Whitehaven Residents Vie for Share of Graceland Area Rehab

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More than $40 million will be spent sprucing up the area around Graceland in Whitehaven. Memphis City Councilmen are trying to get even more money for the project in an effort to boost tourism, but residents are worried a dime won't be spent in their neighborhoods.

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ReligionStinks - 4/23/2012 11:46 AM

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The problem is the people who populate that area. Any improvements made will not be maintained. Memphis is a poor Delta city in the land of the Delta Blues. People who know anything about Elvis should understand that. It's part of the roots of the Elvis sound. So don't try to sterilize it. It is what it is.

Frayserboi - 4/22/2012 12:49 PM

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More money down a rat-hole, literally.....give 'em 5 years & it'll be tore up again......word to the wise!

caballro - 4/22/2012 10:34 AM

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This is very needed and way past due. But as the other posters have noted, parents need to step up. Residents need to step up and maintain thier property. Improve the business's along the Blvd, with the conditon the owners maintain the property for five years or they pay the state and city back. This goes for both residential and business owners. Play grounds are nice, but usually are havens for the folks who do not care. More police patro;s? Its your neighborhood, police it and control it. Thats the troublr today, everyone wants Uncle Sam to help them, but they do not bring anything to the table. At one time, folks cleaned the gutters, sidewalks, yards and other area's, did not rely on someone else. Get a clue, more you expect someone to help you out, more taxes that you pay to the government. Well maybe not everyone pays, You work-pay taxes-slacker set on the couch-collect your money. Its like everyone taht says the 1% need to pay more. Same as the slackers, 5% work- 95% do not.

marsblackmon - 4/22/2012 7:47 AM

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First things first, parents need to be parents, there are to many teenage trouble makers running around in the area, police needs to be patrolling more in that area, how can someone help with poverty, well it start with the mindset of the community, such as make welfare recipients work at least a couple of days a week instead of sitting on their behinds, with nothing to do, give longer sentences to repeat offenders in the area, crack down on the drug problem in the area,

bigjim - 4/22/2012 6:49 AM

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whate a waste of money what are they going to do build a wall around graceland and put police every 5ft on elvis presly boulevard. the residents are right memphis city councilmen are only trying to make there friend's more money.