Kyle city leaders unanimously replace Rebel Drive s Confederacy-linked moniker with new name
The adoption of the name Veterans Drive will go into effect on Memorial Day.
The new name was chosen from three finalists that had been presented by the 15 community members on the city s renaming committee. The two other suggested names were Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, in honor of the slain civil rights leader, and Albert Taylor Street, to honor one of several Black businessmen who owned a cleaning and press shop in downtown Kyle in the 1900s.
Tuesday s vote was also accompanied by a direction to city staff to open applications to businesses along the road who want to be reimbursed for the cost of changing their addresses on signs, business cards, official documents and the like. The council previously approved $5,346 for reimbursements.