Community titans devoted a warm, springtime afternoon Out East to the neighborhood legends whose efforts set the foundation for the Eastside’s current metamorphosis.
Nearly 100 people attended the rededication Thursday of Buster Ford Checkerboard Park. The park was initially dedicated in 1996 but fell into disrepair and abandonment.
Eastside residents, community leaders, nonprofits and even the Jaguars Foundation invested their time, talent and sweat equity to restore the park at the corner of A. Philip Randolph and Union Street…