Missouri City City Council gave final approval to an ordinance renaming Confederate Drive as Prosperity Drive during its June 21 meeting.
The item was included as part of the consent agenda and was not discussed by City Council.
The newly named Prosperity Drive is located in the Vicksburg subdivision, a neighborhood that contains a number of streets that bear names of Confederate generals, including Bedford Forrest Court, which shares a name with Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
Council Member Jeffrey Boney said he, along with Council Member Lynn Clouser and several residents of the Vicksburg subdivision, attended a toast hosted by Prosperity Drive residents Rhonda and Darryl Gilbo to celebrate the street’s renaming.
