There are 9 article(s) tagged street renaming:

• January 2022

  • City council goes further down the road in reckless driving review

    On Tuesday, Jan. 18, District Attorney General Amy Weirich will talk about how her office prosecutes reckless driving and drag racing cases. 

    By Bill Dries January 18, 2022

• December 2021

  • City Council to take first vote on police residency

    The first-reading vote to put the item on the August 2022 ballot comes at the last council meeting of 2021.

    By Bill Dries December 21, 2021

  • Young Dolph could have Memphis street named for him

    Memphis Councilman JB Smiley plans to sponsor a Memphis City Council resolution naming a street after the rapper. 

    By Julia Baker December 03, 2021

• November 2020

  • Street renaming group settles on specific focus

    The City Council-appointed citizens panel decided Thursday its priority will be eliminating Confederacy-related names from city street and finding problematic street names for first responders. The group is to make recommendations to the Memphis City Council.

    By Bill Dries November 05, 2020

• September 2020

  • City Council Scorecard: Finding the BLM divide and changing Lamar

    The latest edition of our City Council scorecard finds a healthy council majority in favor of changing street names as part of a slate of Black Lives Matter proposals. Plus, the Council held a unanimous vote to begin changing the business streetscape along a stretch of Lamar Avenue.

    By Bill Dries September 09, 2020

  • City Council approves changes to renaming process

    The approval of the ordinance Tuesday is part of the council's larger debate about the Black Lives Matter Movement. Several other resolutions from that larger discussion were also approved by the council.

    By Bill Dries September 01, 2020

• July 2020

  • Renaming commission approved by City Council, Poplar renaming sidelined

    The Poplar Avenue name change to Black Lives Matter Avenue will be among the items the renaming commission considers. The trio of related measures met with mixed results at Tuesday's Memphis City Council session. An ordinance to give the council final approval of any names changes of streets, parks and public places may get some legal rewording before its first of three votes next months.

    By Bill Dries July 21, 2020

  • Council proposals call for examination of street, park and public place names

    Two proposals on the city council agenda Tuesday would change the rules for naming and renaming streets, parks and other places. It's part of a slate of council proposals that has grown larger than police reform to include changing city government priorities. The effort is being led by a renaming of one of the most well-known addresses in the city. 

    By Bill Dries July 21, 2020

  • Stretch of Poplar may be renamed Black Lives Matter Avenue

    The avenue between Front and Danny Thomas Boulevard to be renamed includes the county’s criminal justice center. A majority of the council is sponsoring the resolution, to be voted on at Tuesday’s council meeting.

    By Bill Dries July 17, 2020