Here’s how MIM can lower $1.4M damage deposit for Tom Lee Park
The redesigned Tom Lee Park will be substantially completed by the first weekend of the Beale Street Music Festival in May. The finishing touches of the $62 million project will come immediately after the festival moves out for a formal opening. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Negotiations between the festival and the partnership hit a rough patch this week over the amount.
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