MEMPHIS, Tennessee (May 14, 2012)―The Assisi Foundation has announced the award of a $500,000 grant to Overton Park Conservancy. The funding will be used for cultural and educational programs, activities and signature events designed to attract the entire family, support of Overton Park operations and
Overton Bark Grand Opening event sponsored by Hollywood Feed! The kickoff event, sponsored by YoLo, will begin with a 1-mile fun walk/dog parade, followed by remarks from Memphis Mayor A C Wharton, Overton Park Conservancy’s Tina Sullivan and George Cates, and Hollywood Feed president Shawn
This summer’s Speak Up survey was the first step in creating a community vision for Overton Park. One of the problems identified by the survey is the lack of safe bicycle/pedestrian connections into the park from surrounding neighborhoods. We just took our first step to
Memphis Public Works will begin work adjacent to the Overton Bark site today in order to repair 200 feet of collapsed retaining wall along Lick Creek. The City’s contractor will need to clear vegetation along the west bank of the creek to allow space to
The Conservancy requested the help of Mayor AC Wharton to have Old Forest Lane, between the Memphis College of Art and the Rainbow Lake parking lot at the Old Forest, resurfaced. The surface was badly deteriorated, and as this is soon to become even more
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (April 12, 2012)―The Overton Park Conservancy’s revitalization efforts will include a feature that is sure to be enjoyed by park visitors as well as their four-legged friends. The nonprofit organization broke ground on the new “Overton Bark” dog park in March with plans
The Overton Park Conservancy board has approved the search committee’s recommendation to hire Tina Sullivan to replace the organization’s first acting executive director George Cates. Chaired by board member Ray Pohlman, the committee chose Ms. Sullivan to be the permanent Executive Director for the relatively
Thursday afternoon’s storm hit Overton Park hard. We had big trees down, trash cans (and the trash inside) blown all over the park, and truckloads of debris. Yesterday the Overton Park Conservancy landscaping crew cleaned all of our managed area, while Memphis Park Services worked
Ironically, saw blades are saving Overton Park forest. Thanks to the Commercial Appeal for today’s front-page article about our aggressive privet removal project. We plan to continue the war on privet with our excellent contractor, Echo Systems, for the next three weeks as weather permits.
In Overton Park’s 111 year history we seem to have lost sight of a few very important rules and regulations that help keep our park safe for all. The Overton Park Conservancy wants to do what we can to help usher in a new, safer
