…at Ashby Park!
So there’s this little pocket park in Atlantic Beach at Dewees Avenue and Coquina Place, a sort of triangular spit of land owned by the city and had been patrolled many years ago by a sometimes-ornery (as legend has it) dog called Marvin. Eventually the area became known as ‘Marvin’s Garden’ and later it received a nice City of Atlantic Beach park sign and the name became official. However, many area neighbors object to the name and would prefer that its name honor earlier residents who contributed much to the area, Garnett and Eleanor Ashby. Garnett designed Kona Skate Park and Eleanor was with Leadership Jax for 20 years; they lived on Dewees for fifty years! Certainly that trumps the qualifications for recognition than that of the disliked dog?
‘But we invested in the nice sign!’ and indeed you did, COAB. How about a nice compromise? You could call it Marvin’s Garden at Ashby Park – just add Ashby Park to the sign, and install a nice, comfortable memorial bench honoring the Ashbys and their service to this community, instead of recognizing the memorable but menacing, mean old Marvin.
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