Interesting nugget from our former Minnesota Daily colleague Sam Black, who works for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal:
Two Minneapolis City Council members want to rename a block near the new Minnesota Vikings stadium in honor of former football coach Bud Grant.
The street, on the 600 block of Ninth Avenue South, is now called Carew Drive after the former Minnesota Twins player. The city already approved plans to move that commemorative street closer to Target Field, to the 600 block of Second Avenue North.
The city also announced plans to designate Seventh Street North from 10th Street to Second Avenue as Kirby Puckett Place, relocating that name from a stretch of Chicago Avenue that was in front of the former Metrodome.
The Bud Grant Drive idea was approved Monday by the Minneapolis Planning Commission and awaits further approval next month. The city is also considering other sports-related street name changes to reflect the fact that the Twins no longer play on the east end of downtown. You can read Black's full report.
