“BOISE — A park under construction at 11th and Bannock Streets in downtown Boise will be named in honor of Cherie Buckner-Webb.
Mayor Lauren McLean announced in a city news release that the will be named after Buckner-Webb, a “political trailblazer and fifth-generation Idahoan.”
Buckner-Webb has spent her career breaking down barriers, the release said. She was the first Black woman elected to the Idaho Legislature, serving in the state House of Representatives from 2010 to 2012 and then serving three terms in the Idaho State Senate, wrapping up her final term in 2020.”
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