Phase One of Fairgrounds revitalization project kicks off in Memphis.
The City of Memphis has announced a groundbreaking for a $175 million, four-phase revitalization project at the Mid-South Fairgrounds. The overall project is expected to take four years, according to a city release.
Robert Lipscomb, who has been involved with the Fairgrounds Reuse Committee since 2004, said this is the first phase of the project. “It’s demolition and cleaning up the old Libertyland site, which is all the council has approved,” he says. “It’s just a blight removal.”
The groundbreaking will mark phase one, which involves demolition of properties formerly used by the Mid-South Fair and planting of grass in the area. This $2 million phase is expected to be complete by April 2010.
