'Harriet Woods Hill Way' unveiled

The new mural is dedicated to the Grand Rapids Police Department's first African American female police officer.

A BIT MORE VIBRANT TONIGHTTHAT'S BECAUSE A NEW MURAL HASBEEN ADDED TO THE CITY.A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMOYN WASHELD TONIGHT FOR THE NEW"HARRIET WOODS HILL WAY" ... INTHE ALLEY OFFLOUISS TREET BY THE POLICEDEPARTMENT.

THE EMPTY ALLEYWAS TRANSFORMED WITH ARTWORKFEATURING HARRIE TWOODSHILL ... WHO BACK IN 1955...BECAME THE FIRST AFRICANAMERICAN FEMALE IN THE GRANDRAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT.AND IN 1977...S HE WAS NAMED TEHFIRST FEMALE DETECTIVE IN G-R-P-D'S HISTORY.6:54 this is wht iat was atrailblazer back when nobodyelse is doing it.

She wasfemale, she was AfricanAmerican,and to go into tht parofessionback then itshows that everything anything'spossible,and showed someone like me thatI could bea police officer, and eventuallybecoming apolice chief.

So I think it'simportant that werecognize her and her history isnot frogottenand lost BUTT TO 9:08 o canalways come down and look andthink about who she was.

Whatshe diford us in inspiration,which he instilled in us asindividuals, how webecame who we are, and we oweeach individual's unique ayws.let thems peak.

We've alwaysbeen here watching back, jointhe party.

Good.

Grandmother'sMiro sitting up here is greatfor the city, Grand Rapids,Michigan.THE ARTWORK WAS DONE BY"JASMINEBRUCE" ... AND WAS MADE POSSIBLETHROUGH "WOMEN'S WAY G-R"... WHICH IS AN INITIATIVE MEANTTO ELEVATE THE HISTORICALNARRATIVES OF LOCAL LEADERS.

THEEFFORT IS A COLLABORATIONBETWEEN VARIOUS PRATNERS...INCLUDING THE "GREATER GRANDRAPIDS WOMEN'S HISTORY COUNCIL"AND DOWNTOWN GRAND RAPIDS INC.NOT ONLY ARE THEY PESKY --MOSQUITOES CAN POSSIBLY BE