SHELBY FARMS PARK
CONSERVANCY

In 2007, Mayor A C Wharton and the Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted to conserve Shelby Farms Park, ensuring it will remain a park forever. Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was created to transform Shelby Farms Park into a world-class 21st Century Park.

Shelby Farms Park Conservancy implemented an Innovative Design Competition, and received 33 entries from first-rate firms throughout the United States and Europe. The Conservancy narrowed down the submissions to three finalists: field operations, Hargreaves Associates, and Tom Leader Studio.

An extensive public input phase followed. Across Memphis and Shelby County, park users and non-users alike came together to express what would make Shelby Farms Park *their* park, and the designers listened.

All of the ideas you're about to see are the result of intense collaboration between the designers, the public, elected officials, community representatives, and the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy. Without involvement from all of these parties, this competition, these ideas, and these presentations would not have been possible.

The ideas presented in this exhibition are meant to be a starting point and a place from which discussion about the park, its activities, characteristics, and events can take form. They are intended to generate interest, inspire participation, and showcase the great amount of work that has been done to make Shelby Farms a wonderful regional park.

The goal of the Shelby Farms Park Innovative Design Competition is to choose a great design team—not a design. The aim of the public exhibition is to gauge the effectiveness of the ideas from each of the proposals—to see what garners public support and what doesn't.

The winning design team will be selected in April, and the final Master Plan, incorporating elements from all three plans, will be in place this summer.

This is your park—by helping to shape its future, you're helping to shape our community for generations to come.

Thank you.

SHELBY FARMS PARK
CONSERVANCY

## Vision

To give rise to a celebrated 21st Century park that defines and shapes a great city.

## Our Guiding Principles

We are stewards in the design, planning, management, and maintenance of Shelby Farms Park and are guided by our core beliefs:

* We are leading the reinvention of large urban parks.

* We are creating a constantly improving park that is layered, flexible, and adaptive.

* We are creating an exceptional and distinctive park that capitalizes on its unique natural resources and size.

* Shelby Farms Park will capitalize on its size to create options: places grand and expansive, and others small and personal.

* Shelby Farms Park will connect and strengthen the fabric of community through its accessibility, inclusiveness, and connections to the city.

* We are creating a beloved place where powerful memories are delivered to the people of Shelby County.

* We are known for work that is bold, dedicated, visionary, and public-spirited.

## Pivotal Questions

* Does it promote green and open?

* Is it flexible and adaptive?

* Is it accessible and inviting?

* Is it environmentally and financially sustainable?

* Is it exceptional and distinctive?

* Does it capitalize on the size of the park?

* Does it respect the limitations of the easement?

* Does it capitalize on our natural resources?

* Does it reflect the highest possible standards?

* Does it encourage a sense of community?

* Is it safe?

SHELBY FARMS PARK
CONSERVANCY

Shaping the future of Shelby Farms Park can only happen with public input. With your feedback and insight, the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy can gauge the importance of various park activities, features, and events. The information you provide is vital for understanding which proposals work, which don't, and how best to communicate this information to the designers.

Please take the time to fill out a feedback form. Complete as much of the form as you can. You can deposit your form at the end of the exhibition in the comment box provided.

The plans and feedback forms are also available online at www.shelbyfarmspark.org.

The citizens of Memphis and Shelby County have played a pivotal role in the Innovative Design Competition thus far. Please continue to share your thoughts and ideas with us as we move closer to a plan that will ensure Shelby Farms Park meets its full potential as a great 21st Century world-class park—something we are proud of for generations to come.

Thank you for being a part of this process and helping to create a great Shelby Farms Park.