The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant which was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation has been distributed throughout other aspects of the city, and the Memphis movers hear they will allot a portion of the grant to a Downtown Memphis improvement effort.

$5.6 million of the funding will go towards revitalizing the downtown Memphis area. Likely changes involved are updating sidewalks and other walkways, adding lighting, upgrade drainage to prevent flooding, and offer more forms of transportation. Flooding solutions are extremely vital to the area, as service roads are flooded around 29 days on average each year in the area.

The $5.6 million is a generous amount of the initial $14.9 million grant.