Tom Lee Park plans get close look from council
Memphis City Council member Jamita Swearengen (left) asks Memphis River Parks Partnership president Carol Coletta about redevelopment plans at Tom Lee Park. Council members met with Coletta at Beale Street Landing on Tuesday, Feb. 19, to get a look at the scale model of the plan for redeveloping Tom Lee Park. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
The Memphis River Parks Partnership plan for a redevelopment of Tom Lee Park got a close look and lots of questions as well as a few suggestions from city council members this week.
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