Zoo parking lot reconfiguration to begin Monday
Memphis Zoo Marketing & PR Specialist Joseph Miner uses maps to speak on Phase 1 and future phases of permanently ending parking overflow into Overton Park Greensward on Aug. 21, 2019 at the Memphis Zoo. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Work on the Prentiss Place parking lot is the first of three phases and sets the stage for the next two phases starting this fall or winter. The work also begins as the new president of the zoo talks about a change in the zoo's direction.
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