Uptown, Greenlaw residents opposed to St. Jude parking garage

By , Daily Memphian Updated: November 15, 2021 4:52 PM CT | Published: November 15, 2021 1:57 PM CT
<strong>Valerie Peavy speaks out Monday, Nov. 15, against a proposed parking garage for St. Jude Children&rsquo;s Research Hospital employees. Peavy, a longtime Uptown resident and owner of The Office@Uptown, said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m asking that ... the Board of Adjustment not approve this variance, because it is truly going to harm our community.&rdquo;</strong> (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Valerie Peavy speaks out Monday, Nov. 15, against a proposed parking garage for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital employees. Peavy, a longtime Uptown resident and owner of The Office@Uptown, said, “I’m asking that ... the Board of Adjustment not approve this variance, because it is truly going to harm our community.” (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Residents met at The Office@Uptown to hear the results of a community survey regarding a new parking garage Monday morning, just two days prior to St. Jude’s meeting with the Board of Adjustments to ask for approval on the rezoning and height variances. 

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St. Jude Parking garage Dana Wilson Jerred Price Valerie Peavy Tanja Mitchell
Julia Baker

Julia Baker

Julia Baker covers Memphis and Shelby County’s law enforcement agencies and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. A lifelong Memphian, Julia graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.


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