Fenced-off area of Overton Park to reopen
For decades, a dozen acres of old-growth forest have been separated from Overton Park by a chain-link fence, but the area could reconnect to the park’s existing trail system by the end of the year.
Topic: Overton Park Conservancy
RSSThere are 39 article(s) tagged Overton Park Conservancy:
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March 2024
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November 2023
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This Week in Memphis: Tigers’ season starts without Penny, Terrence Howard is here
What’s ahead this week? Leftwich Tennis Center will reopen, Downtown Dining Week is happening, and Mississippi voters are headed to the polls.
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July 2023
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Zoo parking lot reconfiguration begins
The parking lot is the first part of a broader plan to end overflow zoo parking on the Overton Park Greensward sometime next year and turn more than 17 acres of zoo land to the Overton Park Conservancy.
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May 2023
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As mass migration winds down, Overton Park is for the birds
Local birders will be out Saturday for World Migratory Bird Day, adding to a global ornithological count for the Audubon Society.
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March 2023
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What a hoot: Overton Park hosts Owl Prowl
Evening is the perfect time for catching a glimpse of the evasive nocturnal species, and the Midtown park’s old forest is “a really great habitat.”
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November 2022
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Memphis Zoo, Overton Park finalize parking agreement
Memphis Zoo CEO Matt Thompson met with representatives from the Overton Park Conservancy and City of Memphis Monday, Nov. 21,.
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Eight years in the making: The Zoo, the park and greensward saga comes to an end?
Over the years, possible solutions have included a new parking garage as well as shuttle services as two city mayors, multiple community leaders and even the police have joined the fray.
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Zoo greensward parking to end in 2024
The Memphis Zoo, Overton Park Conservancy and the City of Memphis are soon to sign off on precise terms that will end overflow parking on the greensward.
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October 2022
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NatureZen: Take a deep breath and experience the healing power
Inspired by the Japanese concept of shinrin-yoku, or “forest bathing,” the Overton Park Conservancy is focused on connecting the community to nature. A week of mindful, outdoor activities begin with a stroll through the Old Forest.
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April 2022
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Guest column: Upholding the legacy of Overton Park
‘Overton Park’s charm continues to draw together the best of our community, doing what healthy communities do: Savor and save that which brings us together and defines us.’
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Conaway: Sunday in our park with our George
George Cates made Overton Park a song again. George Cates found a lost masterpiece and restored it. His quiet servant leadership was art. His final canvas is an inspiration.
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March 2022
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Zoo to turn over Old Forest, leave Overton Park greensward intact
The multi-part deal between the Memphis Zoo, the City of Memphis and the Overton Park Conservancy includes a new North Parkway entrance for the Memphis Zoo as well as 300 parking spaces.
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Listen to Strickland discuss Memphis Zoo, Overton Park deal
On this week’s On The Record podcast, Bill Dries is joined by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland.
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How an 8-year standoff led to new Zoo parking, the return of Old Forest acreage
The agreement, which also preserves the Overton Park greensward in its entirety, draws on a lot of the ideas that have been proposed individually during the years-long controversy.
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Zoo to turn over Old Forest, leave Overton Park greensward intact
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November 2021
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Nonprofits could use a boost as year comes to an end
Still trying to catch up from revenue and donations lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, area nonprofit leaders are hoping to finish the year strong.
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October 2021
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Zoo parking deck price well above $3 million spending limit, city says
City Chief Operating Officer Doug McGowen talked with The Daily Memphian about the factors that led the city and zoo to return to a parking plan that would take some of the Overton Park greensward and several trees. Listen to the interview.
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August 2021
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Opening for ‘new’ Overton Park golf course now set for spring
The newly planted greens of MiniVerde Bermudagrass are 99% ready. But the Bermuda Certified 419 fairways and tees still have bare spots, and the tall fescue for the natural areas and habitats must be reseeded this fall, the city’s top golf official says.
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June 2021
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Calkins: George Cates was impatient — for a better Memphis
When George Cates died in a plane crash Monday, Memphis lost a leader with vision and enthusiasm — and who was determined to bring everyone along.
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May 2021
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Whoa. Careful. Mind the ‘baby grass’ at Overton Park, please
Careful where you step, please. Baby grass is growing on the Overton Park golf course.
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April 2021
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‘Dirt fishing': Old golf course shows its mettle
What do you get when you mix bulldozers with acreage that has been populated for generations? “The opportunity of a lifetime,” says one hobbyist who spent 10 weeks hovering his metal detector over the Overton Park Golf Course.
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February 2021
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Artists on dozers: ‘Shapers’ carve new landforms for Overton golf
The people designing the changes at Overton Park golf course — and those on the bulldozers — consider the entire landscape as one big sculpture, not nine different holes with spaces in between.
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Overton Park during the pandemic and beyond
Eric Barnes talks to Overton Park Conservancy director Tina Sullivan about the park, the future of Rust Hall, the golf course renovation and the change and development happening in the surrounding neighborhoods.
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January 2021
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Overton Golf Course closes Monday for reconstruction
Overton Park golf course may be jammed this weekend with golfers playing one last round before the nine-hole track closes until the fall. The course is being redesigned and rebuilt.
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Designers share vision for Overton golf on walking tour
So far, $2 million of the $2.5 million goal has been raised to rebuild Overton Park golf course and renovate its Abe Goodman Clubhouse.
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December 2020
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Ashley, Peyton Manning make ‘lead gift’ to Overton Park golf course renovation
The amount of the Mannings’ donation to the Overton Park golf course renovation was not revealed, but the contribution brings the amount raised so far to $1.7 million of the $2.5 million fundraising goal.
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