Conaway: Looking at Tom Lee Park
We’re about to spend $50 million to fix something that’s not really broken, and throw chump change or nothing at all at opportunities for true transformation.
Topic: Tom Lee Park
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May 2019
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Parks partnership says Tom Lee Park changes to start in fall
Memphis River Parks Partnership plans to begin making changes to Tom Lee Park in the fall. The fall construction appears to steer clear of most, if not all, of the park used by the Memphis In May International Festival.
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Let’s talk before we send the bulldozers to Tom Lee Park
Let’s not lose valuable green space to concrete structures before determining this is what citizens want, as well as the impact on tourism, traffic flow and celebrations.
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April 2019
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Senate budget restores Tom Lee Park funding to full $10M
NASHVILLE – The state Senate is restoring $2.5 million to a Tom Lee Park improvements project and earmarking $2.5 million from a different source for a Germantown Performing Arts Center amphitheater.
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Serve the collective good at Tom Lee Park
We’ve got to decide if we want Tom Lee Park to be merely a space for hosting events, or a distinctive place that inspires and unites us. The clock is ticking.
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Governor pours $10 million into Tom Lee Park improvements
Gov. Bill Lee is putting $10 million of his $66.8 million supplemental budget into a Memphis riverfront development grant, though the scope of the funding is unclear. Mayor Jim Strickland said the money is specifically for Tom Lee Park.
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The river defines who we were and who we will become
Memphis and the Mississippi River are joined eternally. Our relationship with the river, and the stories buried deep in its muddy waters, define who we have been even as we wrestle with questions that will define who we become.
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March 2019
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The Memphis 10: Time for change at Tom Lee Park
For decades now we’ve treated Tom Lee Park – 30 precious acres linking the heart of Downtown to the Mississippi River – as a kind of Liberty Bowl West: a venue to be fully used a few days each May, a de facto fairgrounds.
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At Tom Lee Park, look past the anxiety of change
'I can predict that when the Memphis River Parks Partnership’s work on Tom Lee Park is complete, few will look back and long for the flat field that we experience today.'
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‘Celebrate Memphis’ Memorial Day weekend event marks city’s bicentennial
The bicentennial observance includes the world's longest picnic table, fireworks, skydivers, an airshow and a parachute team.
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February 2019
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Alternative sites for Memphis in May festival latest point of contention
Memphis in May International Festival officials on Friday released the Downtown Memphis Commission's list of six alternative sites for the premier outdoor festival, including Beale Street and two on Mud Island, unbeknownst to the Downtown organization.
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Tom Lee Park plans get close look from council
The Memphis River Parks Partnership plan for a redevelopment of Tom Lee Park got a close look and lots of questions as well as a few suggestions from city council members this week.
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Daniels: New spirit shines through Tom Lee Park design
The bold new design for Tom Lee Park aspires to create one of the country's great waterfronts while sending a message that Memphis is a place that embraces its past but isn't defined by it.
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Growth is important to Memphis, but it is important to remember past failures
From the St. Jude expansion to the reinvigorated Edge District, Memphis has much to celebrate. But some people have questions and concerns about the Memphis River Parks Partnership's proposal for Tom Lee Park. The concerns and questions should be addressed.
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Cardi B, Dave Matthews Band, The Killers, Khalid playing Beale Street Music Festival
The lineup is out for the 2019 Beale Street Music Festival, to be held May 3-5 in Tom Lee Park.
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Successful cities are defined by imaginative leadership, not stasis driven by hordes of naysayers
Cities evolve or die. Look at places like Nashville, New Orleans, Atlanta and even Louisville and Austin. Compare those to Little Rock and Jackson, Mississippi. Which do we want to be more like?
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City Hall pushes coexistence of Tom Lee Park redevelopment and Memphis In May festival
City Hall says a redeveloped Tom Lee Park can be done in coexistence with the Memphis In May International Festival and that the festival will likely have to move out of the park temporarily in 2020.
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January 2019
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Tom Lee Park engagement center to give Memphians first look at future park
Memphians will have the opportunity to get a first look and explore the future of Tom Lee Park at a new engagement center inside Beale Street Landing starting Saturday, Feb. 2.
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December 2018
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Knowledge Quest students bring design thinking to Tom Lee Park redesign
The Knowledge Quest students helping with the reimagining of the Memphis riverfront and Tom Lee Park spent this past summer engaged in a Stanford University-style design thinking lab.
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November 2018
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Beale Street Music Festival passes are now on sale
Three-day passes for the 2019 Beale Street Music Festival are now on sale. -
Tom Lee Park remake goes beyond park borders
The remade Mississippi River Park with its own “River Garden” opens in a week. The River Line trail running along the east side of Wolf River Harbor to Big River Crossing will debut the same day. Mud Island River Park is closed until the spring after a season of experiment and minor tweaks. -
River Parks Partnership selects firms to lead Tom Lee Park redevelopment
The Memphis River Parks Partnership has chosen two firms to lead the redevelopment of Tom Lee Park.
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