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DeKalb unveils sign for Michelle Obama Trail

Rich Alvarez of First Tee of Atlanta, DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson, DeKalb County Recreation interim director Marvin Billups and Marvin Hightower of First Tee Atlanta pose next to a sign at the Michelle Obama Trail. (Photo courtesy of DeKalb County)

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Rich Alvarez of First Tee of Atlanta, DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson, DeKalb County Recreation interim director Marvin Billups and Marvin Hightower of First Tee Atlanta pose next to a sign at the Michelle Obama Trail. (Photo courtesy of DeKalb County)
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Jan 25, 2018

DeKalb County held an official unveiling earlier this month of a sign renaming a 3.8-mile trail for former first lady Michelle Obama.

The trail, which is connected to Gresham Park, begins at 2946 Clifton Springs Road in Decatur near the Georgia State University- Perimeter College Campus.

DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson, who attended the Jan. 13 unveiling, spearheaded the effort in 2016 to rename the South River Trail after former President Barack Obama's wife.

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