ON SATURDAY, MAY 6TH, 2023

The Patch Works Art & History Center is excited to be joining the Georgia Historical Society in revealing a new Historical State Marker that celebrates the lasting impact made by Jacob Elsas and Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills.

The ceremony will be held on Carroll Street, just outside the back gate of The Stacks at Fulton Cotton Mill. The event is "rain or shine," so please check the weather forecast and prepare accordingly.

The schedule is as follows:

10:30am - Venue Opens

10:45am - Live music

11:30am - Guest Speakers

12:30pm - Ceremony Ends

1:00pm - Venue Closes

Guest Speakers are:

• David Mitchell, Executive Director of the Atlanta Preservation Center.

• Councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari.

• Elyse Butler from the Georgia Historical Society.

• Sanna Root and Claire Wiggill from The Mill community.

• Alan Elsas, who spearheaded the effort to obtain the marker.

• Hugh Asher, who will represent his father, the late Thomas Asher, who provided essential research for the marker application but sadly passed away at the end of December 2022.

Carroll Street and Tennelle Street will be closed to traffic from Shelton Street to Powell Street, so please consider taking an alternative mode of transportation to the event. If driving, you may park in Agave Restaurant's parking lot (off of Boulevard) until 3:30pm. Please park to the right side of the lot and away from the restaurant itself, so as not to obstruct delivery vehicles. The address is 242 Boulevard SE Atlanta, Georgia 30312.

Please contact The Patch Works if you have any questions:

info@thepatchworks.org