There are 160 article(s) tagged Tom Lee Park:

• February 2019

  • Daniels: New spirit shines through Tom Lee Park design

    The bold new design for Tom Lee Park aspires to create one of the country's great waterfronts while sending a message that Memphis is a place that embraces its past but isn't defined by it. 

    By Tyree Daniels February 19, 2019

  • Growth is important to Memphis, but it is important to remember past failures

    From the St. Jude expansion to the reinvigorated Edge District, Memphis has much to celebrate. But some people have questions and concerns about the Memphis River Parks Partnership's proposal for Tom Lee Park. The concerns and questions should be addressed.

    By Kathy Edmundson-Ferguson February 15, 2019

  • Cardi B, Dave Matthews Band, The Killers, Khalid playing Beale Street Music Festival

    The lineup is out for the 2019 Beale Street Music Festival, to be held May 3-5 in Tom Lee Park. 

    By Elle Perry February 13, 2019

  • Successful cities are defined by imaginative leadership, not stasis driven by hordes of naysayers

    Cities evolve or die. Look at places like Nashville, New Orleans, Atlanta and even Louisville and Austin. Compare those to Little Rock and Jackson, Mississippi. Which do we want to be more like?

    By Taylor Berger February 13, 2019

  • City Hall pushes coexistence of Tom Lee Park redevelopment and Memphis In May festival

    City Hall says a redeveloped Tom Lee Park can be done in coexistence with the Memphis In May International Festival and that the festival will likely have to move out of the park temporarily in 2020.

    By Bill Dries February 12, 2019

• January 2019

  • Tom Lee Park engagement center to give Memphians first look at future park

    Memphians will have the opportunity to get a first look and explore the future of Tom Lee Park at a new engagement center inside Beale Street Landing starting Saturday, Feb. 2.

    By Natalie Pilgrim January 30, 2019

• December 2018

  • Knowledge Quest students bring design thinking to Tom Lee Park redesign

    The Knowledge Quest students helping with the reimagining of the Memphis riverfront and Tom Lee Park spent this past summer engaged in a Stanford University-style design thinking lab.

    By Elle Perry December 22, 2018

• November 2018

  • Beale Street Music Festival passes are now on sale

    Three-day passes for the 2019 Beale Street Music Festival are now on sale. 

    By Elle Perry November 19, 2018

  • Tom Lee Park remake goes beyond park borders

    The remade Mississippi River Park with its own “River Garden” opens in a week. The River Line trail running along the east side of Wolf River Harbor to Big River Crossing will debut the same day. Mud Island River Park is closed until the spring after a season of experiment and minor tweaks.

    By Bill Dries November 03, 2018

  • River Parks Partnership selects firms to lead Tom Lee Park redevelopment

    The Memphis River Parks Partnership has chosen two firms to lead the redevelopment of Tom Lee Park.

    By Kate Crawford November 01, 2018