A Downtown apartment complex will lock in affordable rents in one of Memphis’ most expensive areas. The South Main Artspace Lofts saw a formal groundbreaking Thursday, Sept. 29, at the giant United Warehouse building at 138 St. Paul Ave., tucked off of South Main.
Artspace Projects joined with community and financial partners, civic leaders, artists and others yesterday to celebrate the groundbreaking for the South Main Artspace Lofts in Memphis.
Space to Create, announced by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper in July, has partnered with Artspace, an organization that has developed affordable spaces for artists to live and work in more than 30 communities across the United States.
The local art world is buzzing about a groundbreaking Thursday for a new development in downtown Memphis. It's affordable housing with an artistic flair!
Do you know why women and girl storytellers are the most powerful innovators in creative industries today—not just as artists, but also as community gatherers, media makers and producers? Or why arts organizations have a responsibility to encourage artists to advocate for themselves? How artists in rural communities are accessing and utilizing their transformative power? Or how nonprofit developers are putting equity and inclusion into practice in today’s complex, politically charged environment?
Now, six years after opening its doors, CAFAC has helped make proximity to 38th and Chicago a selling point for realtors and turned Lauing, Doyle and Christenson into paladins for the arts as a catalyst for growth and vitality in the community.
The state launched the Space to Create Initiative last year to help rural areas develop housing options for artists as a way of supporting local economies. Ridgway was selected as the second project over other candidates.
The rising fortunes of Silver Spring’s arts and entertainment district — home to AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, The Fillmore and other attractions — are squeezing out the creative class with high rents and a dearth of usable space.
