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White House Official Joins With Mayor Booker to Open Largest City-Owned Park In Heart of Central Ward
July 29, 2009Mayor Cory A. Booker; White House Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs David Agnew; Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr.; Newark Municipal Council Members; The Trust for Public Land Vice President Rose Harvey; President and CEO of The New York Giants John Mara; Former New York Giant Tiki Barber; The Friends of Nat Turner Park and other dignitaries joined the Central Ward's Springfield Avenue community, and other supporting donors, to cut the ribbon to open Nat Turner Park - Newark's newest and largest city-owned park. The nine-acre facility was designed in part by members of the community and students from three adjacent schools. Full release.