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SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — This spring, a group of six Summerside residents will be tasked with beefing up the current list of street names developers will have to choose from.
In a January City of Summerside planning board meeting, the street naming policy was discussed. Council decided not to change the policy, but rather add to the list of names and themes available to choose from.
The task force will have eight weeks to come up with some new ideas before they report back to council.
With a near-record five housing developments in the works for this year, council is looking forward to more street names acknowledging residents who have made meaningful contributions to the city.
Current names and themes:
Former Mayors/Chairpersons and Councillors
- John MacIsaac
- John Forbes
- Freeman Miles
- Robert Betton
- Nancy Guptill
- Duane Mollin
- Merlin Cormier
- George Key
- Ivan Pineau
Outstanding Citizen or Good Neighbour Award Recipients
- John Brown
- Dr. Evelyn Cudmore
- Kenneth Simmons
- Cavendish Farms
- Albert Vincent
Family Name of those who lost their lives in World Wars I and II or the Korean
- Henry Richards, Pte.
- Allan B. Connors, Pte.
- Eldon Mann, Capt.
- Jack Crossman, Gnr.
Heritage Names
- T.B. Grady (Commissioner Summerside's waterworks, 1908)
- James Gourlie (originally from Richibucto, N.B, he was the town's first clerk)
- Thomas Hall (carriage builder and machinist)
- Frank Tuplin (pioneer fox farmer, founder of Tuplin Fox Corporation)
