Richmond Officials Move To Rename The Boulevard After Arthur Ashe

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(Richmond)-  Richmond is moving forward with renaming the Boulevard.  Yesterday the Richmond City Council voted to rename the Boulevard to Arthur Ashe Boulevard.  The change will affect the road between the intersection of Brookland Parkway and Westwood Avenue to the tennis courts at Byrd Park.  Yesterday, Mayor Levar Stoney tweeted that he supported naming the Boulevard after the Richmond native tennis star.