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This purple chair, displayed outside the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County, is one of a number of chairs placed throughout the Marysville Uptown area for National Recovery Month. Part of the “Empty Chair Project,” decorated purple chairs have been placed in front of nearly 16 businesses to bring awareness to drug overdose deaths during the month of September. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
September 3, 2025
Visitors passing through Marysville might notice a series of purple chairs sitting outside various buildings in the city’s Uptown area. They are part of the Empty Chair Project, a national campaign to...