Already facing a lawsuit from a nonprofit entity associated with the Swan Ball and related to control of the annual gala, Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art officials are also dealing with concerns from Friends of Warner Parks involving the nonprofit’s parking arrangement with the Metro Parks and Recreation Department.
Jane MacLeod
Courtesy of Cheekwood
In a letter dated June 14, Bradley attorney James Murphy, representing Friends of Warner Parks, writes Metro Parks Director Monique Odom, noting Cheekwood could be in violation of a 1981 memorandum of understanding between Cheekwood and the parks department. The concern, the letter notes, is related to a deed restriction as found in the original 1927 deed in which the late Luke Lea donated land to the then-City of Nashville for what is now Percy Warner Park.
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