Zoo to turn over Old Forest, leave Overton Park greensward intact
Tina Sullivan, executive director of the Overton Park Conservancy, shakes hands with Memphis Zoo CEO Jim Dean at a press conference Tuesday, March 8. The zoo has agreed to turn over to the conservancy a 17-acre section of the Old Forest that once was planned as a Chickasaw Bluffs exhibit. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
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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