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  • River Trail Woodland Marsh Project

    Starting back in 2017, Gardner Monaco Design (GMD) began working  on bringing the River Trail area of the Park back to life. The vision for the Lakeshore Park River Trail Woodland Marsh…

  • Haslam Family Gift

    Lakeshore Park Conservancy announced on Monday, October 25th the start of Phase 2 Part 1 of the park’s updated master plan. Following approval by Knoxville City Council in October 2020 to the…

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    Knoxville’s Park(ing) Day

    WHAT IS PARK(ING) DAY? Park(ing) Day began with the need for space, some drawings on a napkin, and a big idea. Rebar was looking for niche spaces in San Francisco, leading them…

  • New ground music

    New Ground Music Festival

    New Ground Music Festival 2021 After taking a year off due to the pandemic, New Ground Music Festival was brought back to Lakeshore Park on September 12, 2021. Tyler Larrabee, founder and…

  • Discovery Impact Day

    Discovery Impact Day – Knoxville, TN Discovery Inc. strives “to be a company that gives back and benefits their people, communities, value chain, and planet while prioritizing good corporate governance to build…

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    East Tennessee Community Design Center honors Tom McAdams

    Lakeshore Park Conservancy board member, Tom McAdams, Esquire, has been named the East Tennessee Community Design Center’s 2021 Bruce McCarty Community Impact Award recipient. The award is granted to those who have…

  • Historic Home Tour Raises Money For Lakeshore Park

    Historic Home Tour Raises Money for Lakeshore Park A group of local creatives came together to renovate and decorate a historic home on Cherokee Blvd. This gorgeous home was then opened for…

  • Master Plan Update: Lower Ball Field Lights Removed

    Nelson Byrd Woltz proposed a design for Lakeshore Park that would divide the land into three zones- athletic, civic/cultural, and natural/ecological. The approval of these zones was the start of the Park’s…

  • Bird Watching at Lakeshore Park

    Key Information Who : Presented by Knoxville Birding Group (part of Tennessee’s Ornithological Society) and Lakeshore Park What : Bird walk around Lakeshore Park When : September 11, 2021 8:00am Where :…

  • Lakeshore Park Conservancy’s New Director of Park Operations

    Coming back to the South after several years in New York, Russell Riddell joins the Lakeshore Park Conservancy team as the Director of Park Operations. Hello, I am Russell Riddell.  I joined…