There are 21 article(s) tagged Memphis parks:

• July 2023

  • Hollywood splash pad marks fifth for Memphis Parks system

    The splash pad opened Wednesday, July 5, to dozens of children in North Memphis putting it through its paces.

    By Bill Dries July 05, 2023

• June 2023

  • Greenlaw Community Center will operate under Memphis Parks department

    The change is a reversal on previous plans for the city’s police department to run the center instead. 

    By Julia Baker June 27, 2023

  • After renovation, sunlight streams into Gaston Community Center again

    The windows surrounding three sides of the city’s first and oldest community center were boarded up nearly 50 years ago. The $4 million renovation formally opened Wednesday, June 21, bringing natural light back to the gym, while adding other uses to the center.

    By Bill Dries June 22, 2023

  • Lifeguard shortage impacts Memphis pools

    The number of available lifeguards has dropped, forcing organizations like Memphis Parks and YMCA to “be creative” with their public swimming pool schedules. 

    By Alicia Davidson June 02, 2023

  • Memphis Parks’ outdoor pools set to open Saturday

    The City of Memphis pushed back the opening of its public pools a week this summer, partly due to a nationwide lifeguard shortage. 

    By Alicia Davidson, Bill Dries June 01, 2023

• May 2023

  • Morris Park is back and ‘forward-thinking’

    After a two-year closure, Morris Park reopens with new amenities and more accessibility. “There’s ADA required, and then there is ADA intentional,” Memphis Parks executive director said. “We try to be ADA intentional.”

    By Alicia Davidson May 06, 2023

• November 2022

  • Compromise could cost Audubon Park golf course one of its holes

    The compromise announced by Memphis City Council members Ford Canale and Chase Carlisle Monday, Oct. 31, does away with a hole in the expanded golf course by the park’s lake.

    By Bill Dries November 01, 2022

• September 2022

  • City Council approves $16.5 million in parks projects line items

    The set of a dozen appropriation resolutions topped a relatively uneventful council agenda Tuesday, Sept. 27.

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    By Bill Dries September 27, 2022

  • Audubon Park redesign draws heckler, questions at groundbreaking

    Neighbors of the park generally supported the new playground and picnic pavilion planned, but voiced concerns about a rendering from earlier this month that appeared to show the park’s lake as part of the golf course expansion. The city’s parks director says the rendering wasn’t accurate.

    By Bill Dries September 26, 2022

• August 2022

  • Orange Mound Park opens splash pad

    Formerly known as the Orange Mound Park neighborhood pool, located at 2430 Carnes Ave., the space was completely remodeled within a 44-day period, ending with its completion on Monday, Aug. 15.

    By Alicia Davidson August 26, 2022

  • Memphis Parks breaks ground on Whitehaven multipurpose room

    The $2 million multipurpose room at the Whitehaven Community Center will feature a banquet hall, catering kitchen, parking lot and public entrance. 

    By Daja E. Henry August 01, 2022

• July 2022

  • Family Fun Friday returns to Frayser’s Ed Rice Community Center

    Memphis Parks’ Family Fun Fridays are headed to Frayser’s newly-renovated Ed Rice Community Center for a second time Friday evening, July 22.

    By Daja E. Henry July 22, 2022

  • Gooch Park mural offers ‘Slice’ of Memphis culture

    The North Memphis mural will surround the park’s public pool and is named after a term for enthusiastically jumping into a swimming pool.

    By Alicia Davidson July 11, 2022

• June 2022

  • City to host grand opening for Ed Rice Community Center

    The center underwent an $8.4 million renovation that took almost two years since the old building was demolished in August 2020. 

    By Daja E. Henry June 02, 2022

• March 2022

  • After years of neglect, parks, community centers getting serious makeover

    More than $139 million will be pumped into parks and community centers managed by several entities within the city, an investment that will change the face of the city for years to come.

    By Julia Baker March 22, 2022

• January 2022

  • What a difference a day makes

    Two days into 2022, we’ve experienced both snow and record heat. The Jan. 2 snowfall follows a New Year’s Day high of 79 — the warmest ever recorded in Memphis in January. Meanwhile, some MLGW customers remain without power.

    By Jasmine McCraven January 02, 2022

• November 2021

  • Groundbreaking paves way for Kennedy Park improvements

    The 330-acre park will add soccer fields, security lights and additional parking, and it will connect nearby neighborhoods to the Wolf River Greenway as part of a revamped plan. 

    By Julia Baker November 05, 2021

• October 2021

  • City parks division gets rebrand, new website

    Memphis Parks Director Nick Walker discusses rebranding and a website that emphasizes programming in city parks, as well as plans for a return to amateur sports leagues.

    By Bill Dries October 13, 2021

• February 2021

  • Parks master plan explores idea of fees for park programming

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, city Parks Director Nick Walker says community centers would remain free but with fees for specific programs. He also talks about “open play areas” like David Carnes Park in Whitehaven.

    By Bill Dries February 21, 2021

• August 2020

  • City Parks director says parks seeing ‘renaissance’ in pandemic

    Nick Walker, who recently went from interim to permanent director of the city’s division of parks and neighborhoods, talked about the change and the move to a parks master plan on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

    By Bill Dries August 22, 2020

• March 2020

  • City limiting park access

    The city is limiting access to public parks, including closing Riverside Drive by Tom Lee Park, as well as roads near other parks. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 31, 2020