Kansas City Troost Avenue Name Change Coming Soon?!?!

The fight over cowtown history persists . . .

However . . . We're not sure that a local juice man still has enough, forgive the bad pun, "juice" to change the past.

Consider . . .

More than anything, East side residents have rejected street name changes not because of politics but over far more practical concerns. For instance, there's a very REAL fear that tinkering with streets will thwart prompt mail delivery.

Also . . . 

The "Truth Avenue" suggestion is silly and seems like a suggestion devised by a failed screenwriter. 

Here's relevant info about the process . . . 

In September 2020, the council passed a resolution calling on commissioners with the Board of Parks and Recreation to identify a strategy to remove memorials and symbolic monuments of individuals who enslaved persons, promoted racism, or participated in the oppression or demonization of others.

Wednesdays Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee hearing is to consider tasking city staff to create a web page that would be used to get input from residents, business owners and property owners about renaming Troost Avenue. There would be a 45-day period to gather input, after which the city would provide a report.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Effort to rename Kansas City's Troost Avenue goes before council committee

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, City Council Committee is set to consider next steps in an effort to rename Troost Avenue. Last summer, Chris Goode, owner of Ruby Jean's Juicery at E. 30th Street and Troost Avenue told KSHB 41 News reporter Leslie DelasBour of a petition, Truth over Troost, that seeks to rename the street.