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University District’s Chinese Sub Shop finds new home on Summer Avenue

5/7/2013

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By Michelle Corbet/MicroMemphis Reporter
The Super Submarine Sandwich Shop, commonly referred to as the Chinese Sub Shop and a long-standing business on South Highland Street, has found a new home at 3316 Summer Ave.

The address currently houses a 28,700 square foot vacant Captain D’s fast food chain.   

The building that has served as the sub shop’s home for more than 50 years is being sold and demolished to make way for a new commercial development.   

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University District safety official wants graffiti “Down Before Dark” as part of campaign to discourage gang tagging

5/7/2013

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By: Michelle Corbet/MicroMemphis Reporter 
South Highland Street and Walker Avenue businesses have started to support the Down Before Dark graffiti campaign promising to remove offensive or gang related graffiti within 24 hours of its appearance on buildings or parking lots.   

“It has been statistically proven that graffiti, if taken down within the first 24 hours after appearance, two times in a row, will not appear a third time in the same spot,” said TK Buchanan, community safety liaison between the University District and University of Memphis.

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University of Memphis fixes up Highland homes

3/7/2013

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By: Michelle Corbet\MicroMemphis Reporter
In October of 2009, the University of Memphis acquired three homes on South Highland Street. University of Memphis Police Services cleaned up the homes in an effort to make them more safe using Crime Prevention through Environmental Design. This slideshow shows photos of how the homes looked before and after Police Services secured them. 
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Captain Langellier suggests home safety measures  

3/7/2013

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By: Michelle Corbet\ MicroMemphis Reporter
Captain Kevin Langellier, special programs coordinator of Police Services, who is in charge of the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Initiative of the University Neighborhood Partnership, says fences, landscaping and locks are the three most common issues he sees when aligning homes with CPTED practices to make them more safe.

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Motorcycle accident blocks traffic at Southern, Echles

3/5/2013

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By Michelle Corbet \ Micro Memphis Reporter
An accident involving a Honda Accord and motorcycle blocked traffic from Houston Street to Echles Street on Southern Avenue for about two hours Monday night. The motorcyclist was taken to the Med with a broken ankle and possible broken ribs. A failure to yield at stop sign ticket was issued by University of Memphis Police Services. 
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University of Memphis plans to acquire more than 30 homes for Master Plan

2/21/2013

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By Michelle Corbet/MicroMemphis Reporter
The University of Memphis has devised a Master Plan to expand campus across South Highland Street. The expansion will include a Lifestyle Center of shopping and eating establishments. In order to connect the Lifestyle Center to the main campus, the University is planning to acquire and tear down more than 30 rental properties and homes on the west side of South Highland in the block of Midland Avenue and Watauga Avenue to build an Alumni Center surrounded by a second alumni mall to create a “sense of place” to serve as the Main Entry to campus.   
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