Big splash in Mud Island’s Gulf prompts new look at use
July visitors can't resist the cool water in Mud Island's Gulf of Mexico. But “the gulf was not built to be a swimming pool,” said Memphis River Parks Partnership president Carol Coletta. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Bigger crowds on Mud Island's south end during a hot summer made keeping people out of the Gulf of Mexico replica hard work. The Memphis River Parks Partnership will use the fall and winter to rethink how the Gulf should be used.
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