MLK Park: A place to celebrate, honor memory of civil rights icon

By: Dave Thompson|February 11, 2024

|4 min read

Ryan Saddler, CEO of the Friends of MLK, stands in the new MLK Park near downtown Davenport on Thursday, Feb. 8. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

As Ryan Saddler looks over the new MLK Park near downtown Davenport he likes what he sees. And he likes what the park will soon become: a place to celebrate, and a place that will be a reminder of the fight for equity and justice.

“I’m very happy with it. …. It’s essentially done. There’s just some enhancements to…

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MLK Park: A place to celebrate, honor memory of civil rights icon

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