There are 142 article(s) tagged Tom Lee Park:

• October 2020

  • Memphis in May posts record red ink

    The Memphis in May International Festival recorded a loss of nearly $1.8 million in fiscal 2020, the largest loss in its 44-year history.

    By Wayne Risher October 15, 2020

  • New Tom Lee Park rental potential sized up

    A study done for the Memphis River Parks Partnership by Leo Events estimates new venues in Tom Lee Park could generate as much as $1.243 million in the first year.

    By Wayne Risher October 14, 2020

  • Tom Lee Park plan nixes beach, adds outdoor ‘lounges’

    The Memphis River Parks Partnership presents a schematic design for Tom Lee Park on Riverside Drive in Downtown Memphis. 

    Related: Q&A on the latest Tom Lee Park changes.

    By Wayne Risher October 09, 2020

  • Q&A on the latest Tom Lee Park changes

    MRPP officials and designers fielded such questions as how views of the river would be preserved, whether playgrounds would create noise for nearby Downtown dwellers and where visitors would park.

    By Wayne Risher October 09, 2020

• August 2020

  • Opinion: The Outdoors Act brought us together

    Bipartisan support for this bill – including by Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, Republican U.S. Rep. David Kustoff, and Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander – speaks volumes about the value of parks in our lives. 

    By Carol Coletta August 05, 2020

• July 2020

  • Exclusive: How much will it cost to maintain new Tom Lee Park?

    There's no doubt costs of maintaining and operating Tom Lee Park will increase after a planned $60 million overhaul of the riverfront park. How much is an open question.

    By Wayne Risher July 06, 2020

  • Exclusive: Corps of Engineers monitoring Tom Lee makeover

    The Corps of Engineers took a wait-and-see attitude on some questions about how much Tom Lee Park can be changed by new park design, suggesting ongoing dialog ahead.

    By Wayne Risher July 06, 2020

• June 2020

  • Riverfront projects rolling toward fall launch

    Memphis River Parks Partnership expects an October launch of the historic cobblestone landing restoration and November start on the first phase of Tom Lee Park's transformation.

    By Wayne Risher June 10, 2020

  • Just the facts please: What to know about the hotly disputed Tom Lee Park plan

    The Memphis River Parks Partnership's Tom Lee Park plan has prompted many questions about maintenance, funding, oversight and another road diet for Riverside Drive. Here are some answers.

    By Wayne Risher June 09, 2020

  • MRPP needs to polish the ‘jewel’ on our front porch: Mud Island River Park

    'We are asking the MRPP to recognize their proposal for Tom Lee Park, their maintenance record and their neglect of Mud Island River Park are not working with or for the majority of people in Memphis.'

    By Jerred Price June 09, 2020

• May 2020

  • Herrington: Tom Lee Park is on the right path, but questions remain

    The general footprint of the plan to renovate the park – three “stages” with separation and a smaller covered venue – mimics the footprint of Memphis in May's Beale Street Music Fest, but in a way that would make a good park even without it. 

    By Chris Herrington May 22, 2020

  • New Tom Lee Park plans include large open spaces, fountain, treetop walkway

    Memphis River Parks Partnership and its design team, led by Studio Gang and Scape, announced a new, improved concept for a $60 million overhaul of Tom Lee Park. 

    By Wayne Risher May 21, 2020

  • Watch LIVE as plans for Tom Lee Park revealed

    Jeanne Gang, founder of project architect Studio Gang, and Kate Orff, founding principal of landscape architect Scape, join MRPP president Carol Coletta in revealing the latest concept during today’s livestream.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 20, 2020

  • Saving Tom Lee Park: $60 million transformation plan spurs civic battle royal

    After input from 5,300 people and 65 meetings, a Tom Lee Park transformation plan has drawn opposition from 4,000 petitioners and 2,200 Facebook followers. Will mediation settle hard feelings?

    By Wayne Risher May 20, 2020

  • Modified design concept for Tom Lee Park to be revealed

    The new concept for the park's $60 million transformation will be revealed live today at 3:30 p.m. on The Daily Memphian's site. 

    By Wayne Risher May 20, 2020

• April 2020

  • A simple way to improve Tom Lee Park: Close Riverside Drive

    The city’s decision to temporarily close Riverside Drive converted the noisy and congested road that divides the Riverwalk from Tom Lee Park into a centerpiece of bustling pedestrian activities. 

    By William Evans, Mary V. Relling April 19, 2020

  • Spring fever and COVID-19 concerns meet in parks

    Rain Tuesday morning helped decrease the crowds in some parks after the city also closed some roads into and through city parks. The parks remain open but are battling sunshine and pandemic cabin fever to moderate the crowds. And planners are working on life after COVID-19 at Tom Lee Park.

    By Bill Dries April 01, 2020

• March 2020

  • Mayor threatens to close parks if restrictions ignored

    Abuses of social-distancing restrictions at city parks could force the city to close them.

    By Tom Bailey March 28, 2020

• February 2020

  • Tom Lee Park design retooled to suit mediation, Corps of Engineers

    Designers are revising a proposed revamp of Tom Lee Park according to specifications of a city-ordered mediation agreement and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    By Wayne Risher February 19, 2020

  • How can Beale St. Landing already need $3.5M of work?

    Memphis River Parks Partnership wants to update Beale Street Landing to serve growth in cruises and special events and provide a gateway into Tom Lee Park.

    By Wayne Risher February 17, 2020

  • Minority contractors will get at least 35% of Tom Lee Park work, planners say

    Memphis River Parks Partnership will make "a concerted effort" to hire minority- and women-owned contractors for Tom Lee Park improvements.

    By Wayne Risher February 13, 2020

• December 2019

  • The Memphis 10: Memphis does Dallas, good news at city parks and more

    Memphis relocates to Dallas for Cotton Bowl weekend, three Memphis parks move forward in different ways, Memphis jazz moves underground and more. 

    By Chris Herrington December 30, 2019

  • Tom Lee Park plan designs begin redraft next month

    The Studio Gang design firm talked by video conference Tuesday with the board of the Memphis River Parks Partnership about meeting the specific terms of a mediated agreement announced last week. Among the results is more space for the 2006 Tom Lee Memorial in the park.

    By Bill Dries December 11, 2019

  • The Early Word: Saturday is everything, a medical marvel and what’s giving me life

    Good morning, it’s Friday, Dec. 6, and for many, this is a day of preparation. For those participating in St. Jude Memphis Marathon weekend, packet pickup today is at the Landers Center in Southaven from noon to 9 p.m.

    By Mary Cashiola December 06, 2019

  • City releases mediation agreement with Tom Lee Park overhaul specifics

    The mediation between the Memphis River Parks Partnership and the Memphis In May International Festival ends months of mediation between the two with a detailed agreement, down to square footage and feet between stages.

    By Bill Dries December 05, 2019