The Municipal Asset Naming Committee has a mandate to:

1. Review and screen all suggestions and requests for changing a street name, or naming a municipal asset;
2. Organize the Names List (Schedule B) into themes and prioritize the names for selection within each theme;
3. Delegate maintenance of the Names List to appropriate staff;
4. Notify the nominator and/or family when a name is selected for use;
5. Provide street name recommendations to Council.

This group meets annually to review proposed names for municipal assets, and on an as-needed basis to review, discuss and provide name recommendations to Council.

Members: Councillor Cathy Maxwell (chair), Councillor Gillian Yorke, Mike Cameron, Gerald MacPherson and Carolyn Landry.

Naming Streets and Buildings in Kentville

In 2022, Kentville Town Council approved a policy that outlines a more balanced and fair way to name and rename streets, trails, parks and buildings (“municipal assets”) in the town. 

Naming Municipal Assets

When a new subdivision is being planned, the developer always has a vision of the location and shape of streets, and where houses and buildings will be located.  Sometimes developers have ideas for street names as well.  For example, in the MacDougall Heights community streets are all named after universities.  In other cases developers don’t have strong feelings about street names and staff can make suggestions about street names.  From now on, all new municipal assets will be named by choosing from a list of names which have been brought forward by the community.  This list of names will come from residents who want to see street names reflect the beautiful community that they live in. 

Click here to learn how YOU can contribute ideas to the list of names for NEW streets, buildings, parks and trails.

Renaming Municipal Assets

Sometimes streets are given names which later cause discomfort or offense.  Through this policy, residents can identify streets and other municipal assets whose names no longer reflect our community and can suggest more appropriate names.  Town staff now have a process to follow for receiving renaming applications from residents.  The renaming of a street like Cornwallis Street will be addressed using the framework in the Municipal Assets Naming and Renaming Policy. 

Click here to learn how you can make an application to rename a street or other municipal asset.