Memphis in May, ‘down but not out,’ worries about 2023 festival in Tom Lee Park
Work continues on the Tom Lee Park renovation during the Tom Lee Day celebration at Beale Street Landing on May 6, 2022. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Memphis in May is eager to return to Tom Lee Park but cites issues with a lease and damage deposit lead to ‘uncertainty’ at its annual meeting.
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Jennifer Biggs is a native Memphian and veteran food writer and journalist who covers all things food, dining and spirits related for The Daily Memphian.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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