Saving Tom Lee Park: $60 million transformation plan spurs civic battle royal
Kedron Pryor plays with Cookie on a mild day at Tom Lee Park where the Memphis River Parks Partnership is planning major renovations, set to begin in the fall, to the wide open space on the banks of the Mississippi River in Downtown Memphis. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
After input from 5,300 people and 65 meetings, a Tom Lee Park transformation plan has drawn opposition from 4,000 petitioners and 2,200 Facebook followers. Will mediation settle hard feelings?
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