Work on Crigler Park progressing; future of Welty Library still being determined

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Virtually all signs of the former Eudora Welty Library are gone, a sign that work is moving forward on Margaret Ann Crigler Park.

Demolition on the former Welty Library wrapped up weeks ago. Since then, the library’s former basement has been filled in, and the site leveled.

Shelia Byrd, director of communications for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, said Crigler Park is currently in the design phase…

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