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Plans Revealed for New Theme Park in Tennessee
June 30, 2021, 10:43 PM ·
A new, story-driven theme park might be coming to Tennessee this decade. Storyville Gardens is planned to be part of a 130-acre destination that includes the theme park, as well as three hotels and more than 220,000 square feet of entertainment, retail, and dining facilities.
Elde and DeLisa Guerrier of Nashville s Guerrier Development are leading the development, with California-based Storyland Studios handling the design.
Storyville Gardens site rendering. Image courtesy Storyland Studios Nashville and the surrounding counties are missing family-friendly entertainment options for our children, DeLisa Guerrier said. Storyville Gardens will provide that option while also helping parents and caregivers instill a love of reading in their children.
Storyville Gardens is an interactive and immersive edu-taining park with attractions inspired by stories and books to help instill a love of reading for children in Tennessee, Middle Tennessee continues to experience an economic boom, and young families move here every day. However, Nashville and the surrounding counties are missing family-friendly entertainment options for our children, said developer
DeLisa Guerrier. Storyville Gardens will provide that option while also helping parents and care givers instill a love of reading in their children.
According to Guerrier, only about 35% of students in Tennessee read at grade level. The new park, while providing a source of fun entertainment, aims to encourage students to embrace and enjoy reading beyond what is required in the classroom.
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