Now Hiring: Executive Director — BLDG Memphis is seeking a strategic leader to connect people, resources, and priorities.
Now Hiring: Executive Director — BLDG Memphis is seeking a strategic leader to connect people, resources, and priorities.
BLDG Memphis is a member association and organizing table for the community development ecosystem in Memphis. Our members include Community Development Corporations, Community Development Organizations, neighborhood associations, resident leaders, funders, lenders, public partners, civic institutions, businesses, and aligned organizations working to cultivate thriving, people-centered neighborhoods.
Membership connects you to learning opportunities, policy updates, peer relationships, capacity-building resources, community development convenings, and opportunities to help shape a stronger neighborhood development ecosystem.
BLDG Memphis membership is designed for organizations, residents, and partners who believe strong neighborhoods require strong local leadership, aligned resources, and shared action.
Through membership, BLDG Memphis helps members connect, learn, build capacity, elevate priorities, and participate in the shared work of strengthening community development across Memphis.
Getting Started
Build. Live. Develop. Grow.
BLDG Memphis membership is designed as a pathway for connection, learning, capacity building, and long-term engagement.
Select the membership council that best fits your organization, role, or connection to community development.
Tell us about your organization, neighborhood, focus area, partnership interest, or community development priorities.
New and renewing members receive information about member benefits, upcoming events, New City Builders, and ways to participate.
Attend member meetings, policy briefings, Peer-to-Peer Learning opportunities, trainings, and convenings.
Access tools, training, technical assistance pathways, New City Builders programming, policy education, and capacity-building opportunities.
Participate in policy conversations, share neighborhood and organizational priorities, and help shape the community development agenda for Memphis.
Share your work through member visibility opportunities, storytelling, the Community Impact Map, community calendar submissions, and network communications.
Continue building relationships, joining working groups, and expanding your reach in support of stronger Memphis neighborhoods.
Member Benefits
Build relationships with CDCs, CDOs, neighborhood leaders, residents, public agencies, funders, lenders, institutions, businesses, and civic partners.
Access trainings, Peer-to-Peer Learning opportunities, issue briefings, resident education sessions, and community development resources.
Strengthen organizational tools, governance, leadership, fund development, resident engagement, and readiness for community development work.
Participate in policy conversations, advocacy alerts, member listening sessions, annual agenda setting, and opportunities to lift neighborhood priorities.
Gain visibility through member directories, Community Impact Map opportunities, project spotlights, storytelling, reports, and network communications. Members may also submit events to the BLDG Memphis Community Calendar.
Membership Structure
Voting Member
For CDCs, CDOs, and nonprofit community development organizations.
The Community Development Council is for eligible nonprofit organizations that are principally or substantially engaged in equitable community development activities, programming, or services. This council represents the core CDC and CDO voice within the BLDG Memphis network.
Best Fit For
Members Receive Access To
Supporting Member
For partners, institutions, funders, lenders, businesses, and civic allies.
The Affiliate Council is for organizations and institutions that support BLDG Memphis’ mission and want to participate in the broader community development ecosystem. Affiliate Council members help strengthen the network through partnership, resource alignment, learning, and support for the organizations and neighborhood leaders advancing community development.
Best Fit For
Members Receive Access To
Supporting Member
For residents, neighborhood associations, block clubs, and grassroots groups.
The Neighborhood Council is for neighborhood associations, block clubs, resident groups, tenant groups, grassroots neighborhood groups, individual residents, and emerging civic groups that want to stay connected to community development work in Memphis. This council helps ensure that resident voice, lived experience, and neighborhood priorities remain visible in BLDG Memphis’ work.
Best Fit For
Members Receive Access To
| Membership Council | Who It Is For | Category | 2026 Dues |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Development Council | CDCs, CDOs, nonprofit developers, neighborhood-based nonprofits, and nonprofit organizations actively engaged in community development. | Voting Member | $250 |
| Affiliate Council | Funders, lenders, public agencies, universities, businesses, consultants, technical assistance providers, civic organizations, developers, institutions, and aligned nonprofit partners. | Supporting Member | $1,000 |
| Neighborhood Council | Neighborhood associations, block clubs, resident groups, tenant groups, grassroots organizations, individual residents, and neighborhood leaders. | Supporting Member | $150 |
Community Development Council members are BLDG Memphis’ voting members. Affiliate Council and Neighborhood Council members participate as supporting members, helping strengthen the broader network through partnership, learning, resident voice, and community development engagement.
Value Proposition
Members receive funding alerts, public resource information, capital partner updates, investment conversations, and opportunities to identify barriers affecting neighborhood investment and community development work.
Members receive access to training, organizational tools, Peer-to-Peer Learning, fund development education, board development, resident engagement resources, and New City Builders programming.
Members receive policy updates, advocacy alerts, issue briefings, participation opportunities in the Community Development Policy Coalition, and opportunities to help shape BLDG Memphis' annual community development policy agenda.
Members are connected through roundtables, peer groups, Peer-to-Peer Learning opportunities, member meetings, partner convenings, working groups, neighborhood conversations, and community development events.
Signature Platform
Cohort-based training for community development organizations and leaders.
A Capacity Assessment Tool that helps members understand strengths, gaps, readiness, and next steps.
A member-driven space to shape policy priorities and connect neighborhood experience to public decision-making.
A pathway for eligible members to receive support connected to their organization's needs and goals.
Shared learning opportunities that connect community development practice to housing, transportation, infrastructure, planning, equity, and neighborhood investment.
Citywide Engagement
A citywide engagement initiative for stronger Memphis neighborhoods. BLDG Memphis FORWARD invites residents, neighborhood leaders, member organizations, civic partners, and community development supporters to take part in the shared work of strengthening Memphis neighborhoods.
The initiative creates opportunities to learn, connect, advocate, and act alongside others who care about housing, neighborhood investment, resident voice, and equitable community development.
📚 Learn about community development, housing, planning, infrastructure, and neighborhood change.
🤝 Connect with residents, organizations, public partners, and civic leaders across Memphis.
🗣 Engage in community conversations, events, and neighborhood-centered activities.
📋 Advocate for policies, investments, and partnerships that support thriving neighborhoods.
🏙 Move Memphis Forward through shared action and collective responsibility.
Getting Started
Build. Live. Develop. Grow.
BLDG Memphis membership is designed as a pathway for connection, learning, capacity building, and long-term engagement.
Select the membership council that best fits your organization, role, or connection to community development.
Tell us about your organization, neighborhood, focus area, partnership interest, or community development priorities.
New and renewing members receive information about member benefits, upcoming events, New City Builders, and ways to participate.
Attend member meetings, policy briefings, Peer-to-Peer Learning opportunities, trainings, and convenings.
Access tools, training, technical assistance pathways, New City Builders programming, policy education, and capacity-building opportunities.
Participate in policy conversations, share neighborhood and organizational priorities, and help shape the community development agenda for Memphis.
Share your work through member visibility opportunities, storytelling, the Community Impact Map, community calendar submissions, and network communications.
Continue building relationships, joining working groups, and expanding your reach in support of stronger Memphis neighborhoods.
Member Visibility
Community Calendar
BLDG Memphis members may submit community development events, trainings, meetings, neighborhood activities, and public learning opportunities for consideration on the Community Calendar.
All submissions will be reviewed before posting. Submission does not guarantee publication. BLDG Memphis may edit event descriptions for clarity, formatting, and alignment with the purpose of the Community Calendar.
Whether you are a CDC, CDO, neighborhood group, resident leader, funder, lender, public partner, civic institution, business, or aligned organization, there is a place for you in the BLDG Memphis network.
Membership is your pathway to connect, learn, build capacity, elevate priorities, and participate in the shared work of cultivating thriving, people-centered neighborhoods across Memphis.
