âBlack Lives Matterâ crosswalk planned near Hattiloo Theatre Hattiloo Theatre (Source: WMC) By WMC Action News 5 Staff | January 14, 2021 at 7:29 PM CST - Updated January 14 at 7:29 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A crosswalk with the words âBlack Lives Matterâ is coming to midtown Memphis.
The Memphis Public Art Review committee approved the rainbow-theme crosswalk Wednesday.
Itâs planned for Cooper and Monroe near the Hattiloo Theatre, the cityâs black repertory theater.
The installation date is still being worked out.
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According to Business.org Tennessee s most affected industry during COVID-19 is arts, entertainment and recreation. Down 69.8 percent.
The report says overall, Tennessee s economy has shrunk 12.5 % since the beginning of the pandemic. It says Mississippi s economy has shrunk just over 10%. Arkansas almost 9%. Any place thats dependent on tourism or arts or anything that require participation like plays they have been devastated, said John Gnuschke, U of Memphis economist.
Gnuschke said in Memphis, recovering from the pandemic losses will take time. We ve been set back a decade or more . That sounds terrible but it takes a decade or more to recover in Memphis and it takes a long time for the state of Tennessee to recover, said Gnuschke.