A years-long effort to recreate a historic park on Atlanta’s Westside is facing pushback.
Mims Park was originally named after Livingston Mims, the 37th mayor of Atlanta and a Confederate soldier. Mims donated the land.
Eventually, though, that park on Northside Drive was developed over by an elementary school. And for years, Mims’ distant nephew Rodney Mims Cook Jr. has pushed to build it again.
Read this story now for free
To continue reading, sign up for our newsletter and get unlimited access to WABE.org
You can select your preferences for news and local content. We will never share your email address. Learn how your newsletter sign-up will support WABE and Public Media
