Tom Lee Park redesign plaintiffs want parking lots restored

By , Daily Memphian Updated: January 06, 2022 6:36 AM CT | Published: January 05, 2022 3:00 PM CT
<strong>&ldquo;This parking issue needs to be addressed,&rdquo; said Pearl Eva Walker, one of the plaintiffs in the Chancery Court lawsuit over the ongoing $61 million redesign of Tom Lee Park.</strong> (Bill Dries/Daily Memphian)

“This parking issue needs to be addressed,” said Pearl Eva Walker, one of the plaintiffs in the Chancery Court lawsuit over the ongoing $61 million redesign of Tom Lee Park. (Bill Dries/Daily Memphian)

The plaintiffs are taking the city and Memphis River Parks Partnership to court over the $61 million Tom Lee Park redesign.

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Tom Lee Park redesign Memphis River Parks Partnership Britney Thornton George Abbott Pearl Walker Joe Kent

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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