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Residents ask Urbana to create honorary street-naming program, propose streets for Janice Mitchell and Lawrence "LC" Owens
Summary
Several residents asked the Urbana City Council to establish an honorary street-naming program modeled on Champaign’s and proposed honoring community leaders Janice Mitchell and Lawrence “LC” Owens with street or facility names.
Speakers at the City of Urbana’s rescheduled council meeting urged creation of an honorary street-naming program and asked the council to name public infrastructure after two longtime community volunteers.
Benita Rollins Gay told the council she is requesting the city “get on board with Champaign” and establish an honorary street-name program. She proposed naming a street after Janice Marie Mitchell, who died Nov. 15, 2021, and described Mitchell’s work with Prairie Tracks Brothers and Sisters, the Sankofa summer program, Urbana Neighborhood Connection Center and Urbana schools.
Delilane Owens asked the council to consider naming a street or…
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