ATLANTA — Dozens of local and state leaders gathered Tuesday to unveil about 30 banners thanking former President Jimmy Carter on a busy thoroughfare that bears his name in Gwinnett County.
The Gateway85 Community Improvement District commissioned the banners soon after Carter, 98, entered home hospice care three months ago in Plains. Executive Director Emory Morsberger said it was the first event honoring Carter on Jimmy Carter Boulevard, which was named in November 1976, a week after he won the presidential election.
“We wanted to do it before he passed away and we succeeded,” Morsberger said at the event in the parking lot of the Global Mall, a South Asian shopping center.
