As we begin this somewhat short week, Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. heads back to court for a report date, and the Germantown Industrial Development Board will hear from residents about how they feel about what could be the city's first-ever TIF district. The tax increment financing proposal is for The Standard, a development located at the site of the former Carrefour at Kirby Woods.

In today's episode, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips take a stroll down Carrefour's memory lane and, as always, we'll remind people what the heck a TIF is anyway.

Plus:

• A 2020 Black Lives Matter protest organizer will challenge Cohen for Congress
• Big changes are coming to Beale Street
• Ja Morant says he wants to be in Memphis
• Pottery Barn packs up for Southaven
• Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says the county jail needs real reform
• Downtown's Crazy Coop closes
• Almost every Tennessee voucher recipient reapplied to get public funds for their private school tuitions in the upcoming school year