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Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
Distance: 12.1 Mi3734 Elvis Presley Blvd
38116 Memphis -
Birdsong Resort, Marina, RV & Tent Campgrounds
Distance: 116.1 Mi255 Marina Rd
38320-7832 Camden -
Buchanan Resort - Motel
Distance: 131.2 Mi800 Buchanan Resort Road
38256 Springville -
Clarksville Rev Park
Distance: 175.1 Mi1270 Tylertown Rd
37040 Clarksville -
Campers RV Park
Distance: 170.6 Mi1792 Bear Creek Pike
38401 Columbia
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With funding in place, the Agri-Center Commission selected the firm of Rudolph Jones and Associates of Memphis as the principal architect supported by Lindy and Associates and BWB Associated, Inc. as consultants. Garrett Eckbo and Associates, a leading agricultural landscape architect from San Francisco, was employed to design the 1,000 acre Demonstration Center. During the one and one-half years that followed, detailed research and study developed the final construction and landscape plans for a 140,000 square foot Exhibition Pavilion and Demonstration Center. To head the professional staff of Agricenter, Dick Sneddon was employed in September 1983. In May, 1984, W.R. Naylor and Sons Construction Company of Memphis was selected by Shelby County Government as the general contractor. A grand opening of the first "International Agricultural Market Center" to be constructed in the United States was scheduled for 1985. In the past, the Shelby County Penal Farm was a "model farm,"...