City Dedicates Avenue to Octavia E. Butler

On July 29, 2023, the city of Lake Forest Park, WA held a ceremony to name a section of 37th Avenue NE “Octavia Butler Avenue,” in honor of author Octavia E. Butler. The section includes the house where Butler lived from 1999 until her death in 2006. The ceremony was opened by city council vice-chair Phillippa Kassover, deputy mayor Tom French, and council member Tracy Furutani. Other speakers included Caren Gussoff Sumption, Sheila Liming, and Terry Morgan.

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