaders in Memphis announced today a proposed set of changes to the local economic development ecosystem designed to accelerate recent economic growth in Memphis and Shelby County.

City of Memphis offices will be closed and solid waste pickup will not run on Monday, November 12, in observance of Veterans Day.

We are pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Edmund Ford, Jr. as our new Financial Literacy Coordinator.

Back in the summer, MPD officer Jeff Creighton was injured when he was struck by a drunk driver while on duty. He has a long road ahead of him.

The City of Memphis continues to make strides in many areas in October, including a decrease in false alarms and euthanasia rate . There was also a continued increase in Library program attendance.

The City celebrated its new multiplex compound with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday morning.

A new scooter company started operating here today without obtaining a permit or entering into an operating agreement. Our ordinance requires these approvals, which the company had previously been told.

We can accelerate this growth. We’re finalizing plans to strengthen our community’s economic development model.

Road closures for RiverArtsFest have been announced. The festival will run October 27 and 28 on Riverside Drive between Jefferson Avenue and Beale Street in Downtown Memphis.

The City of Memphis has been awarded the Point Cloud City grant from the NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program for the Map901: Building Rich Interior Hazard Maps for First Responders proposal.

CitizenFEST is a learning summit on how to exercise civic power, held in three communities across the country and hosted by Citizens University, a national civic organization based in Seattle.

Like in many major cities, this is a decades-old challenge. It is not yet solved, of course.

Memphis Animal Services and the Memphis Fire Department are collaborating on a new program called “Firefighter Fosters.” Foster animals are housed at different fire stations before they head to their next home.

The Memphis City Beautiful Commission launches the campaign this month.

83 men graduated from Manhood University this Saturday in a ceremony held at New Sardis Baptist Church.

In the past week, many Memphians have been confronted with our city’s violent crime challenge in a way that has hit closer to home than before.

On Friday, the City of Memphis Office of Business Diversity and Compliance in partnership with the Memphis Convention Center and MFA, a local venture, will host a prebid meeting and diversity workshop for the Memphis Convention Center renovation project.

The City of Memphis made strides in key areas in August, including decreasing answer time for 911 calls, decreasing violent crime, and increasing the number of applicants at Memphis Police Department.