Rename That Street!
By Ann Mesrobian Earlier this year, the Black Lives Matters movement inspired leaders in Fort Smith to strip the name of Albert Pike, a confederate general and a vociferous white supremacist, from an elementary school and a major N-S arterial. We had a Pike Street here in Fayetteville too, and Ann Mesrobian, who resides on the one-block-long street decided it was time to follow Fort Smith’s example. She proposed to the City of Fayetteville that Pike Street be renamed. After choosing Gecko Lane from a list of pre-approved street names provided by Fayetteville’s GIS department, she gathered signatures of support from her […]
