{"id":29852,"date":"2026-05-13T10:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=29852"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:19:37","slug":"sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-delivering-resources-to-help-create-john-lewis-memorial-park","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-delivering-resources-to-help-create-john-lewis-memorial-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Ossoff, Rev. Warnock Delivering Resources\u00a0to Help Create John Lewis Memorial Park\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Atlanta, Ga.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend&nbsp;Raphael Warnock are delivering&nbsp;resources to&nbsp;help&nbsp;establish&nbsp;a new&nbsp;John Lewis Memorial Park&nbsp;in downtown Atlanta.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock brought Republicans and Democrats together to support the&nbsp;ongoing&nbsp;Historic Butler Street YMCA Redevelopment project, which includes creating a new park around the John Lewis mural at the corner of Auburn Avenue and Jesse Hill Jr. Drive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock are delivering $2,000,000&nbsp;for the project through bipartisan government funding legislation that became law on February 3.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongressman Lewis spent his life&nbsp;working towards the advancement of&nbsp;Atlanta,&nbsp;the State of&nbsp;Georgia, and the Nation&nbsp;through his&nbsp;life-long commitment to civil rights,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cSenator Reverend Warnock and I brought Republicans and Democrats together to support the development of&nbsp;this&nbsp;park in his honor.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongressman Lewis was one of Georgia\u2019s greatest sons, and as his pastor and my mentor, I always knew he had a deep love for the city of Atlanta,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Senator Warnock.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cThere are few figures in our state\u2019s history more deserving of this honor, and I am proud to have worked alongside Senator Ossoff and our state leaders to get this done.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis federal investment in the John Lewis Memorial Park is a deeply meaningful affirmation of our community\u2019s history, strength, and promise. We are profoundly honored to carry forward Congressman John Lewis\u2019s extraordinary legacy by creating a sacred space where people can gather, reflect, and be inspired by his lifelong call for justice, unity, and hope. This park will stand as a lasting symbol of connection and possibility for generations to come,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;said&nbsp;Alfonza&nbsp;X. Marshall, Chair of the Butler Street Community Development Corporation Board of Directors.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend&nbsp;Raphael Warnock are delivering&nbsp;resources to&nbsp;help&nbsp;establish&nbsp;a new&nbsp;John Lewis Memorial Park&nbsp;in downtown Atlanta.&nbsp; Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock brought Republicans and Democrats together to support the&nbsp;ongoing&nbsp;Historic Butler Street YMCA Redevelopment project, which includes creating a new park around the John Lewis mural at the corner of Auburn Avenue and Jesse [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29852","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29854,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29852\/revisions\/29854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}