Downtown: Developers of The Horizons luxury apartments are seeking a PILOT from the Center City Commission.

Stimulus Funds: Two area health clinics — Christ Community Health Services and Memphis Health Center — will receive a combined $800,000 in stimulus monies.

Linden Yards: Downtown developer Stephen Turgeon specialises in converting old warehouse space into affordable family housing.

POLITICS: The Flyer looks at the restaurant gun carry issue. Another Commercial Appeal writer/editor is jumping ship — Blake Fontenay has accepted a job with the State of Tennessee, working for the Comptroller, Treasurer and Secretary of State. Local political fixer Joe Cooper is off to prison for six months.

Photo-voter ID bill moves to full Senate vote. And the Senate has passed the bill allowing color school bus ads. House has delayed the vote on the restaurant gun carry bill. English-only driver’s license test bill advances in the Senate. Legislature also has bills changing jail cell regulations moving through committees. A proposal to allow dogs at restaurants with outdoor dining areas is being delayed by its sponsor.

University of Memphis: The Student Research Forum showcased 121 research programs ongoing at the school. Campus reaction to Rep. Joe Towns’ ’saggy pants’ bill. Mix It Up Day seeks voluntary desegregation in the Tiger Den dining facility.

Consolidation: An upbeat report from Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton’s forum on City - County consolidation in Cordova Tuesday night.

Neighborhood Blight: A report from the Daily News on possible changes to the Neighborhood Preservation Act to strengthen the hands of complainants and judges in fighting property owners who allow blighted properties to persist.

Stanford Financial Group: Former chief investment officer Laura Pendergest-Holt is suing the company’s former attorney and his firm, claiming she was ‘hung out to dry’.

Memphis Airport Area Development Corporation: The Daily News has an interviews their new executive director, Fred Jackson, as he takes on the task of helping develop the ‘aerotropolis’.

Baptist Memorial Hospital - DeSoto: A new ranking of Mid-South hospitals puts them highest.

AGRICULTURE: Early signs show more cotton acreage being planted this coming season.

Memphis Crime: One Whitehaven community is fighting gang activity. The leading cause of death for African-Americans in Memphis aged 14 to 25 is murder, says Dr. Richard Janikowski of the UofM.

Previously Posted: More on the U of M’s ‘The Art of Writing’ project on hateful and hurtful words; more from WREG. More on the switchover at Memphis International Airport, from Northwest to Delta; another story from the Commercial Appeal. More on the County Commission’s approval of the CSX rail-right-of-way purchase for the Greenline.

Bartlett: The Board of Mayor and Aldermen are near consensus on the City’s 2010 budget and might begin the three-reading approval process soon.

First United Methodist Church: Cleaning up the rubble from last year’s fire, a copper box / time capsule was discovered with many spiritual and historic mementos.

BUSINESS: True Temper Sports’ losses in 2008 reached $170 million. Perkins & Marie Callendar saw both profits and earnings drop in 2008. Walgreen’s new health clinics will offer free medical care to laid off workers; more from the Daily News. Honey-Baked Ham is donating 10% of profits to Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries through April 10. Medtronic has gotten Japanese approval for sale of the Endeavor stent.

Iberiabank pays back $90 million to the Treasury on preferred stock.

Smith & Nephew: More on the end of the deferred prosecution agreement. More still from the Daily News.

FedEx: They announced they can now offer SmartPost to residential addresses in Canada.

The Economy: Tips on pinching pennies.

UPDATE: Main Street Journal: In our latest issue, Joe Saino wonders, Competition or More of the Same? and Michael Roy Hollihan looks to Nashville, The State Legislature and our Future: Can Anyone Know What’s to Come? Also, Richard Thompson on How Journalism in Memphis is Adapting: Changes at the Commercial Appeal and the Flyer.

ARKANSAS: The House has approved a bill restricting toy gun sales; more from Eyewitness News, WREG. They also rejected a bill to tightened ethics restrictions. Sponsors of gun permit database privacy are open to compromises, to advance bill; also, open carry bill is defeated. State’s sales tax holiday bill moves to full House vote. The State’s Attorney General has certified the casino referendum for a popular vote; the Daily News has more.

Shelby County Attitudes: The Commercial Appeal and pollster Berje Yacoubian find some people who were pessimistic last year and now optimistic and vice-versa. Race, income, etc. are all factors, but the Fall presidential election was the biggie.

National Black MBA Association: At their recent meeting, they heard about the progress and importance of diversity in workplaces.

Collierville: City’s Planning Commission will hear final comments on I-269 and possibly approve the I-269 Small Area Plan.

MISSISSIPPI: A bill is introduced in the House to allow some convictions to be erased after two years. Another House bill to change Medicaid office visits for recertification failed; related story from WMC, WMC. House - Senate talks over raising the cigarette tax have stalled again. Governor Haley Barbour signs a bill granting a clothing sales tax holiday for the first weekend in July; more from WMC. And, a bill to allow public votes in parts of the state on alcohol sale-by-the-glass in restaurants is advancing.

Survey Says: The Association of Fundraising Professionals says fewer than half of organisations surveyed raised more money last year than in 2007. The Conference Board reports that consumer confidence inched up slightly in March, though from historic lows. Online ad spending was up 11% in 2008, according to Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The American Society of Civil Engineers rates TN’s infrastructure building and maintenance a ‘C’. Activist group Tennessee Health Care Campaign says one-third of state’s residents went uninsured in the past two years.

DeSoto County: Fatal trench collapse workplace accident last October in Hernando leads to citations for safety violations. Also in Hernando, the CA looks at the twelve candidates in various Aldermen races. While already receiving $600,000 in Federal stimulus funds, the city of Horn Lake wants six times more.

String of Theories: The frustration that is Memphis traffic.

Mediaverse: Covering the coverage of the Coach Cal betrayal.

55-40 Memphis: A pungent thought for the day.

Notes From Memphis: The guest country for Memphis In May this year is Chile. Michelle’s got a link to Chilean blogs!

Paul Ryburn’s Journal: An update on the new job.

polar donkey: Why the banana republic of Dirty Memphis likes Coach Cal.

Reginald Milton: His report from the Shelby County Democratic Party Convention this past Saturday.

Rustmeister’s Alehouse: A detailed summary on the status and progress of the various gun bills in the Legislature.

The Chockley Blogs: She gets all wine-y about Novi Blanc de Noir 2007.

I’ll be the one in heels: Swallowed up in the Coach Cal, ‘will he or won’t he’ madness.

vibinc: Now that the local Democratic convention is over … what next?

From the Southern Table: Paul is a huge Amanda Palmer / Dresden Dolls fan. Find out why.

Commercial Appeal: A good bye to Coach John Calipari. Furthering the discussion toward City - County consolidation.

Bigger Than Your Head: The wine of the week and, I think, an early April Fool’s Day for someone.

Buck’s Blog: How to juggle blogging and a full-time job.

From the Rainbows: Dinner for thirteen!

Downtown Memphis Blog: Is the best pizza in Memphis hidden away at Black Diamond?

Dining With Monkeys: It’s hot wings and waffles and coconut-crusted tilapia at Onix.

Brain Release Valve: Thoughts on and a quote from Isaac Asimove.

a field guide to urban memphis: Looking to adopt a dog? Poverty is the root of infant mortality problems. And a reminder to either renew or obtain your CPR certification from the Red Cross.

Fore Left! The expanding fail of the economic bailout mess.

Fertile Ground: Did Overton Park and the Memphis Zoo sneak in A Bad Thing? More on this blog.

Complacencies of the Peignoir: The story of her husband’s bromance with another man.