Confederate Avenue to be renamed
Jeremy M. Lazarus | 10/22/2020, 6 p.m.
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, soon will no longer live on Confederate Avenue.
Richmond City Council, while stalled on renaming Jefferson Davis Highway, is expected to vote next Monday, Oct. 26, to change the North Side street name to Laburnum Park Boulevard.
The change has the support of the neighborhood’s civic association and residents, who increasingly wince at their current address.
The council’s Land Use, Housing and Transportation Committee chaired by 6th District Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson on Tuesday sent the name change to the full council with a recommendation for approval. That virtually ensures it will be on the consent agenda for items that are not contested.
The three-member committee that includes 2nd District Councilwoman Kim B. Gray and 9th District Councilman Michael J. Jones also gave a thumbs up to Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s plan to turn six city-owned parcels in South Side into five new parks.
The committee’s recommendation also clears the way for swift approval of that proposal at the upcoming meeting.
The names and locations of the five new green parks are Hioaks Park, 201 Hioaks Road; Reedy Creek Wetlands Park, 315 Beaufont Hills Drive; Rosemont Road Park, 620 Rosemont Road; Ernest Road Park, 2903 Rear Ernest Road; and Broad Rock Creek Park, which combines two parcels, 2100 Colby Lane and 2606 Lynhaven Ave.
