The facility formerly known as the CitiChurch building
March 24th, 2009, 11:54 am · 1 Comment · posted by kylew
One thing was clear at Monday’s Crestview city council meeting: The council members are really sick of referring to the city’s recently purchased building at the Old Spanish Trail Park as “the former CitiChurch building.”
The debate over what to call the building resulted in the most emotional discussion of the evening.
Charles Baugh suggested naming the building after former mayor George Whitehurst, and naming the auditorium space after Preston Medley, a Baker graduate who was killed in Afghanistan in 2008.
Bob Allen and Chip Wells seemed to like the idea, but also noted Mr. Whitehurst is a modest man and probably would not wish to be honored in such a manner.
The topic eventually was tabled.
Other ideas were to call the building the “Crestview City Hall Annex” and the “Crestview Police Department Complex.”
What should the council name the building? Post your ideas below.
I believe the building is going to primarily be used for the police department, so it should simply be referred to as the Crestview Police Department building. The current public safety building, city hall, community center, etc. do not have fancy names. Just call it what it is and stop trying to be dramatic about it! Besides, what exactly did George Whitehurst do in relation to this building? He is the reason we need this buidling… because he refused to forsee the city’s growth.