Frenchtown: Affordable housing and heritage trails
A look at the ongoing revitalization of Tallahassee's historic Frenchtown neighborhood
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Frenchtown Heritage Trail
Frenchtown’s history is honored with a unique heritage trail that utilizes the oral history of residents from the community’s past. An initiative of the John G. Riley Center & Museum, the Soul Voices of Frenchtown historic marker trail features a series of plaques documenting the neighborhood’s heritage. A select locations, plaques are accompanied with audio interviews from former Frenchtown natives who ranged from 80 to 90 years of age at the time, sharing stories of the community that were passed down through generations. Captured in this ArcGIS storymap, their voices from oral recordings conducted between 1997 and 2005 are now on public display to be shared with future generations.
Carter-Howell-Strong Park includes a 0.6 mile pedestrian loop around a man-made lake designed for stormwater purposes.