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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At the Feb. 5 meeting about the master plan for Shelby Park, the Metro Parks Department, Everton Oglesby Architects and Hawkins Partners presented some history and background on Shelby Park. This information is available in a PDF here or on the Metro Parks website.
More than 100 citizens interested in Shelby Park attended the Feb. 5 meeting to share their ideas about Shelby Park, but the Parks department is continuing to collect ideas until at least Friday, Feb. 20. It is particularly interested in your answers to these questions:
Email your comments to Tim Netsch at Metro Parks.
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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.
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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
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