Children from the A.D. Lewis and Fairfield East community centers write their dreams on an abandoned building during the dedication of the MLK Dream House on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at the 1300 block of Charleston Avenue in Huntington.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — To become a doctor, a lawyer, a professional ping-pong player and to simply make a difference in the world.
These are some of the dreams that children wrote in chalk on a chilly Monday morning in front of 1355 Charleston Ave. in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The address was proclaimed the MLK Dream House on Monday by Mayor Steve Williams in a celebration that involved kids from the A.D. Lewis and Fairfield East community centers as well as representatives of the Huntington Urban Renewal Authority.
HURA hopes the event will highlight the property and others like it, for which members hold out hope for building rehabilitation.
“It’s our hope that someone will step forward and rehabilitate this property, to take a chance on this property and (return it to a productive state),” said Christal Perry, HURA land bank administrator.
At the event, the children each recited an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech…
