Please join us at the Shelby Park Community Center at the end of Boscobel St. on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 10 a.m.
We are planning on a great, fun meeting with:
* Food!
* Updates on the master plan process
* Chance to learn more about Friends of Shelby
* Chance to join Friends of Shelby
Dues for the organization are just $10/family or household per year. Come Saturday and find out how you can help.
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Mark your calendars now and watch for more details soon. Friends of Shelby will host its first annual membership event at the Shelby Park Community Center on Saturday, Oct. 31. All friends of Shelby Park will be welcome to attend and officially join the organization — dues are $10 per household.
We’re planning fun for the whole family and updates on what’s happening in Shelby Park. Watch for more info closer to time.
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The official presentation of the Shelby Park master plan will be held tomorrow, Thursday, June 11. If you’ve missed a past meeting, or want to review the progress to date, please check out the Metro Parks web page for Shelby Park. They provide all the reports and presentations made at past meetings.
Don’t miss the final Shelby Park master plan presentation.
Thursday, June 11
6:30 p.m.
East Park Community Center
601 Woodland St.
Brown Box Theater
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Please make plans to join us for the final public meeting about the Shelby Park master plan.
Thursday, June 11
6:30 p.m.
East Park Community Center (note the new location!)
601 Woodland Street
Brown Box Theater
At this meeting, the Metro Parks Department and its partners will present the final version of the Shelby Park master plan. The meeting is expected to adjourn in time for the Nashville Symphony’s concert in East Park at 8 p.m.
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Nashville’s totally unique 4th of July festival is gearing up for another great event and as always, volunteers are crucial.
This year we’ve extended the festival’s hours from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. — more fun, more hot chicken — and we’ll need extra man and woman power.
The Music City Hot Chicken Festival is a free event featuring the unique culinary flare of local restaurants, professional & amateur cooking competitions, inflatable jumpy toys for the kids, the Yazoo Brewery Beer Garden, and home-grown Nashville music. The festival is held July 4 in East Nashville’s own East Park on Woodland Street. Proceeds from the festival benefit Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms.
The first 500 festival attendees are treated to free hot chicken samples from Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack, 400º, The Chicken Shack and Bolton’s Spicy Chicken & Fish. After the free bird is gone, you can head over to the food garden and purchase some tasty hot chicken.
The 3rd annual Hot Chicken Festival offers an unparalleled opportunity to meet people from the community, hang out with friends and have a great time. There are many volunteer positions available and volunteers willing to do “whatever” are also greatly appreciated. If you’d like to be a Volunteer Hot Chicken this July 4th, e-mail volunteer@hotchickenfestival.com and indicate which time slot you’d like.
| Available volunteer positions and shifts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | 9:30- 11:30 a.m. |
11 a.m.- 1 p.m. |
1-3 p.m. | 2:30- 4:30 p.m. |
| Event set-up | X | |||
| Event clean-up We need a lot more help here this year! |
X | |||
| T-shirt & souvenir sales | X | X | ||
| Beer Garden Sales, serving and ID check |
X | X | ||
| Non-alcoholic beverage sales | X | X | ||
| Children’s activities, including inflatables and face painting |
X | X | ||
| Hot Chicken samples | X | |||
| Entertainment area | X | X | ||
| Trash patrol | X | X | ||
| Volunteer tent | X | X | ||
| Watermelon giveaway | X | X | ||
| Parking direction | X | X | ||
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The Cumberland River Compact and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency are partnering for their 7th annual Catfish Rodeo — and the first to be held in Shelby Park.
On Saturday, June 6, the Catfish Rodeo will give 600 children (ages 5 to 16) the opportunity to fish for free in Shelby Park’s Lake Sevier! The Cumberland River Compact needs your help to make this event a success, though. If you can volunteer some time that day, please contact Laura Alex (lauraa@cumberlandrivercompact.org or 615-469-5962) at the Cumberland River Compact. Tell her the Friends of Shelby Park sent you!
Learn more about the Catfish Rodeo on the compact’s website.
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Mark your calendar now for the public meeting where the initial concept will be presented for the Shelby Park master plan.
Thursday, April 23
6:30 p.m.
East Literature Magnet
Downstairs cafeteria [building closer to downtown]
110 Gallatin Road
At this meeting, the Metro Parks Department and its partners plan to present the concept for the new master plan, with time provided for additional public input. A final meeting is planned after this one, with no date yet.
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Mark your calendar now for the public meeting where the initial concept will be presented for the Shelby Park master plan.
Thursday, April 16
6:30 p.m.
East Literature Magnet
Downstairs cafeteria [building closer to downtown]
110 Gallatin Road
At this meeting, the Metro Parks Department and its partners plan to present the concept for the new master plan, with time provided for additional public input. A final meeting is planned for the end of April.
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Missed the second public meeting on the Shelby Park master plan? Here’s the presentation used at that meeting (15 MB, PDF).
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Mark your calendar now for the second public meeting related to the master plan being developed for Shelby Park.
Thursday, March 5
6:30 p.m.
East Literature Magnet – High school cafeteria
110 Gallatin Road
At this meeting, the Parks department and their partner planning firms will present an analysis of information and comments gathered to date, and they’ll be accepting additional comments and ideas.
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