The Cumberland Community Improvement District will host a groundbreaking 10 a.m. Feb. 22 to mark the construction of a new trail segment, Akers Mill Trail East. The 1.2 mile trail connects the existing Bob Callan Trail to National Park Service at the Chattahoochee River’s Cochran Shoals Recreation Area. Location: 3101 Towercreek Parkway NW, Atlanta. Free parking at Strayer University on Tower Creek Parkway. Info: www.CumberlandCID.org.

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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