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Atlanta dedicates park and announces street naming for Mayor Emeritus Shirley Clark Franklin
Summary
A ceremony in Atlanta's District 9 honored former Mayor Shirley Clark Franklin with the dedication of Westside Park in her name and an announced renaming of a stretch of Central Avenue to Shirley C. Franklin Boulevard; the council previously created a commission to determine how to honor her.
City officials, community members and Shirley Clark Franklin gathered in Atlanta’s District 9 for a dedication ceremony that announced the renaming of Westside Park and a stretch of Central Avenue in honor of the city’s mayor emeritus.
Speakers at the event described the renaming as a tribute to Franklin’s decades of civic leadership. “We are here today for a celebration,” said Speaker 1. Organizers announced that Westside Park will be known as Shirley Clark Franklin Park and that Central Avenue will carry the name Shirley C. Franklin Boulevard.
The gathering recalled Franklin’s long record of public service…
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