Activists decry skate park construction near historic Black cemetery

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Render A. Godfrey is from Newnan, Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree from Mid-America Christian University. Render lives with his wife, Erika. 

Render is the senior pastor at Pure Worship Deliverance Tabernacle. 

Render's campaign for the Coweta County Commission to represent District 3 is his first run for public office. 

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For Candidate Render A. Godfrey on Issue Public Services: Opposes the construction of a skate park near Farmer Street Cemetery without community consent.

Opposes the construction of a skate park near Farmer Street Cemetery without community consent.

- Opposes the construction of a skate park near Farmer Street Cemetery without community consent.

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Support enhancing existing infrastructure.

- Support enhancing existing infrastructure.

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Render Godfrey is from Newnan, Georgia. He earned his bachelor's degree from Mid-America Christian University. He lives with his wife, Erika. 

Render's campaign for Coweta County Commission, District 3, is his first run for public office. 

Render A. Godfrey is currently a member of the Coweta County Board of Commissioners.

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Said, "The protests are in response to the construction of a recreation facility, particularly a skate park, near Farmer Street Cemetery. The cemetery has graves for hundreds of enslaved Africans. "They're basically taking it away from us, without getting our permission for doing so," Newnan resident Render Godfrey said."

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