There are 5 article(s) tagged Alonzo Weaver Park:

• May 2024

  • Flood prevention, climate change project underway in Southwest Memphis

    Thirteen years after historic flooding in southwest Memphis, officials broke ground on the South Cypress Creek restoration project.

    By Kambui Bomani May 14, 2024

• 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