There are 4 article(s) tagged Alonzo Weaver Park:

• July 2022

  • Community celebrates Byhalia Pipeline cancellation one year later

    After the Byhalia Pipeline project was canceled on July 2, 2021, the residents who opposed it met at Alonzo Weaver Park for a celebration. A year later, they returned to the same spot to mark the occasion once again. 

    By Keely Brewer July 22, 2022

• May 2022

  • ‘Bus Day’ demonstrators ask MATA riders for feedback

    Stop Poverty with Policy is hosting a community forum and picnic for Memphis Area Transit Authority public transit riders.

    By Daja E. Henry May 13, 2022

• June 2021

  • 13 city parks benefit from ‘Accelerate Memphis’ funds

    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.

    By Bill Dries June 29, 2021

• April 2021

  • National Poor People’s Campaign leader says no to Byhalia Pipeline

    ‘Not here, not now, not ever on our watch,' said Rev. Dr. William Barber II during a rally Sunday protesting the Byhalia Connection Pipeline that would go through majority Black, poor neighborhoods in southwest Memphis. 

    By Daja E. Henry April 18, 2021