Brooks Museum faces mediation over planned site
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, June 1, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Friends for Our Riverfront, a local group dedicated to protecting the city’s riverfront promenade for public use, is legally challenging the museum’s right to build at the Downtown site.
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Keely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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