There are 4 article(s) tagged Citizens to Preserve Overton Park:

• November 2021

  • Activists say they’ll fight for the greensward

    A plan to expand the Memphis Zoo parking lot onto the greensward is on hold, but Citizens to Preserve Overton Park activists gathered Saturday in Overton Park to show their willingness to fight.

    By Julia Baker November 07, 2021

• October 2021

  • Advocacy group discusses strategies to combat zoo parking plan

    The day after an announcement from the Memphis Zoo, that it would continue with its parking lot expansion plan, Citizens to Preserve Overton Park has already begun discussing strategies to combat the decision.

    By Julia Baker October 02, 2021

• April 2021

  • Activists saved Overton Park; now they just may stop a pipeline

    Two women are leading the effort to stop Byhalia Pipeline from running its crude oil through South Memphis neighborhoods. The fight is reminiscent of the battle won decades ago by women who stopped a freeway from running through Overton Park.

    By Don Wade April 19, 2021

  • In life and art, a happy ending to the park-freeway saga

    The Citizens to Preserve Overton Park took its fight to stop a highway all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Playwright Virginia Ralph saw an imaginative children’s musical in that real-life story.

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    Activists saved Overton Park; now they just may stop a pipeline

    By Don Wade April 19, 2021