Fairgrounds financing, MLGW contract, trash troubles top council agenda
This rendering of Liberty Park/Fairgrounds looks to the northeast with the 277,000-square-foot Memphis Sports and Events Center fronting on East Parkway and athletic fields at the East Parkway and Southern Avenue corner. (Courtesy LibertyParkMemphis.com)
The April 6, council session includes a vote on $75 million in revenue bonds for the Fairgrounds renovation as well as a vote on the $520,000 contract to explore alternatives to TVA as MLGW’s electric power supplier. And council members review a month of vocal complaints about trash pickup.
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Bill Dries covers city government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.