There are 46 article(s) tagged Overton Park Conservancy:

• May 2021

  • Whoa. Careful. Mind the ‘baby grass’ at Overton Park, please

    Careful where you step, please. Baby grass is growing on the Overton Park golf course.

    By Tom Bailey May 08, 2021

• April 2021

  • ‘Dirt fishing': Old golf course shows its mettle

    What do you get when you mix bulldozers with acreage that has been populated for generations? “The opportunity of a lifetime,” says one hobbyist who spent 10 weeks hovering his metal detector over the Overton Park Golf Course.

    By Tom Bailey April 18, 2021

• February 2021

  • Artists on dozers: ‘Shapers’ carve new landforms for Overton golf

    The people designing the changes at Overton Park golf course — and those on the bulldozers — consider the entire landscape as one big sculpture, not nine different holes with spaces in between.

    By Tom Bailey February 08, 2021

  • Overton Park during the pandemic and beyond

    Eric Barnes talks to Overton Park Conservancy director Tina Sullivan about the park, the future of Rust Hall, the golf course renovation and the change and development happening in the surrounding neighborhoods.

    By Eric Barnes February 03, 2021

• January 2021

  • Overton Golf Course closes Monday for reconstruction

    Overton Park golf course may be jammed this weekend with golfers playing one last round before the nine-hole track closes until the fall. The course is being redesigned and rebuilt.

    By Tom Bailey January 16, 2021

  • Designers share vision for Overton golf on walking tour

    So far, $2 million of the $2.5 million goal has been raised to rebuild Overton Park golf course and renovate its Abe Goodman Clubhouse. 

    By Tom Bailey January 04, 2021

• December 2020

  • Ashley, Peyton Manning make ‘lead gift’ to Overton Park golf course renovation

    The amount of the Mannings’ donation to the Overton Park golf course renovation was not revealed, but the contribution brings the amount raised so far to $1.7 million of the $2.5 million fundraising goal.

    By Tom Bailey December 19, 2020

  • Opinion: The Overton Park golf course is about a lot more than golf

    For 114 years, longer than any other municipal golf course here, one golf course has introduced this city to the game, more than any other. Short and certainly sweet, first pars are found on this course, first birdies sing, and first eagles soar. And they come back for a lifetime.

    By Dan Conaway December 04, 2020

• November 2020

  • Conservancy proposes major renovation to Overton Park golf course

    The Overton Park Conservancy already has raised nearly $2 million for a comprehensive renovation of the historic Overton Park golf course as well as for improvements to its Abe Goodman Clubhouse. 

    By Tom Bailey November 30, 2020

  • Hole by hole: Overton Park golf course renovation

    King-Collins Golf Course Design has something of a cult following in the golf world for creating high-quality courses that are fun instead of difficult.

    By Tom Bailey November 27, 2020

  • Conservancy seeks young ideas for old Overton Park

    Overton Park Conservancy is asking the public to complete by Nov. 30 a 21-question survey to help guide a new master plan for the park’s east side. The survey is found at www.overtonpark.org/zone1.

    By Tom Bailey November 25, 2020

• October 2020

  • City playgrounds set to reopen Friday, Oct. 9

    Like at other city parks, Overton Park Conservancy is reopening its playgrounds on Friday, Oct. 9. The conservancy is also launching a weeklong campaign to raise donations that will be double-matched by International Paper.

    By Tom Bailey October 08, 2020

• March 2020

  • Pups let the good times roll at Mardi Growl party on the Greensward

    Mid-South dogs and their owners seize the opportunity to celebrate and socialize during Saturday's pet parade and costume contest at Overton Park.

    By Jared Boyd March 08, 2020

• December 2019

  • City pauses zoo parking plan to consider 350-space garage

    City leaders announced Wednesday, Dec. 18, they are pausing the parking plan at the Memphis Zoo to consider instead building a one-story parking deck of 350 spaces. 

    By Bill Dries December 18, 2019

• August 2019

  • Zoo parking lot reconfiguration to begin Monday

    Work on the Prentiss Place parking lot is the first of three phases and sets the stage for the next two phases starting this fall or winter. The work also begins as the new president of the zoo talks about a change in the zoo's direction.

    By Bill Dries August 21, 2019

  • Improvements coming to Overton Park’s Dog Bark

    Overton Park Conservancy is receiving a $25,000 grant and $25,000 sponsorship to improve the drainage system for its popular dog park.

    By Tom Bailey August 09, 2019

• July 2019

  • Ten finalists vying for Overton Park buildings are revealed

    The city's selection process has reduced to 10 the number of proposals for repurposing Rust Hall and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art building.

    By Tom Bailey July 25, 2019

• June 2019

  • Zoo parking reconfiguration to begin this summer

    Work begins this summer on the reconfiguration of Memphis Zoo parking designed to end the 30-year practice of parking on the Overton Park greensward.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2019

• February 2019

  • Old Forest, Shelby Forest prepare for spring with AmeriCorps team

    An AmeriCorps team of eight is at Overton Park and Shelby Forest for a month to go after invasive plants just before spring arrives. Meanwhile, the Overton Park Conservancy has drawn some attention for some seasonal changes in the Old Forest after the recent rains.

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2019

• November 2018

  • Nelson: Overton Park and how the good guys finally won

    With a new master plan for Overton Park in the works – the first in 30 years – what better time than now for Brooks Lamb’s new University of Tennessee Press book “Overton Park: A People’s History” to appear in Memphis bookstores?

    By Michael Nelson November 22, 2018

  • RFQ issued for Overton Park master plan

    With the hopes of establishing a new master plan, the Overton Park Conservancy issued a request for qualifications aimed at prospective designers, planners and developers on Friday, Nov. 16.

    By Patrick Lantrip November 16, 2018