There are 9 article(s) tagged zoo parking:

• July 2023

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries July 27, 2023

• November 2022

  • 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. 

    By Bill Dries November 06, 2022

• March 2022

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries March 10, 2022

  • 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 

    By Bill Dries March 08, 2022

• November 2021

  • Expansion of Zoo parking into greensward again on hold

    City Council member Jeff Warren is leading the talks that hope to raise additional money for a parking solution that leaves the Overton Park greensward as it is. 

    By Bill Dries November 03, 2021

• October 2021

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries October 05, 2021

  • Memphis Zoo parking lot expansion into greensward back on

    The city is moving ahead with plans to expand the Memphis Zoo parking lot and take part of the Overton Park greensward in the process, the zoo and the city announced Friday, Oct. 1.

    By Bill Dries October 01, 2021

• December 2019

  • Behind the Headlines Podcast: Journalist round table

    Laura Faith Kebede of Chalkbeat Tennessee, Toby Sells of The Memphis Flyer and Karanja Ajanaku of The New Tri-State Defender discuss charter schools, Greensward parking, Confederate monuments and more with host Eric Barnes.

    By Eric Barnes December 20, 2019

  • City pauses zoo parking plan to consider 350-space garage

    City leaders announced Wednesday, Dec. 18, they are pausing the parking plan at the Memphis Zoo to consider instead building a one-story parking deck of 350 spaces. 

    By Bill Dries December 18, 2019