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Hyde Park is a small neighborhood in North Memphis, one of several off Chelsea Avenue. Like many urban neighborhoods, it was once a thriving area of homeowners and commercial districts, where residents had a sense of pride and community. But for the past several decades it has experienced a lack of investment and a declining population. Today, a grassroots organization called Hyde Park Matters is working determinedly to rejuvenate the neighborhood through community building, blight and litter eradication, and by building close working relationships with local government. Fred Robinson's family has long ties to the community and Rev. Melvin Lee has pastored Macedonia M.B. Church there for many years. Together they visited Memphis Metropolis to talk about the Hyde Park neighborhood and the organization they founded to help it regain its prosperity.
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Hyde Park is a small neighborhood in North Memphis, one of several off Chelsea Avenue. Like many urban neighborhoods, it was once a thriving area of homeowners and commercial districts, where residents had a sense of pride and community. But for the past several decades it has experienced a lack of investment and a declining population. Today, a grassroots organization called Hyde Park Matters is working determinedly to rejuvenate the neighborhood through community building, blight and litter eradication, and by building close working relationships with local government. Fred Robinson's family has long ties to the community and Rev. Melvin Lee has pastored Macedonia M.B. Church there for many years. Together they visited Memphis Metropolis to talk about the Hyde Park neighborhood and the organization they founded to help it regain its prosperity.