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The Third Dorr Street … Live Overcomes the Foul Weather
The skies started clearing at noon on Saturday, August 25,
permitting the third annual “Dorr Street … Live” community
festival to open and to welcome vendors and guests to the
event at the corner of Dorr and Collingwood.
The festival, sponsored by the African American Legacy
Project, and President Robert Smith, is a free public event
with the goal of rekindling the spirit of the community with
food, fun, exceptional entertainment and much more.
This year’s festival included a special tribute to the late
John Moore, one of the founding board members of the African
American Legacy Project. Moore, who passed away on June 20
of this year – banker, college administrator, entrepreneur,
author – spent his early years as a resident of the Brand
Whitlock Homes, and overcame that period of poverty to
become one of the Toledo area’s leading citizens. His
daughter, Audrey Madyun, accepted commemorative plaques
presented by Toledo City Councilwoman Cecelia Adams, PhD,
and Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority President Demetria
Simpson.
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