The CONVERGENCE Memphis Land Expo was an innovative, community-focused event designed to bridge a longstanding gap in the city’s housing system: abundant vacant land on one side, and emerging local developers lacking access and support on the other. By bringing landholders, lenders, public agencies, and small-scale developers together in a single, practical convening, the Land Expo created new pathways for affordable homeownership and neighborhood revitalization. Its collaborative approach transformed vacant lots — once a financial burden on public agencies — into opportunities for local developers to build, scale, and contribute to community growth.
