This Las Vegas street could be renamed after Obama

Las Vegas officials are internally discussing a plan to rename a stretch of Washington Avenue in the city’s Historic Westside after former President Barack Obama.

Under the preliminary proposal being vetted inside City Hall, Washington Avenue between Decatur and Las Vegas boulevards would become Barack Obama Boulevard, according to emails obtained by the Review-Journal.

Councilman Cedric Crear, who is spearheading the renaming effort, said Thursday that the costs and effects of a renaming still needed to be worked out before the plan is ready to be presented to the public, although he promised a “very open discussion” with community members starting later this year.

“He will always be the first Black president. That will never change in the history of our country,” Crear said. “And that is a significant honor and a significant achievement, and that should be recognized in perpetuity.”

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