{"biography":"Jim Strickland was sworn in as mayor of Memphis for a second term on January 1, 2020, with a continued pledge to reinvest in our neighborhoods, our citizens, and to keep growing our economy.\n\nIn partnership with the hard work of City employees, 911 call answer times have been drastically reduced; the percentage of city spending with minority and women-owned businesses has dramatically increased; and major development has occurred such as the retention of ServiceMaster, St. Jude expansion, IndigoAg, the Union Row development, Amazon, a $200 million Renasant Convention Center renovation, Loew\u2019s Hotel, and FedEx Logistics moving downtown\u2014 speak to the momentum of some $19 billion in recent, current or future development in the region.\n\nMayor Strickland\u2019s vision is to reverse population loss through a strategy that reinvests in Memphis\u2019 core and its neighborhoods \u2014 changing a long-held view that Memphis should grow outward. The mayor said his administration will focus on \u201cbuilding up, not building out,\u201d, and through the implementation of the city\u2019s first long-range plan in nearly 40 years\u2014Memphis 3.0\u2014we\u2019re doing just that.","campaigns":[],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Jim","fullname":"Jim Strickland","lastname":"Strickland","office_history":[{"campaigns":[],"county":"shelby","cycles":[{"general":null,"party":null,"primary":null,"term":{"county":"Shelby","electiondate":"2019-10-08","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"memphis_mayor","office_title":"Memphis Mayor","party":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2023-12-31","term_start":"2020-01-01"},"year":2020}],"office_key":"memphis_mayor","office_title":"Memphis Mayor","state":"TN","terms":[{"county":"Shelby","electiondate":"2019-10-08","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"memphis_mayor","office_title":"Memphis Mayor","party":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2023-12-31","term_start":"2020-01-01"}]}],"summary":"Jim Strickland is the current mayor of Memphis, serving his second term since January 1, 2020. He has focused on reinvesting in the city's neighborhoods, improving 911 call answer times, increasing spending with minority and women-owned businesses, and attracting major developments. Strickland aims to reverse population loss by prioritizing the growth of Memphis' core and neighborhoods, as outlined in the city's long-range plan, Memphis 3.0. There is no information provided about his education or previous employment.","terms":[{"county":"shelby","electiondate":"2019-10-08","office":"memphis_mayor","state":"TN","term_end":"2023-12-31","term_start":"2020-01-01","title":"Memphis Mayor"}],"token":"KEUqmiePYa"}