13 city parks benefit from ‘Accelerate Memphis’ funds
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland marks the start of work on the $200 million Accelerate Memphis slate of capital projects in Alonzo Weaver Park on Tuesday, June 29. (Bill Dries/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland kicked off the city’s $200 million slate of capital projects over the next three years Tuesday, June 29, in a southwest Memphis park.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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