Serving the interests of our community has been a pride of Chairwoman Jamita Swearengen. She has worked to improve the conditions of district 4 since she’s taken office as a councilwoman on the Memphis council.

ORANGE MOUND SOME GREAT THINGS ARE COMING OUR WAY.. Jamita Swearengen THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR GIVING US A CHANCE FOR OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD!!!

Esther Jones

The City of Memphis – Division of Planning and Development (DPD), Kimley-Horn, Malasri Engineering, and The Carter Malone Group are heading the $200 million dollar development investment of District 4 to where $75 million will be allocated for parks, $75 million will be allocated for activating the Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan, and $50 million will be used for revitalizing City-wide assets.

The 75 million dollars “Parks” investment includes Orange Mound Park Splash Pad, McFarland Park Improvements, Glenview Community Center Deferred Maintenance, McFarland Community Center Deferred Maintenance, Chandler Park Playground, Orange Mound Community Center Deferred Maintenance, Alcy-Warren Park Playground Resurfacing, and O’Brien Park Playground Resurfacing.

The 75 million dollars “Activating Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan” investment includes Orange Mound (which is a large-scale investment), Soulsville (which is also a large-scale investment), Lamar & Kimball (Street Safety Improvements), Lamar & McLean (which is considered an early stage investment), Rhodes near Sherwood Middle School (which is also considered an early stage investment), Neptune & Walker (considered an early stage investment), McLemore (early stage investment), Park & Getwell (also an early stage investment/traffic & pedestrian signalization), Perkins & Knight Arnold (traffic & pedestrian signalization), and Mendenhall & Knight Arnold (traffic & pedestrian signalization).

The 50 million dollar community “City-Wide assets” investment will go towards Liberty Park and Historic Melrose.

See the full plan here.