HERITAGE TRAIL

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The primary goal of the Memphis Heritage Trail is to promote history and cultural heritage so that it is more visible and imprinted on the Downtown landscape. In addition, the Trail is intended to enhance and help grow the hospitality industry within our City. History can be both legacy and industry. The Memphis Heritage Trail physically links the nodes of Civil Rights Movement, Entertainment, Commerce and Historic Housing by establishing bike and walking tours that connect the National Civil Rights Museum, the historic Clayborn Temple, Church Park, the Universal Life Insurance Building and many other cultural destinations. It also celebrates many notable activists and entrepreneurs who have connections to the target area, such as Robert R. Church Sr., Julia Britton Hooks, Ida B. Wells and A. Maceo Walker.