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We need to tell our story: Residents say goodbye to Atlanta Street
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Willie Mitchell, left, and Emory Turner take a walk through Green Hunter Homes Friday afternoon reminiscing about the people and families that once occupied the apartment community as part of a project. The 131-unit public housing complex built in the 1950s is being prepared for demolition and redevelopment.
Willie Mitchell has made educating children his life’s mission, but he laments failings that he believes contributed to the breakdown of social bonds at the public housing complex on Atlanta Street in Gainesville. “What I felt happened at Atlanta Street is something that has happened all over America,” Mitchell said. But it’s important to remember the good times, too.