Tamara Walker
Facilitating Neighborhood Unity

Surrounded by framed posters featuring Cooper Young Festivals of years past, Tamara Walker is constantly reminded that she has a community legacy to uphold and big shoes to fill…her own. Since signing back on as the Cooper Young Business Association (CYBA) director in November 2007, Walker, who was the group’s first director in 2000, has made it her mission to transform Memphis’ largest historic district into the city’s year-round entertainment mecca.

She began by pounding the pavement of the four-block square known as Cooper Young, urging the 184 businesses in the area to join and/or renew their CYBA memberships.

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Lecile Harris
Ringside Funnyman

One of ProRodeo’s most celebrated clowns, Lecile Harris has endured lots of injuries, but at age 72, he brushes off any speculation about retirement. Fans can see that being fearless remains Harris’ best trademark.

“Last June, a bull hit me and broke my C-3 vertebrae, crushed my shoulder blade and bruised my kidney, liver,
spleen and heart,” Harris recalls. “The doctor there told me it would be eight weeks before I could do anything,
but I was back working in three.”

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