Photo Credit: Shelby Farms Park Conservancy
Adult programs at Shelby Farms Park in Memphis, Tenn., are shaping the way visitors experience and enjoy the green spaces.
With 4,500 acres, Shelby Farms Park is the largest urban park in the country. More than one million people visit each year to run, bike, play, paddle, ride horses, fish, and explore. The park features more than 40 miles of trails, hundreds of acres of forest, more than 20 bodies of water, an innovative, world-class playground, a rails-to-trails project, and great spaces to connect with nature as well as with other members of the community.
As the number of park visitors increased over the years, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy (SFPC)—the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that manages and operates the park—recognized a need to help facilitate community engagement within the park as well as engagement with the park itself. It’s a big park, and helping people enjoy it is a big job!