Brady Name To Stay
Brady arts group won’t change its name
BY KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
The Brady Arts District Owners Association will not change its name or lead a community discussion on whether the city should change the name of Brady Street, according to a letter issued by the association Monday.
“Rather than seeking to revise history, today’s residents, visitors and merchants should regard the name as a demonstration of a new set of principles,” the letter states. “It reminds us that what is today was not always so.”
The City Council asked the association in June to lead a discussion on whether the city should rename Brady Street after receiving complaints about the name from residents.
But a letter provided to the World on Monday – and to city councilors on Sunday – states that it is not within the association’s “jurisdiction or legal parameters” to investigate the potential need to rename Brady Street.