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Appleton committee approves Veterans Park renaming process, allows broader name suggestions
Summary
The Appleton City Parks and Recreation Committee approved a renaming process for Veterans Park on Aug. 25, 2025, voting 4-0 to adopt staff’s timeline and to allow consideration of names or concepts that do not strictly fit the existing naming policy. Staff will solicit public suggestions and return 3–5 recommendations to the committee.
The Appleton City Parks and Recreation Committee on Aug. 25 approved a process to solicit public input and recommend names for Veterans Park, and it amended the staff proposal to allow consideration of suggested names or concepts that do not strictly fit the city’s current naming policy.
The committee vote was 4 to 0. Committee members adopted the timeline proposed by Parks staff and approved an amendment to the renaming process to permit Parks and Recreation and legal staff to consider “ideas and concepts that don't technically fall within the naming of parkland's policy,” as the amendment was described during the meeting.
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