By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian
Updated: March 30, 2020 3:17 PM CT | Published: March 30, 2020 3:06 PM CT
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced that beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 31, the city is limiting access to city parks, including closing Riverside Drive by Tom Lee Park, as well as roads near other parks.
The father and son team of Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. and Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. say three hotels are willing to turn over “a significant number” of their rooms for use as a medical facility.
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