Visitors to Clinton’s Robinson Park now have a comfortable—and soon, shady—place to sit, thanks to the Leadership Clinton Class of 2025. The group took a suggestion from one of its members who played at the park as a child and decided that their class project would be the installation of a new bench and a tree near the playground.
“The community has a lot of elderly residents, and there was no seating and no shade,” said class member Tia McArthur. “So, Mr. Eddie [Spann] suggested that we look at the park and see if maybe we could do something to help the residents. And this is what the final result was.”
A ceremony to officially present the river birch tree and wraparound bench was held March 20 at the park on Neal Street in the Sarah Dickey neighborhood. SiteOne Landscape Supply in Canton donated the tree, and a Clinton company, Mid-State Welding, provided the bench…