Brevard City Council has hired a local company to work with the N.C. Department of Transportation (DOT) to design and install a roundabout at the intersection of Ecusta Road and
Hendersonville officials are working on plans to rebrand the Seventh Avenue District, and some hope through that process a former community identity will be restored and African American history preserved.
The district has historically consisted of African American communities, including Green Meadows, known until 1972 as Brooklyn. The name was changed when Hendersonville s urban renewal project in the 1960s and 1970s pushed residents out and leveled existing homes, which were replaced with a low-income housing complex.
There is a movement by residents to change the name back to Brooklyn. Earlier this year, City Council members approved putting up a temporary sign to replace the deteriorating Green Meadows sign while a permanent sign is designed and built.
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