Nashville's Beaman Park would expand by 568 acres under a deal to purchase private land that Metro Nashville is close to finalizing, according to the Land Trust for Tennessee.
The trust, through Jeanie Nelson and other staff members’ sustained work with landowner Harris Gilbert and his family, facilitated Metro’s placing an option on the 568-acre addition to Beaman Park, it was stated.
A successful transaction would expand the park to 2,246 acres - an increase in the current size by about one-third.
It was noted that New York City's Central Park is 843 acres.