Overton Park Conservancy recently had our kickoff meeting with the City Engineering department to discuss the parking reconfiguration project. The City engineers have created an initial conceptual layout for the reconfiguration. The next step is to develop a scope of work that will inform the
Yesterday Memphis City Council unanimously approved a resolution endorsing a solution to end overflow parking on the Greensward. This solution, which we outlined earlier this week, represents a consensus between Overton Park Conservancy, the Memphis Zoo, and the City of Memphis, and presents an achievable
On July 1, a day after the deadline set for mediation, Mayor Jim Strickland announced a compromise plan that would end the practice of overflow parking on the Overton Park Greensward. On July 19, the City Council will be asked to support an amended version of the Mayor’s plan
Today, Mayor Jim Strickland announced a set of solutions to Overton Park’s traffic and parking issues. We are grateful to Mayor Strickland for his leadership, and we look forward to continuing to work with our partners to make Overton Park a welcoming place for the
Yesterday’s City Council action does nothing to affect Overton Park Conservancy’s commitment to finding parking and traffic solutions for the park. If anything, it underscored the value of the mediation process, which is being informed by the participation of the community and park partners in
Overton Park is 342 acres of the best Memphis has to offer. That was on clear display this past weekend, when families walked together to erase multiple sclerosis, kids sprawled on the Greensward with free books from Literacy Mid-South, two rugby teams went to battle,
Overton Park Conservancy Board Chairman Ray Pohlman released the following statement today, March 7, 2016: The Memphis City Council on March 1, 2016, passed a resolution that the vast majority of the Greensward was to be “devoted for Zoo purposes only.” The Council’s resolution appears
Last night Memphis City Council passed a resolution ceding control of portions of the Greensward to the Memphis Zoo. This action raises many practical questions, including those relating to the maintenance of the Greensward, events scheduled for the space, and public safety. As Overton Park
Today at 1:45 in Executive Session the Memphis City Council will present a resolution co-sponsored by nine of our City Council members that would give control of the Overton Park Greensward, including parts of Veterans Plaza, Rainbow Lake, and the Rainbow Lake Playground to the
The second public meeting to identify parking and traffic solutions for Overton Park was held last Thursday, February 18. Many thanks to the hundreds of people who came out to listen to the team’s recommendations, and to First Baptist Church – Broad for hosting the
