July 26, 2011
Several dignitaries were on hand for the Walmart groundbreaking. (L to R) Former State Senator Howard Brookins, Sr., Willie Brown, A.C. Brown Construction Company, Inc., Labeed Diab, vice president and general manager, Walmart, Ald. Howard Brookins, Jr. (21st), Julie Murphy, senior vice president, Walmart U.S., Sandra Harrison, president, West Chatham Improvement Association, State Senator Emil Jones III (D-14), Rev. Dr. Howard Randolph, New Faith M.B. Church, Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th), William Garth, Sr., publisher, Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group, Inc., and State Rep. Monique Davis (D-27). (Photo by Thelma Sardin)
