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Group requests Hadley Park be renamed after Nashville civil rights leader Copyright 2018 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. WTVF and last updated 2021-04-06 12:56:15-04 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â The Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation is meeting via teleconference Tuesday morning to hear a request by the Metropolitan Minority Caucus to rename Hadley Park to âKwame Leo Lillard Park.â The naming committee of the Board of Parks and Recreation will meet at 11:30 a.m., while the agenda meeting begins at noon. It will broadcast through the Metro Nashville Network. Ms. Sharon W. Hurt, president of the Metropolitan Minority Caucus, will be making the formal request to rename the park which opened in 1912. The park which sits on 28th Avenue in North Nashville has been the focus of a name change by several groups for years. ....