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The Memphis River Parks Partnership (MRPP), known as the Riverfront Development Corporation (RDC) until being renamed in April 2018, is a nonprofit organization that manages and develops the various riverfront parks and amenities located along the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee, on behalf of the city government.
That lack of action changed in 2017 when City of Memphis named a special riverfront task force to develop a concept for an engaging, welcoming and seamless five miles of riverfront parks.
The Mississippi River Museum was on Mud Island from 1982 to 2019. It included 18 galleries and exhibits and presented the history of the lower Mississippi River Valley over the span of the last 10,000 years. The museum also displayed over 5,000 artifacts. [7] The Mud Island Amphitheater is a concrete outdoor amphitheater that seats up to 5,000 ...
According to the Memphis River Parks Partnership presentation at the meeting, 700,000 people from over 182 zip codes have visited Tom Lee Park since its opening on Labor Day of 2023. And 57% of ...
Tom Lee Park is a city park located to the immediate west of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, overlooking the Mississippi River.Encompassing about 30 acres (12 ha) parallel to the Mississippi River for about one mile (1.6 km), it offers panoramic views of the Mississippi River and the shores of Arkansas on the opposite side.
Memphis River Parks Partnership hailed Coletta as the “visionary behind the new Tom Lee Park and reimagined riverfront.”
The Mud Island River Park (which contains the Mississippi River Museum) is located on Mud Island in downtown Memphis. The Park is noted for its River Walk. The River walk is a 1:2112 scale working model showing 1000 mi (1600 km) of the Lower Mississippi River, from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans, Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. 30 in (75 cm ...
In short: After the River Parks Partnership dunned the organization for $1.4 million in "damages" to Tom Lee Park attributed to the wear and tear of Memphis in May's 2023 events, MIM said so long ...