About our organization

Friends for Our Riverfront, formed in 2003, is a nonprofit citizen group dedicated to protecting our harbor and revitalizing our riverfront.

Our goal is to promote the improvement of the Memphis riverfront to its full potential as a green space for public enjoyment, preserving its historic, natural, and aesthetic character.

FfOR supports commercial, retail, and residential development downtown, but we believe that development should augment and support the renaissance of our current downtown and focus on our current business district which is east, not west of Front Street.

We oppose the Riverfront Development Corporation's plan to let private interests develop public land at taxpayer expense and to convert the Memphis harbor to a lake.

Our Board of Directors

Virginia McLean, President
John Gary, Vice President
Renee Lartigue, Secretary
Susan Caldwell, Treasurer
Jeanne Arthur
Heathie Colvett
Lynda Ireland
Judith Johnson
Hite McLean
Don Richardson
Lisa Snowden
June West
Sue A. Williams
Jack Tucker (1939-2009), Founder Emeritus

On behalf of FfOR, president Virginia McLean accepting the Memphis Heritage 2004 Preservation Planning Award. From the left: Hite Mclean, Don Richardson, June West, Jeanne Arthur, Virginia McLean (front), John Gary (back) Judith Johnson, Susan Caldwell, Sue A. Williams.

Contact Information

Friends for Our Riverfront, Inc.
P.O. Box 111387
Memphis, TN 38111
901-496-0736

An email link is at the bottom of this page.