Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms will have an Invasive Plant Removal Training Day on March 27 from 1:00 until 3:00 at the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center. Sandy Bivens, Director of Metro Parks Nature Centers, is our instructor. All people interested in this project are invited to attend.
NOTE: ANYONE INTERESTED MUST REGISTER WITH SANDY BIVENS(sandy.bivens@nashville.gov or call her at 615-352-6299) The deadline for registration is Monday, March 22nd.
If you are not a member of Friends of Shelby, please come join us in our efforts to support Metro Parks and preserve our greenspace.
If you want onsite training before our session at Shelby Park, Friends of Warner Park is having an actual workday to remove exotic invasive plants on March 6 at 9:00. Sign up with sandy.bivens@nashville.gov.
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.
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.
Tagged as:
membership
The Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms, a registered 501(c)3 organization, announces its formation to support Shelby Park and Shelby Bottoms.
Friends of Shelby will begin soliciting members who seek to improve and protect the Shelby Parks today.
“Citizens from across Nashville have enjoyed Shelby Park and Shelby Bottoms for almost 100 years, and we’re pleased to work with the Metro Parks Department now to provide input on a new master plan for the park,” said Carol Williams, president of the new group.
“We are seeking all friends of Shelby Park to join us as official members of the organization. We hope to serve as a group that represents the voices of those who enjoy the park and want to protect it for future generations.”
Friends of Shelby will represent the interest of park-goers at a public meeting tonight hosted by the Parks Department at 6:30 p.m. at the East Literature Magnet High School cafeteria.
Williams encouraged all those with an interest in the park to attend and share ideas. “We are fortunate to work with the Parks Department to help them re-envision how Shelby Park and Shelby Bottoms can continue to serve this community for the next several decades,” she said.
Members of Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms will be at tonight’s public meeting with more information about the organization.
Tagged as:
Friends of Shelby,
Metro Parks,
Nashville
From an advisory issued by Metro Parks –
Metro Parks is in the initial stages of developing Shelby Park’s first master plan.
Critical to the planning process is participation by neighbors, stakeholder groups, and the general public. Interested parties are asked to share ideas, concerns and other issues at the first public meeting. Everton Oglesby Architects and Hawkins Partners, Landscape Architects, have been contracted to develop the plan.
Shelby Park’s first 151 acres opened to the public in 1912. Additional land was later added. Shelby Park hosted the first city baseball league in 1915, and remains home to Nashville’s oldest municipal golf course, which opened in 1924.
WHEN: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, February 5, 2009
WHERE: East Literature Magnet School
Downstairs Cafeteria
110 Gallatin Road
Tagged as:
Master Plan,
Shelby Park
