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Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation

Opry Mills could be a walk or bike ride away from Nashville’s core on proposed greenway

Cynthia Abrams

September 8, 2024

A multi-million-dollar grant application could soon extend the Cumberland River Greenway to Opry Mills.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Cumberland River Greenway, Grand Ole Opry, greenways, Metro Parks, Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation, Opry Mills, Opryland, Stones River Greenway

Metro Nashville Parks Officials Weigh Renaming Historic Hadley Park After Civil Rights Icon

Damon Mitchell

May 5, 2021

A marker outside Hadley Park in North Nashville

The Metro Board of Parks and Recreation is considering whether to ask the Tennessee Historical Commission to rename North Nashville’s historic Hadley Park after deceased civil rights activist Kwame Lillard.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Parks, Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation, Tennessee Historical Commission

Nashville Confederate Monument Targeted For Removal In Unanimous Metro Parks Board Vote

Alexis Marshall

January 5, 2021

Commissioners on the Metro Board of Parks and Recreation voted unanimously Tuesday to start the process of removing a Confederate monument from Centennial Park.

Filed Under: History, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Confederate, Metro Parks, Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Tennessee Historical Commission

Metro Denies Request To Rename Hadley Park, Despite Link to Slave-Owning Family

Jay Shah

June 13, 2018

A marker outside Hadley Park in North Nashville

Listen The Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation denied a request to consider changing the name of Nashville’s Hadley Park on Tuesday. North Nashville resident Joshua Lipscomb collected more than 500 signatures in an online petition to rename the park after Civil Rights leader Malcolm X. He believes the park is currently named for the […]

Filed Under: Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation, slavery

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