Midtown Overlay
The Memphis Regional Design Center in conjunction with the Memphis & Shelby County Division of Planning and Development, the Midtown Memphis Development Corporation, the Cooper Young Development Corporation, and the Cooper Young Business Association is working together in efforts to develop a plan for the future of Midtown Memphis. The Midtown Plan includes an overlay district that covers areas of Midtown that are not currently covered by the Medical District Overlay or the various Historic District overlays indicated on the map below. The yellow areas with a red boarder indicate boundaries for guidelines that will help direct redevelopment in the area. While providing specific design requirements that will ensure that proper development is occuring in Midtown, the overlay also gives developers some predictability, increasing the vitality and economic stability of the area. The overlay was approved unanimously by both the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission in the Fall of 2010.
