City of Charlottesville Request for Honorary Street Name Designation
Applicant Name: Brianna Moore, Isaac Edwards, Alvin C. Edwards, and Brittany Deloatch___
Applicant Address: ___614 Beechwood Dr. Charlottesville, VA 22901__________________
Applicant Telephone: ____757-470-1511_____________________________________
                      (Daytime) (Evening)
1. Honorary Street names are restricted to: Individuals Organizations Entities Events Of local
significance to Charlottesville
A. For whom/what are you recommending this designation? ________Alvin Edwards
B. What is the reason for this recommendation? (Applicants should complete a short essay of
approximately 500 words that provides justification for the proposed honorary designation. The
completed essay should be attached to this application form).
__Please see attached short essay regarding the service Alvin Edwards has given to the City of
Charlottesville as well as the sacrifices he has made for the City of Charlottesville.
2. Location of Proposed honorary street name designation:
A. Street Name _Lankford Avenue_______________________ (Example: Kirby Avenue)
B. Between _1st St_______and _____Lankford__(example: between Neil and Wright)
OR
All of the street Lankford Avenue
C. What is the proposed designation? Dr. Alvin Edwards Drive or Dr. Alvin Edwards Way or Dr.
Alvin Edwards Place___________________________


Please complete and mail the attached form to: Clerk of City Council City of Charlottesville P.
O. Box 911 Charlottesville, VA 22902
By the grace of God, and sometimes at the expense of family time, from the moment he set foot
here, Reverend Doctor Alvin Edwards has been engrossed in all things Charlottesville. He has
served on many boards including the Charlottesville School Board, Monticello Area Community
Action Agency (MACAA), Alliance For Interfaith Ministries, Charlottesville Redevelopment
Housing Authority, Charlottesville/Albemarle Boys and Girls Club, Planning Coordinating
Council, Charlottesville City Council, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration Committee, and
the African-American Summit Committee. He has represented our city well in his service on the
Board of Medicine for the Commonwealth of Virginia and connected us through other state
agencies. He has served as the Mayor of the City of Charlottesville, the president of the
Democratic party, and has been involved in other political arenas. He has developed and put into
action the Charlottesville Clergy Collective which seeks to be an interfaith community of prayer,
solidarity, and impact within the Charlottesville-Albemarle Region. In public and in private, Dr.
Edwards has also been a bridge between the City of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia.
He has organized, led, and participated in numerous initiatives that have helped strengthen the
community. For example, advocating for equality and equity, encouraging others to stop selling
and using drugs, putting an end to community violence, and made efforts to help revitalize many
communities in Charlottesville as a whole. He has been very active in the lives of Charlottesville
youth, attending school concerts, practicing with the football team, and encouraging academic
excellence.
He has been the pastor of Mount Zion First African Baptist Church for over 40 years and through
his church congregation, has touched many lives.
Though a public figure, he’s not very much into accolades and being the recipient of public praise.
However, we believe it would be a great honor to have all that he has poured into this fine city be
acknowledged with a street permanently named after him while he is still living. We hope that
after considering all that we have shared, you will feel the same.