Residents urge honorary street naming for local coach and ask for trophy displays and street repairs

At the May 13 meeting residents pressed council on several local, community-focused requests.

Charles Wiley, who described himself as a lifelong Lincoln Heights resident, asked council to consider naming a street after Gregory "Greg" Reese, a former Lincoln Heights Tigers coach who died in 2022. Wiley said Reese is a local legend and suggested a street renaming would help preserve community history. Council members thanked Wiley and the Reese family for coming and said they would research the process and hold further conversations before any formal action.

Pamela Crawford urged the council to return school trophies to the village so they could be displayed locally. She also asked whether Burr Street would be included in upcoming street-improvement plans; Interim Village Manager Michael Lemmon explained the village uses an engineering assessment to rank streets and that grant funding is required for work, noting some projects can cost millions and the village had recently added a $300,000 CDAP grant to a $2,000,000 package for four streets but was still short about $65,000 for the current set of projects.

Council said it would follow the proper process for honorary naming and emphasized it wants to do the work "correct and in order." Council also asked residents to sign in and participate in future outreach and said staff will continue to pursue grants and plan street improvements based on assessments and funding availability.