Walking Trail Dedicated At Figures Park

MOBILE, Ala. — Mayor Sandy Stimpson recently joined Mobile City Councilman Cory Penn and former Councilman Fred Richardson to dedicate the Floretta Fortune Walking Trailhead at Michael A. Figures Park, the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce recently reported. This addition is to be a new gateway for Toulminville residents to access the park and is named in honor of a woman who dedicated her life to serving Mobile. Fortune spent more than 50 years with the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, was a member of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and a former chairperson of the March of Dimes and American Heart Association in Mobile. She was also a teacher and head coach who organized Mobile’s first Black softball team. The dedication celebrated Fortune’s contributions to Mobile, while highlighting other recent upgrades at the park.