Renovated Bickford Aquatic Center makes a splash
The renovated Bickford Aquatic Center opened Thursday, June 4, in North Memphis just in time for summer.
Topic: Memphis parks
RSSThere are 32 article(s) tagged Memphis parks:
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June 2026
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May 2026
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New pavilions, upgrades coming to Memphis parks, safety concerns linger
The Memphis City Council Parks and Environmental Committee voted on fresh amenities, renovated swimming facilities and expanded summer programs for local parks, and discussed plans for further safety measures.
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December 2025
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MATA numbers surge with zero fare, City Council told
MATA’s trustee said rider numbers are up. In other action, council members took steps to stop dumping in the Wolf River Bottoms, but balked at some strong limits suggested for city contracts to manage city parks.
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July 2025
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Memphis Parks appoints new director
Mayor Paul Young has tapped a Memphis native who is returning to the city after working similar jobs in Oakland and Pasadena, California.
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January 2025
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Calkins: Leaving Memphis makes Nick Walker ‘tear up.’ Here’s why.
Nick Walker, the Memphis parks director, is leaving for North Carolina. He has some thoughts before he goes about why he loves the city, what bothers him about Memphians and what he’d like to see change.
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Memphis Parks Director leaving the city
Nick Walker has been the head of Memphis Parks since 2019.
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November 2024
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City to spend nearly $3M renovating Midtown park
City officials are redoing the tennis courts and adding a new pavilion to Glenview Park, part of a renovation package that promises an enhanced experience for visitors that’s served the neighborhood for more than 75 years.
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October 2024
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Memphis Parks system among top 1% in the nation
Memphis has the only urban park system in Tennessee to receive accreditation through the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies.
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August 2024
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Greenlaw Community Center to offer Shelby County services
In a program announced Aug. 9, the Uptown community center will have offices for several county government services, including offices and meeting places.
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June 2024
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As summer heats up, city focuses on safety at parks, community centers
The Memphis Parks department is addressing violence at the city’s community centers and parks, but stakeholders agree combating crime requires everyone’s effort.
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May 2024
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Safety at community centers in focus after shooting in Douglass
Memphis City Council members talked about better camera surveillance and other measures with Memphis Parks Director Nick Walker.
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July 2023
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Hollywood splash pad marks fifth for Memphis Parks system
The splash pad opened Wednesday, July 5, to dozens of children in North Memphis putting it through its paces.
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June 2023
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Greenlaw Community Center will operate under Memphis Parks department
The change is a reversal on previous plans for the city’s police department to run the center instead.
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After renovation, sunlight streams into Gaston Community Center again
The windows surrounding three sides of the city’s first and oldest community center were boarded up nearly 50 years ago. The $4 million renovation formally opened Wednesday, June 21, bringing natural light back to the gym, while adding other uses to the center.
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Lifeguard shortage impacts Memphis pools
The number of available lifeguards has dropped, forcing organizations like Memphis Parks and YMCA to “be creative” with their public swimming pool schedules.
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Memphis Parks’ outdoor pools set to open Saturday
The City of Memphis pushed back the opening of its public pools a week this summer, partly due to a nationwide lifeguard shortage.
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May 2023
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Morris Park is back and ‘forward-thinking’
After a two-year closure, Morris Park reopens with new amenities and more accessibility. “There’s ADA required, and then there is ADA intentional,” Memphis Parks executive director said. “We try to be ADA intentional.”
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November 2022
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Compromise could cost Audubon Park golf course one of its holes
The compromise announced by Memphis City Council members Ford Canale and Chase Carlisle Monday, Oct. 31, does away with a hole in the expanded golf course by the park’s lake.
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September 2022
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City Council approves $16.5 million in parks projects line items
The set of a dozen appropriation resolutions topped a relatively uneventful council agenda Tuesday, Sept. 27.
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Memphis City Council to consider resolution enforcing curfew for juveniles
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Audubon Park redesign draws heckler, questions at groundbreaking
Neighbors of the park generally supported the new playground and picnic pavilion planned, but voiced concerns about a rendering from earlier this month that appeared to show the park’s lake as part of the golf course expansion. The city’s parks director says the rendering wasn’t accurate.
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August 2022
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Orange Mound Park opens splash pad
Formerly known as the Orange Mound Park neighborhood pool, located at 2430 Carnes Ave., the space was completely remodeled within a 44-day period, ending with its completion on Monday, Aug. 15.
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Memphis Parks breaks ground on Whitehaven multipurpose room
The $2 million multipurpose room at the Whitehaven Community Center will feature a banquet hall, catering kitchen, parking lot and public entrance.
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July 2022
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Family Fun Friday returns to Frayser’s Ed Rice Community Center
Memphis Parks’ Family Fun Fridays are headed to Frayser’s newly-renovated Ed Rice Community Center for a second time Friday evening, July 22.
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Gooch Park mural offers ‘Slice’ of Memphis culture
The North Memphis mural will surround the park’s public pool and is named after a term for enthusiastically jumping into a swimming pool.
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June 2022
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City to host grand opening for Ed Rice Community Center
The center underwent an $8.4 million renovation that took almost two years since the old building was demolished in August 2020.
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