There are 9 article(s) tagged Shelby Farms Greenline:

• October 2024

  • Shelby Farms Greenline extending eastward

    The Greenline will grow to nearly 13 miles when the last planned extension eastward is complete in fall 2025.

    By Jody Callahan October 14, 2024

• June 2024

  • Commission votes down call for mediation in juvenile detention center dispute

    Commissioner Mick Wright said the sheriff and Juvenile Court judge need to talk about who will run the juvenile detention center. But his nonbinding resolution suggesting arbitration got voted down Monday.

    By Bill Dries June 04, 2024

• August 2023

  • Greenline’s Wolf River pedestrian bridge closed for repairs

    Parts of the Shelby Farms Greenline — a more than 10-mile trail that connects Midtown to Cordova — are currently closed for about two weeks. 

    By Keely Brewer August 22, 2023

• May 2022

  • Wolf River Greenway bridges gap to Shelby Farms Greenline

    The one-mile section, which includes the Greenway bridge and a boardwalk, formally opened Tuesday, May 17.

    By Bill Dries May 17, 2022

• January 2021

  • Heights Line has a design, economic study, even a logo

    The Heights Line has advanced a few more steps toward reality. The design of the 1.75-mile path, a logo and a one-time economic impact study have been completed.

    By Tom Bailey January 26, 2021

• December 2020

  • ‘A heckuva engineering project’ — boardwalk, cable bridge connect greenway, Greenline

    Wolf River Conservancy is almost halfway home in a decades-long quest to build 26-mile Wolf River Greenway spanning Memphis. Next up: completing connection to Shelby Farms Greenline by next summer.

    By Wayne Risher December 29, 2020

• September 2020

  • Kushner Companies buys apartments bordering Shelby Farms Greenline

    The same real estate company that was headed by Jared Kushner until he became President Trump’s senior legal adviser has bought a 256-unit apartment property in Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey September 23, 2020

• November 2019

  • Multiple greenway projects slated for next year

    The next piece of Bartlett’s master plan to enhance the city’s connectivity is headed toward construction starting early next year. It’s one of several greenway projects preparing to move forward next year. 

    By Michael Waddell November 23, 2019

• May 2019

  • Tipping Point: The story behind our rails-to-trails

    Back in 2008, residents in the neighborhoods around the railway had a lot of questions about the project that would become the Shelby Farms Greenline, and that’s where the New Memphis Fellows stepped in to help.

    By Anna Cox Thompson May 31, 2019