Yolanda Travis Mack was a McDonald’s franchise owner on the South Side of Chicago. In 2007 she acquired the first black owned and operated McDonald’s, originally opened by Herman Petty in 1968. She commissioned a mural on site to honor the original owner.

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, she turned her locations in COVID service sites, she also donated masks to a local hospital.

Honorary Yolanda Travis Mack WAY

South Lake Park Avenue, between East 52nd Street and East 53rd Street

Approved: January 2024

Ward: 04
Alderman: Lamont Robinson
Neighborhood: Kenwood

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https://news.yahoo.com/meet-yolanda-travis-owner-operator-145305341.html

https://afrotech.com/first-black-owned-mcdonalds-restaurant

https://youtu.be/FB61h7fc4lw?si=Ny8xumaaf4ORTzqZ

https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/local-business-owner-engineers-mask-donation-franciscan-health

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=yolanda+travis+mack