There are 28 article(s) tagged Memphis parks:
Nick Walker, the Memphis parks director, is leaving for North Carolina. He has some thoughts before he goes about why he loves the city, what bothers him about Memphians and what he’d like to see change.
Nick Walker has been the head of Memphis Parks since 2019.
City officials are redoing the tennis courts and adding a new pavilion to Glenview Park, part of a renovation package that promises an enhanced experience for visitors that’s served the neighborhood for more than 75 years.
Memphis has the only urban park system in Tennessee to receive accreditation through the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies.
In a program announced Aug. 9, the Uptown community center will have offices for several county government services, including offices and meeting places.
The Memphis Parks department is addressing violence at the city’s community centers and parks, but stakeholders agree combating crime requires everyone’s effort.
Memphis City Council members talked about better camera surveillance and other measures with Memphis Parks Director Nick Walker.Related story:
The splash pad opened Wednesday, July 5, to dozens of children in North Memphis putting it through its paces.
The change is a reversal on previous plans for the city’s police department to run the center instead.
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.
The number of available lifeguards has dropped, forcing organizations like Memphis Parks and YMCA to “be creative” with their public swimming pool schedules.
The City of Memphis pushed back the opening of its public pools a week this summer, partly due to a nationwide lifeguard shortage.
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.”
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.
The set of a dozen appropriation resolutions topped a relatively uneventful council agenda Tuesday, Sept. 27. Memphis City Council to consider resolution enforcing curfew for juvenilesRelated story:
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.
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.
The $2 million multipurpose room at the Whitehaven Community Center will feature a banquet hall, catering kitchen, parking lot and public entrance.
Memphis Parks’ Family Fun Fridays are headed to Frayser’s newly-renovated Ed Rice Community Center for a second time Friday evening, July 22.
The North Memphis mural will surround the park’s public pool and is named after a term for enthusiastically jumping into a swimming pool.
The center underwent an $8.4 million renovation that took almost two years since the old building was demolished in August 2020.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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